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London network meeting: Extortionate visa fees

Please join us at Migrant Voice’s London network meeting on Thursday 12 September from 6-8.30pm at VAI, 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP. Refreshments provided. We know that the costs of immigration – including visa fees, the NHS surcharge, premium appointments for uploading documents, legal fees, the cost of citizenship – are leaving ordinary people, ordinary families destitute and pricing people out of their rights. Many of those affected by the high costs of the immigration process in the UK have been writing to us over the last months to share…

Please join us at Migrant Voice’s London network meeting on Thursday 12 September from 6-8.30pm at VAI, 200a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JP. Refreshments provided. We know that the costs of…

Media Lab in Birmingham

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Birmingham on Tuesday 27th August 2019. Creative writer, social media guru and website designer Jordan Garvey of The Blogatory will lead an MV Media Lab training session to help represent migrant voices online. Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in Birmingham, please join us to learn skills that will make your voices heard. 10:00am - 11:00am: Welcome, registration & refreshments 11:00am - 1:00pm: Part I - How to tell your personal migrant stories using blogs and social media 1:00pm -…

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Birmingham on Tuesday 27th August 2019. Creative writer, social media guru and website designer Jordan Garvey of The Blogatory will…

Media Lab in Wolverhampton

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 30 July 2019. International photojournalist and creative photographer Denise Maxwell of Lensi Photography will lead an MV Media Lab training session to help represent migrant voices in the media. Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in Wolverhampton, please join us to learn skills that will make your voices heard. 12:00pm: Welcome, registration & refreshments 12:30pm - 2:30pm: Part I - How to tell your personal migrant stories using photography 2:30pm - 3:00pm: LUNCH BREAK (Lunch will…

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 30 July 2019. International photojournalist and creative photographer Denise Maxwell of Lensi Photography will lead an…

Media lab in Glasgow

Migrant Voice is organising a Media Lab Training workshop in Glasgow on Wednesday 12 June. The programme will include small group sessions on interview skills, social media campaigns, pitching stories to the media, photography, zine making and art action for human rights. Each session will be led by a media professional. You can attend more than one session. Scots and new Scots from all over the world - asylum seekers, refugees, and other migrants living in Glasgow - join us to learn media skills that will make your voices heard! Venue: Samaritan House, 79 Coplaw Street,…

Migrant Voice is organising a Media Lab Training workshop in Glasgow on Wednesday 12 June. The programme will include small group sessions on interview skills, social media campaigns, pitching stories to the media, photography, zine…

Film launch at Westminster

On Tuesday 21 May, we, together with Stephen Timms MP, are hosting the launch of "Inquisition", a short film about the injustice faced by thousands of international students who were wrongly accused of cheating by the Home Office in 2014 and had their visas revoked or refused. The 14-minute documentary was made by award-winning filmmaker Tim Langford for Migrant Voice and features five of the affected students, who tell their stories to the camera. It's a harrowing watch and marks a major milestone in our "My Future Back" campaign. Watch…

On Tuesday 21 May, we, together with Stephen Timms MP, are hosting the launch of "Inquisition", a short film about the injustice faced by thousands of international students who were…

Media training day in Glasgow

On Thursday 2 May, we will be holding our first media training day for "migrant ambassadors" and for staff/volunteers at refugee and migrant community organisations. The training is part of our pioneering Meet a Migrant project, which is now into the second phase. In this training, you’ll learn how to identify stories in your community and how to pitch them to the media. We’ll be sharing our learning from ten years of working with migrants and the media, and from the first phase of Meet a Migrant, where we brought…

On Thursday 2 May, we will be holding our first media training day for "migrant ambassadors" and for staff/volunteers at refugee and migrant community organisations. The training is part of…

Glasgow network meeting

Come to our network meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday 1 May! We'll be discussing media coverage of migration in Scotland in preparation for a later meeting with some Scottish news editors. As part of a national Migrant Voice project, we’re arranging meetings between some of our members and editors at major news outlets across the UK. This is the first time Migrant Voice is attempting to influence news coverage at this high level. At the meeting on 1 May, we want to explore together views and issues we should be…

Come to our network meeting in Glasgow on Wednesday 1 May! We'll be discussing media coverage of migration in Scotland in preparation for a later meeting with some Scottish news…

Coventry Media Lab

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Coventry on Monday 29 April 2019. Recognised journalists, media and communication professionals will lead MV Media Lab training sessions to help represent migrant voices in the media. Asylum seekers, refugees and migrants living in Coventry, please join us to learn skills that will make your voices heard. 12:00pm: Welcome and registration 12:30pm - 2:30pm: Session 1 - How to use photo cameras and mobile phones to visually create, edit and share your stories with impact on social media (Photography…

Migrant Voice is organising a special Media Lab training workshop in Coventry on Monday 29 April 2019. Recognised journalists, media and communication professionals will lead MV Media Lab training sessions…

Media Campaign Training

In this session, we'll look at the lessons learned from the 'Nas must stay' campaign. You'll learn how you can advocate for your own rights and build your own successful campaign. Nas Popalzai spent 10 years fighting to stay in the UK after arriving here from Afghanistan as an unaccompanied child asylum seeker. Last year he decided to collectivize his struggle and get the community involved. He now has his refugee status. Nas will share his experiences of his successful strategy and we will learn from his campaign and start…

In this session, we'll look at the lessons learned from the 'Nas must stay' campaign. You'll learn how you can advocate for your own rights and build your own successful…

Glasgow Media Lab

Migrant Voice is organising Media Lab training in Glasgow on Thursday 21st March, 2019. at 2:30pm. Scots and new Scots from all over the world including asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants living in Glasgow, please join us to learn media skills that will make your voices heard. Media and communication professionals will lead the sessions on photography, social media and interviewing skills. Venue: Migrant Voice office first floor (Maryhill Integration Network area), 35 Avenuepark St, Glasgow G20 8TS Date: Thursday 21st March, 2019. Time: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm…

Migrant Voice is organising Media Lab training in Glasgow on Thursday 21st March, 2019. at 2:30pm. Scots and new Scots from all over the world including asylum seekers, refugees and…