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Online music festival kickstarts a global movement battling inequality

Migrant Voice is one of 20 charities being supported by RAAH. Fest, a free eight-hour online music festival held on 24 October, and the global youth movement that this festival has kickstarted. If you missed it, watch the full festival here. RAAH. Fest organiser Jasminder Odusanya says that seeing a friend arrested for being “undocumented”, and her experience of working in a refugee camp, inspired her to take action to help victims of displacement, trafficking and racial discrimination. “Working in the camp really got to me and I was in tears.…

Migrant Voice is one of 20 charities being supported by RAAH. Fest, a free eight-hour online music festival held on 24 October, and the global youth movement that this festival…

Migrant Voice members produce 'Beyond', an e-magazine for Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month, a group or participants from our Media Lab in the West Midlands have created their own magazine, Beyond. Part of the MiFriendly Cities Project, the special publication was created by a team of budding ‘citizen journalists’ who have honed their media skills through Media Lab and newsroom workshops over the last two years. Initially meeting up regularly for training with hands-on mentoring in mediums including photography, writing news and filmmaking; many of the participants have spent much of this year continuing their training at home…

To celebrate Black History Month, a group or participants from our Media Lab in the West Midlands have created their own magazine, Beyond. Part of the MiFriendly Cities Project, the…

200+ international students call for Prime Minister to end six-year injustice

On 24 September, a letter signed by over 200 international students who were wrongly accused of cheating on an English test by the Home Office in 2014 was delivered to the Prime Minister. They represent thousands of students who have been fighting for six years to prove their innocence, and they’re now calling on Boris Johnson to take urgent action to end their nightmare. "This country has a proud tradition of justice and fairness - one of the many reasons we chose to come here for our education," they wrote. "But…

On 24 September, a letter signed by over 200 international students who were wrongly accused of cheating on an English test by the Home Office in 2014 was delivered to the…

Refugees: ‘It can happen to anyone’

One of the hardest tasks in staging a large season such as Refugees at the Imperial War Museum is ensuring that it is not outdated by events. A feature of the season is Life in a Camp, an installation created with CNN that uses three large wall projections to offer an intimate view of the makeshift Moria camp on the Greek Island of Lesbos. Designed to host 2,200 people, says the exhibition publicity, Moria became home to more than 18,000 refugees. But in September a fire destroyed the camp, and the exhibit changed from present…

One of the hardest tasks in staging a large season such as Refugees at the Imperial War Museum is ensuring that it is not outdated by events. A feature of the…

Learning about filmmaking at a Glasgow Media Lab

At Migrant Voice, we’re dedicated to giving a platform to the voices of people who identify as being from migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds. At a recent online session with GMAC Film Little Pictures, we learned about how another organisation is prioritising the voices of under-represented groups - and got some great tips on filmmaking on a micro budget too. On 8 September, participants from 23 countries – including Belarus, Moldova, Scotland, Spain, Hong Kong, Basque Country, Scotland, South Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Germany, Cyprus, India, and Cameroon – came…

At Migrant Voice, we’re dedicated to giving a platform to the voices of people who identify as being from migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds. At a recent online session…

Status Now Network statement on Britain First

Migrant Voice deplores the actions of some members of Britain First over the last few days, who have been entering asylum accommodation in different parts of the UK and harrassing and filming those living there. As a member of the Status Now Network, we fully endorse the statement below. 29 August 2020 The Status Now Network unconditionally condemns the actions of Members of Britain First, a British fascist political organisation formed in 2011 by former members of the British National Party. Britain First members have filmed people seeking asylum…

Migrant Voice deplores the actions of some members of Britain First over the last few days, who have been entering asylum accommodation in different parts of the UK and harrassing…

Asylum seeker with a disability appeals for help to raise fees for his PhD study

The struggle of a Coventry-based, disabled and wheelchair-bound asylum seeker to raise tuition fees for his PhD in the UK is continuing with no end in sight. After applying for admission to five UK universities, asylum seeker Dickson Tarnongo – who is also a volunteer community journalist with Migrant Voice – was offered a place by a Midlands-based university. The university gave him an offer with a home fees status, which means he will pay much lower fees than if he were treated as an international student. But he still…

The struggle of a Coventry-based, disabled and wheelchair-bound asylum seeker to raise tuition fees for his PhD in the UK is continuing with no end in sight. After applying for…

Health Heroes on the move

A Syrian refugee filmmaker, a Trinidadian migrant nurse and a British Nigerian woman who set up West Africa’s flying doctor service are among Health Heroes honoured in a new book. Hassan Akkad came to the UK as a refugee from Syria in 2012, campaigned for the rights of other refugees and at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic volunteered as a cleaner at Whipps Cross hospital in East London. The book, Health Heroes: The People Who Took Care of the World, reports that in a tweet that went viral, Hassan said: “London has been…

A Syrian refugee filmmaker, a Trinidadian migrant nurse and a British Nigerian woman who set up West Africa’s flying doctor service are among Health Heroes honoured in a new book.…

A success in the My Future Back campaign!

In response to a case brought by law firm Bindmans, the Home Office has agreed to grant 2.5 years leave to remain to any international students who were accused of cheating on an English test six years ago and who win their appeal in the immigration tribunal. This is a major victory and a policy change for which we, along with Bindmans and MPs including Stephen Timms, have been calling for many months. It's great news for students who were falsely accused of cheating on the English test known as…

In response to a case brought by law firm Bindmans, the Home Office has agreed to grant 2.5 years leave to remain to any international students who were accused of…

Support the Gurmit Kaur campaign

“Being here in Smethwick is my true home, it’s where I work to help the community, it’s where I give back, it’s where I know and love the people who have become my family. This is the society I am part of and the place I have made my home.” Gurmit Kaur is a 75-year-old woman from India and a member of Migrant Voice. She has lived in Smethwick since 2009, but she is undocumented and lives in fear of being forcibly removed to India, where she has no home…

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Online music festival kickstarts a global movement battling inequality

Migrant Voice is one of 20 charities being supported by RAAH. Fest, a free eight-hour online music festival held on 24 October, and the global youth movement that this festival…

Migrant Voice members produce 'Beyond', an e-magazine for Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month, a group or participants from our Media Lab in the West Midlands have created their own magazine, Beyond. Part of the MiFriendly Cities Project, the…

200+ international students call for Prime Minister to end six-year injustice

On 24 September, a letter signed by over 200 international students who were wrongly accused of cheating on an English test by the Home Office in 2014 was delivered to the…

Refugees: ‘It can happen to anyone’

One of the hardest tasks in staging a large season such as Refugees at the Imperial War Museum is ensuring that it is not outdated by events. A feature of the…

Learning about filmmaking at a Glasgow Media Lab

At Migrant Voice, we’re dedicated to giving a platform to the voices of people who identify as being from migrant, refugee, or asylum seeker backgrounds. At a recent online session…

Status Now Network statement on Britain First

Migrant Voice deplores the actions of some members of Britain First over the last few days, who have been entering asylum accommodation in different parts of the UK and harrassing…

Asylum seeker with a disability appeals for help to raise fees for his PhD study

The struggle of a Coventry-based, disabled and wheelchair-bound asylum seeker to raise tuition fees for his PhD in the UK is continuing with no end in sight. After applying for…

Health Heroes on the move

A Syrian refugee filmmaker, a Trinidadian migrant nurse and a British Nigerian woman who set up West Africa’s flying doctor service are among Health Heroes honoured in a new book.…

A success in the My Future Back campaign!

In response to a case brought by law firm Bindmans, the Home Office has agreed to grant 2.5 years leave to remain to any international students who were accused of…

Support the Gurmit Kaur campaign

“Being here in Smethwick is my true home, it’s where I work to help the community, it’s where I give back, it’s where I know and love the people who…

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