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Guilty until proven innocent: Parliament's chance to right another Home Office wrong

Migrant Voice's briefing to MP's ahead of the 4 September parliamentary debate on international students whose visas were cancelled due to allegations of cheating. What we want • To draw parliament’s attention to the Home Office's decision to expel – thus ruining the lives of - tens of thousands of international students from Britain on the accusation of cheating • To elicit a Government response to a situation that Nazek Ramadan, director of Migrant Voice, has described as “a Windrush-style example of disastrous decision-making, another toxic effect of the government’s…

Migrant Voice's briefing to MP's ahead of the 4 September parliamentary debate on international students whose visas were cancelled due to allegations of cheating. What we want • To draw…

We launch the exhibition for our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration' project

From 29 August – 21 September, 2018 we are exhibiting a selection of photos from our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project at the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. This work is the culmination of our ‘Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project which brought communities together to explore integration and create shared messages to build stronger communities. The full collection of photos and writing are available here on our website and the podcasts are available here. Discussions of integration are often complex: What does it…

From 29 August – 21 September, 2018 we are exhibiting a selection of photos from our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project at the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York…

"I did it my way and you can, too," says Betty

Betty Encinales is a Colombian migrant who sees the glass half-full rather than half-empty. Look around, she advises: migrants are a genuine part of the London community, working in every kind of job. “Can you imagine London without migrants for one day?” she muses, knowing that the answer is No. She sets an example with her indefatigable energy. When she entered the room she brought such positive energy, and we soon realised why ‘be positive’ is her mantra. Four years ago, after working for a recruitment firm in London, she…

Betty Encinales is a Colombian migrant who sees the glass half-full rather than half-empty. Look around, she advises: migrants are a genuine part of the London community, working in…

“I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”

Born in Rome, raised in Sudan, worked in UAE, and now living in the UK, Naglaa Ahmed says, “I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”. First, she says, you have to know the country you are living in. Know the rules, the laws and the people. Second, know the resources available to you. Here in the UK, there are advice centers everywhere - look for them and ask. Third, she says passionately, is education, because through education not only do you learn new things but it’s also a…

Born in Rome, raised in Sudan, worked in UAE, and now living in the UK, Naglaa Ahmed says, “I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”. First, she says,…

Migrant Voice’s campaign update on international students

A Westminster Hall debate on the international students affected by the English Language test scandal will now take place on Tuesday 4 September. We are delighted with this development following the earlier promise of up to Eight MPs to press for a parliamentary debate in support of Migrant Voice’s campaign to clear the name of tens of thousands of international students accused of cheating by the Home Office. A member of the House of Lords, Baroness Uddin, joined the MPs – seven Labour and one Scottish National Party – in…

A Westminster Hall debate on the international students affected by the English Language test scandal will now take place on Tuesday 4 September. We are delighted with this development following…

I am not a criminal - just an immigrant - Mark's story

Mark was arrested at home in London and detained in 2015. During his two-and-a-half-month incarceration he was questioned about why he came to Britain from East Africa, and was examined by a Home Office doctor. The wound on his back was confirmed as a stab wound. He was moved between three immigration removal centres: Brook House and Colnbrook, in southeast England, and The Verne in the southwest (since closed and turned into a prison). “When you are detained it’s like you have no rights,” he says. “We are mixed with…

Mark was arrested at home in London and detained in 2015. During his two-and-a-half-month incarceration he was questioned about why he came to Britain from East Africa, and was examined…

Windrush - Movement of a People

Windrush! It’s a powerful name, isn’t it? Rushing wind. A force of nature. It’s fitting for the Caribbeans who arrived in Tilbury in June 1948 on the Empire Windrush full of hope and inimitable Caribbean energy. The 70th anniversary should be a time for celebration. It remains to be seen what effect the recent scandal concerning the government’s handling of Windrush elders will have on these celebrations. I’m a Windrush Baby, I came to London with my mother in the 1960s when I was a baby. My collection of short…

Windrush! It’s a powerful name, isn’t it? Rushing wind. A force of nature. It’s fitting for the Caribbeans who arrived in Tilbury in June 1948 on the Empire Windrush full…

I am myself. What changes is how others see me

Xiaoxia Yin was born in China, moving between Shenzhen and Hong Kong while her parents worked there, enrolled in a US college, took an internship in Hong Kong and last summer worked at Migrant Voice in London. Now she's in Japan for a term. “Though I feel I am always myself with the same identity,” she says, “I have realised that how others see me may change when I travel to different places.” In this article she reflects on her experience of movement and migration. Before I attended primary…

Xiaoxia Yin was born in China, moving between Shenzhen and Hong Kong while her parents worked there, enrolled in a US college, took an internship in Hong Kong and…

Children born in the UK to EU parents will struggle to get documentation

Eurochildren researchers have found that children born in the UK to EU parents will struggle to get documentation in the UK after Brexit. Thousands EU citizens and their family members living in the UK are at risk of ‘falling through the cracks’, and their rights of future residence after Brexit are in question. Children are particularly at risk since their status is dependent on their parents. “Where neither of the parents is British at the time of the child’s birth, a child will later struggle to prove the British…

Eurochildren researchers have found that children born in the UK to EU parents will struggle to get documentation in the UK after Brexit. Thousands EU citizens and their family members…

The deals we make to control migration...

Britain complains about “illegal immigration” but its own policy – like the policy in other European Union countries – is to put a squeeze on legal routes to entry. For example, the UK’s refusal rate for Syrian visa applications has more than doubled from less than 30 per cent before the conflict started to more than 60 per cent in 2016. “I didn’t try to apply for visa. Nobody gets a visa,” a Syrian traveller recently told a study. “I wish we could pay the embassy instead of the smuggler…

Britain complains about “illegal immigration” but its own policy – like the policy in other European Union countries – is to put a squeeze on legal routes to entry. For…

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Guilty until proven innocent: Parliament's chance to right another Home Office wrong

Migrant Voice's briefing to MP's ahead of the 4 September parliamentary debate on international students whose visas were cancelled due to allegations of cheating. What we want • To draw…

We launch the exhibition for our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration' project

From 29 August – 21 September, 2018 we are exhibiting a selection of photos from our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project at the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York…

"I did it my way and you can, too," says Betty

Betty Encinales is a Colombian migrant who sees the glass half-full rather than half-empty. Look around, she advises: migrants are a genuine part of the London community, working in…

“I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”

Born in Rome, raised in Sudan, worked in UAE, and now living in the UK, Naglaa Ahmed says, “I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”. First, she says,…

Migrant Voice’s campaign update on international students

A Westminster Hall debate on the international students affected by the English Language test scandal will now take place on Tuesday 4 September. We are delighted with this development following…

I am not a criminal - just an immigrant - Mark's story

Mark was arrested at home in London and detained in 2015. During his two-and-a-half-month incarceration he was questioned about why he came to Britain from East Africa, and was examined…

Windrush - Movement of a People

Windrush! It’s a powerful name, isn’t it? Rushing wind. A force of nature. It’s fitting for the Caribbeans who arrived in Tilbury in June 1948 on the Empire Windrush full…

I am myself. What changes is how others see me

Xiaoxia Yin was born in China, moving between Shenzhen and Hong Kong while her parents worked there, enrolled in a US college, took an internship in Hong Kong and…

Children born in the UK to EU parents will struggle to get documentation

Eurochildren researchers have found that children born in the UK to EU parents will struggle to get documentation in the UK after Brexit. Thousands EU citizens and their family members…

The deals we make to control migration...

Britain complains about “illegal immigration” but its own policy – like the policy in other European Union countries – is to put a squeeze on legal routes to entry. For…

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