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‘They need a place, a warm house, so I try my best’: Teka’s story

Teka is a loving and engaging woman who has been fostering in London for 15 years, transforming the lives of more than a dozen children in that time. Winning multiple awards, including ‘Foster Carer of the Year’ in 2014 (awarded by Lambeth Council), she has worked hard and passionately to improve the lives of the children and young people that have come into her care. Amongst them, many have been refugees and asylum seekers – an experience she can relate to, as she was herself a refugee when she arrived…

Teka is a loving and engaging woman who has been fostering in London for 15 years, transforming the lives of more than a dozen children in that time. Winning multiple…

'Integration: Everybody’s Business' – an International Migrants Day discussion

On 17 December 2019, Migrant Voice organised a round table debate in London in collaboration with Moneygram’s Participate.Integration initiative, to celebrate International Migrants Day. The debate – ‘Integration: Everybody’s Business’ – brought together migrant and British academics, journalists, communications experts and successful business people to share their valuable insights and to challenge the pervasive assumption that integration is a one-way street. Around 30 people attended from many different backgrounds and had the chance to contribute their own thoughts in what became a lively, challenging discussion. Those attending were also treated…

On 17 December 2019, Migrant Voice organised a round table debate in London in collaboration with Moneygram’s Participate.Integration initiative, to celebrate International Migrants Day. The debate – ‘Integration: Everybody’s Business’…

New to Glasgow? Take a look at our list of vital services and organisations

On International Migrants Day 2019, we are launching a Handbook for newcomers to Glasgow - a list of services and organisations useful to people who have recently moved to the Scottish city of Glasgow. These range from health services to community groups to legal aid. Until now, lists of this kind have only been available for a fee, making them inaccessible to some. This means that many new migrants to Glasgow struggle to access vital services. For this reason, we at Migrant Voice saw it as important to create an…

On International Migrants Day 2019, we are launching a Handbook for newcomers to Glasgow - a list of services and organisations useful to people who have recently moved to the…

Letters and blogs for International Migrants Day 2019

International Migrants Day is here again! On 18 December, people around the world celebrate all that's good about migration. We asked our members to do the same, whether in short blogs, letters or photos. Thank you to everyone who contributed - the outpouring of positive messages has been amazing! You can see all the photo messages on our Facebook page here. Watch some videos here. And read on for the letters and blogs below... The words ‘give-up’ are simply not part of her vocabulary I’m going to get into a…

International Migrants Day is here again! On 18 December, people around the world celebrate all that's good about migration. We asked our members to do the same, whether in short…

Have your say in the London mayoral election

There’s an important election coming up. And no, we’re not talking about the one on 12 December. Next May, London residents will go back to the polls to vote for the city’s next mayor. Sadiq Khan of the Labour Party is the current mayor – he was elected in 2016. At Migrant Voice, we’ve been working alongside other charities and civil society organisations from across the capital – brought together by London Plus, a volunteering and civil society charity – to produce a series of powerful manifesto asks to put…

There’s an important election coming up. And no, we’re not talking about the one on 12 December. Next May, London residents will go back to the polls to vote for…

Unsettling: A report on the EU Settlement Scheme

On Tuesday 19 November, we published a report on the EU Settlement Scheme, which all EEA nationals and their families in the UK must apply to if they wish to continue living here after Brexit. The report, ‘Unsettling’, is based on responses to a survey that we conducted online in summer 2019, open to anyone eligible to apply to the Settlement Scheme, whether they had already applied or not. It was also open to organisations working with EEA nationals. Read the report here. The survey found that many applicants are facing…

On Tuesday 19 November, we published a report on the EU Settlement Scheme, which all EEA nationals and their families in the UK must apply to if they wish to…

Inspired by Nelson Mandela: Feven’s story

Feven was 16 when she first arrived in the UK as a refugee. “It was hard,” she says. “I felt alone, away from my family, all the long way from my country. You have to cross country, country, country, I was crying.” She had travelled from Eritrea and arrived in the UK in 1993 with several other Eritreans known to her family. Feven was joining her older brother and older sister who had already settled in the UK. She spent much of her time at first with the Eritrean community…

Feven was 16 when she first arrived in the UK as a refugee. “It was hard,” she says. “I felt alone, away from my family, all the long way from…

‘I thank Duchamp for making me migrate’: Migration trail at the Tate Modern

As a Polish-origin teenager in the United States, Camille Gajewski-Richards often dreamed of escaping back to an idealised ‘old world’ brimming with urbane, colourful characters like artist Sonia Delaunay, a world her own parents had fled in the 1980s. “The Europe I envisioned was an antidote to the drab realities of the Soviet Bloc and American suburbia,” she recalls. “It often took the form of London, or Paris, and characters like Delaunay.” So Camille, who now works at the Tate Modern in London, was surprised to learn that Delaunay was herself…

As a Polish-origin teenager in the United States, Camille Gajewski-Richards often dreamed of escaping back to an idealised ‘old world’ brimming with urbane, colourful characters like artist Sonia Delaunay, a world…

Home Office scraps proposed scheme to help innocent international students

In early October, Stephen Timms MP received a letter from Immigration Minister Seema Kennedy regarding the tens of thousands of international students wrongly accused of cheating on an English test by the Home Office in 2014. Migrant Voice has been campaigning alongside the students on this issue for two years, and pressure from the 'My Future Back' campaign and from supportive MPs has led to extensive media coverage, damning reports by the National Audit Office, APPG on TOEIC and the Public Accounts Committee. The campaign also helped to signficantly shift…

In early October, Stephen Timms MP received a letter from Immigration Minister Seema Kennedy regarding the tens of thousands of international students wrongly accused of cheating on an English test…

Public Accounts Committee report should shame Government

The Public Accounts Committee - the committee of MPs responsible for overseeing the Government's expenditure - has today published a report into the Government's reaction to allegations that some international students were cheating on an English language test in 2014. Around 34,000 students were accused of cheating and another 22,000 told their tests were questionable. Tens of thousands of students had action taken against them - their visas were revoked, many were detained, nearly 2,500 were removed from the UK. But many of them were innocent, and thousands have tried…

The Public Accounts Committee - the committee of MPs responsible for overseeing the Government's expenditure - has today published a report into the Government's reaction to allegations that some international…

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‘They need a place, a warm house, so I try my best’: Teka’s story

Teka is a loving and engaging woman who has been fostering in London for 15 years, transforming the lives of more than a dozen children in that time. Winning multiple…

'Integration: Everybody’s Business' – an International Migrants Day discussion

On 17 December 2019, Migrant Voice organised a round table debate in London in collaboration with Moneygram’s Participate.Integration initiative, to celebrate International Migrants Day. The debate – ‘Integration: Everybody’s Business’…

New to Glasgow? Take a look at our list of vital services and organisations

On International Migrants Day 2019, we are launching a Handbook for newcomers to Glasgow - a list of services and organisations useful to people who have recently moved to the…

Letters and blogs for International Migrants Day 2019

International Migrants Day is here again! On 18 December, people around the world celebrate all that's good about migration. We asked our members to do the same, whether in short…

Have your say in the London mayoral election

There’s an important election coming up. And no, we’re not talking about the one on 12 December. Next May, London residents will go back to the polls to vote for…

Unsettling: A report on the EU Settlement Scheme

On Tuesday 19 November, we published a report on the EU Settlement Scheme, which all EEA nationals and their families in the UK must apply to if they wish to…

Inspired by Nelson Mandela: Feven’s story

Feven was 16 when she first arrived in the UK as a refugee. “It was hard,” she says. “I felt alone, away from my family, all the long way from…

‘I thank Duchamp for making me migrate’: Migration trail at the Tate Modern

As a Polish-origin teenager in the United States, Camille Gajewski-Richards often dreamed of escaping back to an idealised ‘old world’ brimming with urbane, colourful characters like artist Sonia Delaunay, a world…

Home Office scraps proposed scheme to help innocent international students

In early October, Stephen Timms MP received a letter from Immigration Minister Seema Kennedy regarding the tens of thousands of international students wrongly accused of cheating on an English test…

Public Accounts Committee report should shame Government

The Public Accounts Committee - the committee of MPs responsible for overseeing the Government's expenditure - has today published a report into the Government's reaction to allegations that some international…

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