MV member & Migrant Ambassador writes opinion piece for Each Other
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On 18 December 2020, International Migrants Day, Each Other published an opinion piece by MV member and Migrant Ambassador Cryton Chikoko. He wrote about the news that the nurse to administer the first Covid-19 vaccine was a Filipino migrant called May Parsons - but that many Filipino and other migrants in the UK are prevented from working and being full members of UK society because of immigration rules that leave them without status.
"The coronavirus pandemic has intensified the effects of the Home Office hostile environment policies on undocumented migrants in the UK, with many experiencing loss of income, unsafe working conditions and scared to seek help if infected with the virus," Cryton writes.
"Regularisation will allow undocumented Filipinos, who are already in the UK, to gain fundamental rights so that they can live with dignity and participate in society fully and freely, work openly and safely contribute even further to the economy and the public purse."
This article was pitched and published as part of the Meet a Migrant project.