A video, a workbook, and research built with migrant communities across the UK because the knowledge that keeps us safe already exists. It belongs to all of us.
Intro
The threat of racist violence is not new. But in recent years it has intensified. Far-right movements have moved from the margins to the mainstream. Hostile rhetoric from politicians has emboldened mobs on our streets. In summer 2024, racist riots erupted across the UK. In June 2026, families were violently driven from their homes in Belfast.
Migrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum are navigating a climate in which harm has become part of everyday life. And official responses have, time and again, failed to protect the communities most at risk.
So we went directly to those communities.
The Project
With the support of the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) VISION consortium, Aya Khedairi, Community Engagement Manager at Migrants’ Rights Network, co-developed a research project alongside migrants that maps experiences of harm and identifies the safety strategies communities are already using to protect one another.
Because communities have always found ways to resist.
Watch the Film
To launch this research, we collaborated with award-winning filmmaker Tim Kelly and Hasan Kilani, a Palestinian-Jordanian writer, queer feminist activist, and specialist in Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to create a film that brings this work to life. Hasan’s practice sits at the intersection of justice, identity, and storytelling, shaped by years of organising across the MENA region and the UK
[WATCH THE FILM]
The Workbook
The research findings have been brought together into a practical workbook: grounded in lived experience, built on solidarity, and made for every migrant in the UK.
Inside you’ll find real scenarios, shared knowledge, and messages of solidarity – tools that communities can use, adapt, and pass on.
[DOWNLOAD THE WORKBOOK]
The Research
The workbook is built on rigorous research, co-developed with migrants across the UK. Read the full findings to understand the landscape of harm and the community-led strategies that are already making people safer.
[READ THE RESEARCH]
Share This
This resource was made with communities, for communities. The more people who have access to it, the safer we all are.
Share the film. Share the workbook. Get it into every network, group, and community you’re part of.
We keep each other safe.
[SHARE THE FILM] [SHARE THE WORKBOOK]
About This Project
This project was co-developed by Aya Khedairi, Community Engagement Manager at Migrants’ Rights Network, with the support of the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) VISION consortium. The launch film was created in collaboration with Hasan Kilani.
[Learn more about MRN’s work] [Sign our statement on the Belfast pogrom] [Learn more about the VISION consortium]