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Over 100 students write to Home Secretary asking him to take action

On Thursday 27 June, a group of the international students whose lives were torn apart by the Home Office in 2014 when they were wrongly accused of cheating on an English test delivered a letter by hand to the Home Secretary, asking him to make the statement that he has been promising. (See more photos below.) More than 100 of the students directly affected had signed the letter. They and thousands of others have spent the last five years trying to clear their names - an almost impossible task in…

On Thursday 27 June, a group of the international students whose lives were torn apart by the Home Office in 2014 when they were wrongly accused of cheating on an…

'Why is everyone not outraged?': Your thoughts for Refugee Week 2019

Refugee Week is often a time to celebrate the lives of people who made it to safety. This year, we also wanted to remember those who did not. Since the start of 2019, more than 1,000 people have died as they tried to seek sanctuary, half of them in the Mediterranean (and those are just the deaths that have been recorded). As rescuing people at sea is increasingly criminalised across Europe, those numbers are set to rise further. During Refugee Week 2019, we gathered people’s thoughts for those who have lost their lives and messages to…

Refugee Week is often a time to celebrate the lives of people who made it to safety. This year, we also wanted to remember those who did not. Since the…

Letter to my new neighbour

Letter to my neighbour, who is not my immediate family, from my continent, my country, but simply a human being like me. My dear new neighbour, Broken by my struggle to contribute to peace-making and reconciliation in my country, I had to flee from the regime in place. Forced into exile I undertook a perilous journey. The whole way I could constantly see in my mind the mutilated bodies in the fields of our once beautiful countryside. I can count around 2,000 people killed in this ugly asymmetric battle.…

Letter to my neighbour, who is not my immediate family, from my continent, my country, but simply a human being like me. My dear new neighbour, Broken by my…

Fighting racism with solidarity: Hilda's experience as a BME social worker in the UK

Whenever Hilda Chehore arrived at work and said a breezy “Good morning” to her social work colleagues, her words fell on deaf white ears. “It was very frustrating,” she recalls. “I was wondering why they weren’t responding. “The others were friends, they met at weekends and in the evenings, so I wasn’t a part of the team. I was isolated, but social work is a difficult job – you need someone to talk to.” Hilda qualified as a teacher in Zimbabwe but, after coming to the UK in 2002 and…

Whenever Hilda Chehore arrived at work and said a breezy “Good morning” to her social work colleagues, her words fell on deaf white ears. “It was very frustrating,” she recalls.…

National Audit Office report: An exposure of Home Office failure

The National Audit Office (NAO) report into the government’s response to cheating in English language tests, published today, is a damning exposure of Home Office failure and we welcome its findings. We have been campaigning since 2017 alongside many of the students affected by the catastrophic series of decisions made by the Home Office on this matter, and we've been working with the NAO over the last few months as they carried out their investigation. Read the full report here. And see media coverage of the report and our response here. Key lines from the…

The National Audit Office (NAO) report into the government’s response to cheating in English language tests, published today, is a damning exposure of Home Office failure and we welcome its findings. We…

'My life was shattered, in just one day': Launch of 'Inquisition'

“It’s like an empty pocket, an empty stomach, and broken heart, a hopeless future. What can be worse than those things?” Shabbir, Inquisition More than 100 people attended the launch of “Inquisition” on Tuesday 21 May, a short film about the injustice facing tens of thousands of international students who were wrongly accused of cheating on an English test by the Home Office in 2014. The film was made for Migrant Voice by award-winning filmmaker Tim Langford and tells the stories – in their own voices – of five of…

“It’s like an empty pocket, an empty stomach, and broken heart, a hopeless future. What can be worse than those things?” Shabbir, Inquisition More than 100 people attended the launch…

MPs question Immigration Minister over delayed announcement on foreign students injustice

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday 30 April, the Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes announced a further delay to the Home Office announcement regarding the thousands of students wrongly accused of cheating on an English test in 2014. She was speaking in response to an Urgent Question from Stephen Timms MP, a long-time advocate for the students. The Immigration Minister said that any announcement would now be delayed until after the National Audit Office releases its report on this issue, which is expected in May/June. This comes more than…

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday 30 April, the Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes announced a further delay to the Home Office announcement regarding the thousands of students wrongly…

Migrant entrepreneurs speak out about Brexit

Four out of five migrant entrepreneurs in the UK believe Brexit will have a negative effect on their business and more than a third have considered relocating their business due to the UK’s impending departure from the EU. More than 80% believe they have capabilities that can be used to strengthen the UK economy, however, and many are keen to use them here in Britain. The numbers come from a survey conducted by Migrant Voice and PR platform High Profile Club, which was founded by one of our members, Rafael dos…

Four out of five migrant entrepreneurs in the UK believe Brexit will have a negative effect on their business and more than a third have considered relocating their business due…

'We deserve to live, even if we are migrants'

A few weeks ago, we visited The Voice of Domestic Workers, an education and support group for migrant domestic workers in the UK. Many of the women there struggle to access the healthcare they are entitled to. (You can read our editorial on this issue here.) We were there with two representatives of Doctors of the World to help some of the women understand their healthcare rights and provide training in writing blogs and making videos to tell their stories. Here is some of what they wrote: I’m undocumented but…

A few weeks ago, we visited The Voice of Domestic Workers, an education and support group for migrant domestic workers in the UK. Many of the women there struggle to access…

Margarita's story: Finding a new kind of storytelling

I am a 56-year-old toddler in this country. To start learning things from the beginning when you are in your fifties is both a great challenge and a fantastic privilege. But sometimes I do draw on my abundant pre-packed experiences. For example, my experience in collecting and telling human stories. I’ve been doing this since 2011 when I lived in Moscow and edited a lifestyle magazine as my day job. In my parallel life as an artist filmmaker, I (together with Elena Michailowska) filmed more than 50 interviews with former…

I am a 56-year-old toddler in this country. To start learning things from the beginning when you are in your fifties is both a great challenge and a fantastic privilege.…

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Over 100 students write to Home Secretary asking him to take action

On Thursday 27 June, a group of the international students whose lives were torn apart by the Home Office in 2014 when they were wrongly accused of cheating on an…

'Why is everyone not outraged?': Your thoughts for Refugee Week 2019

Refugee Week is often a time to celebrate the lives of people who made it to safety. This year, we also wanted to remember those who did not. Since the…

Letter to my new neighbour

Letter to my neighbour, who is not my immediate family, from my continent, my country, but simply a human being like me. My dear new neighbour, Broken by my…

Fighting racism with solidarity: Hilda's experience as a BME social worker in the UK

Whenever Hilda Chehore arrived at work and said a breezy “Good morning” to her social work colleagues, her words fell on deaf white ears. “It was very frustrating,” she recalls.…

National Audit Office report: An exposure of Home Office failure

The National Audit Office (NAO) report into the government’s response to cheating in English language tests, published today, is a damning exposure of Home Office failure and we welcome its findings. We…

'My life was shattered, in just one day': Launch of 'Inquisition'

“It’s like an empty pocket, an empty stomach, and broken heart, a hopeless future. What can be worse than those things?” Shabbir, Inquisition More than 100 people attended the launch…

MPs question Immigration Minister over delayed announcement on foreign students injustice

Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday 30 April, the Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes announced a further delay to the Home Office announcement regarding the thousands of students wrongly…

Migrant entrepreneurs speak out about Brexit

Four out of five migrant entrepreneurs in the UK believe Brexit will have a negative effect on their business and more than a third have considered relocating their business due…

'We deserve to live, even if we are migrants'

A few weeks ago, we visited The Voice of Domestic Workers, an education and support group for migrant domestic workers in the UK. Many of the women there struggle to access…

Margarita's story: Finding a new kind of storytelling

I am a 56-year-old toddler in this country. To start learning things from the beginning when you are in your fifties is both a great challenge and a fantastic privilege.…

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