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Write a letter to your MP to end extortionate visa fees

Migrant Voice - Write a letter to your MP to end extortionate visa fees

THURSDAY 10 MARCH, 2022 In February, we organised two training sessions on how to write a letter to your MP about the impact of extortionate visa fees.  As part of our campaign to end extortionate visa fees, we are asking you to join us in writing to your MP about why the high fees are wrong. For those of you who have not been directly affected, but are concerned about this issue, we would also like to see you write to your MP telling them just why you think we…

THURSDAY 10 MARCH, 2022 In February, we organised two training sessions on how to write a letter to your MP about the impact of extortionate visa fees.  As part of…

Newsnight investigation: a glimmer of light

Migrant Voice - Newsnight investigation: a glimmer of light

SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 2022 Migrant Voice director Nazek Ramadan is preparing to push ahead with our #MyFutureBack campaign after the discovery of new evidence and parliamentary questions about the Government’s precipitate action against tens of thousands of overseas students. “The BBC Newsnight programme [on 9 February 2022],” has given a huge boost to the campaign we have been running with a group of students who first came to us for help four years ago,” she said. The programme’s investigation spotlighted the flawed evidence used in the allegations of cheating and subsequent mass expulsions, and…

SATURDAY 12 FEBRUARY, 2022 Migrant Voice director Nazek Ramadan is preparing to push ahead with our #MyFutureBack campaign after the discovery of new evidence and parliamentary questions about the Government’s precipitate action…

New evidence boosts students' campaign for justice

Migrant Voice - New evidence boosts students' campaign for justice

WEDNESDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 2022 A BBC investigation aired on news bulletins and on Newsnight on 9 February has turned a spotlight back onto one of the most scarring miscarriages of justice in modern British history. A report on the BBC website says its investigation ”has raised fresh doubts about the evidence used to throw thousands of people out of the UK for allegedly cheating in an English language test”. It says its findings are based on “whistleblower testimony and official documents obtained by Newsnight that reveal the Home Office has continued…

WEDNESDAY 9 FEBRUARY, 2022 A BBC investigation aired on news bulletins and on Newsnight on 9 February has turned a spotlight back onto one of the most scarring miscarriages of justice…

#MyFutureBack campaign overview

Migrant Voice - #MyFutureBack campaign overview

February 2022 Migrant Voice’s #MyFutureBack campaign has helped many international students clear their names from Home Office accusations of cheating in an English-language test. The students have been fighting for justice for eight years and Migrant Voice has campaigned with a group of them since 2017.  The issue/Background In 2014 a BBC Panorama programme revealed cheating on an English language test known as TOEIC at two London test centres by some international students. The UK government placed Educational Testing Service (ETS), the company that ran the test at 96 test…

February 2022 Migrant Voice’s #MyFutureBack campaign has helped many international students clear their names from Home Office accusations of cheating in an English-language test. The students have been fighting for…

Letter: Remove Clause 9 of the Borders Bill

Migrant Voice - Letter: Remove Clause 9 of the Borders Bill

Today (27 January 2022), a coalition of community groups has sent an open letter signed by more than 100 organisations and individuals to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, asking for the removal of Clause 9 from the Bill. The letter was sent this morning to the Prime Minister and will also be copied to members of the House of Lords, who will be debating the Nationality and Borders Bill in Committee today. Clause 9 extends the powers of the Home Secretary to remove Citizenship from British nationals. If the Bill…

Today (27 January 2022), a coalition of community groups has sent an open letter signed by more than 100 organisations and individuals to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, asking for…

Migrant Voice ambassador speaks out at #KilltheBill protest

Migrant Voice - Migrant Voice ambassador speaks out at #KilltheBill protest

TUESDAY 18 JANUARY, 2022 Migrant voice member and ambassador Loraine Mponela recently spoke out at a #KilltheBill protest in Coventry on Saturday (15 January). Loraine is also chair of CARAG, a migrant-led community organisation. The government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is currently going through parliament. In the latest development, peers in the House of Lords voted against several measures in the Bill, a win for human rights groups which have criticised the proposals for curbing people’s right to peaceful protest.  You can watch Loraine’s full speech on YouTube…

TUESDAY 18 JANUARY, 2022 Migrant voice member and ambassador Loraine Mponela recently spoke out at a #KilltheBill protest in Coventry on Saturday (15 January). Loraine is also chair of CARAG,…

2021: The year our West Midlands team bit back against the hostile environment

Migrant Voice - 2021: The year our West Midlands team bit back against the hostile environment

THURSDAY 23 DECEMBER, 2021 Our colleague Salman Mirza explore the highlights of our work in the West Midlands in the past year “You have brought me to tears. We have won already. The way I see it, he has fought the fight because he had the best fighting for him. They have been called out … because of his situation, because of you. He will always be remembered as the one who got the public talking, whether they supported him or not. The fact of the matter is immigration behaves…

THURSDAY 23 DECEMBER, 2021 Our colleague Salman Mirza explore the highlights of our work in the West Midlands in the past year “You have brought me to tears. We have…

Our voices have the power to bring change: Reflections from our roundtable event

Migrant Voice - Our voices have the power to bring change: Reflections from our roundtable event

FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER Migrant Voice marked this year’s International Migrants Day with a panel discussion, ‘Raising our game? Challenges and opportunities for migrants to speak out in the media’ on 14 December 2021. With an expert panel made up of Migrant Voice Ambassadors and a group of journalists with a track record of bringing migrant voices to the centre of their reporting, our members had a robust and, at times, challenging discussion on migrants’ engagement with the media and where to go from here. The journalists on the panel were…

FRIDAY 17 DECEMBER Migrant Voice marked this year’s International Migrants Day with a panel discussion, ‘Raising our game? Challenges and opportunities for migrants to speak out in the media’ on…

Come along to our International Migrants Day panel discussion!

Migrant Voice - Come along to our International Migrants Day panel discussion!

Migrant Voice is marking this year’s International Migrants Day with a panel discussion, “Raising our game? Challenges and opportunities for migrants to speak out in the media”. The event will take place on 14 December from 5pm to 7pm on Zoom. All are welcome, especially Migrant Voice members, supporters, our friends in the media and sector colleagues. This is a topic that is very close to our hearts. Over the last 12 years, Migrant Voice has dedicated itself to challenging the toxic debate on migrants and migration by bringing real…

Migrant Voice is marking this year’s International Migrants Day with a panel discussion, “Raising our game? Challenges and opportunities for migrants to speak out in the media”. The event will…

Glasgow network meeting sees MV members meet in-person for first time in two years

Migrant Voice - Glasgow network meeting sees MV members meet in-person for first time in two years

THURSDAY 2 DECEMBER, 2021 Last week, we hosted a very powerful and successful in-person network meeting in Glasgow. The gathering brought together more than 30 migrants from many countries, backgrounds and individuals sympathetic to migrants’ rights. It was our first-in-person networking event in two years. The strong desire from different organisations to work together in solidarity with migrants' rights was very clear during the meeting.    Such a great event with @MigrantVoiceUK in Glasgow, hearing about thought-provoking and heart breaking stories from Migrant stories living in Scotland. @ESAScotland https://t.co/SLfGzfibfQ —…

THURSDAY 2 DECEMBER, 2021 Last week, we hosted a very powerful and successful in-person network meeting in Glasgow. The gathering brought together more than 30 migrants from many countries, backgrounds…

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