High visa costs are putting undue burdens on families in our communities and pricing people out of their rights – and it’s high time the UK government reduced them. While we at Migrant Voice welcome the announcement from the government to scrap the £65 fee for EU nationals applying for settled status, we are concerned…
By attempting to strip a British woman of her citizenship, the Home Secretary has shone a spotlight on a cruel, outdated and extremely troubling UK law. It’s a racist law that leaves anyone who became British by being naturalised, or who was born British but has a second nationality, vulnerable to being stripped of that…
“Britain, at its best, is open, welcoming and tolerant.” That's what the Home Secretary said in his conference speech in October 2018. And we would agree with him. But this last week, we have not seen Britain at its best - and it’s because of policies designed and perpetuated by the Home Secretary's department. On…
Nine years ago, the UK was facing a general election dominated by the issue of immigration, but with barely any migrant voices to be heard. At the same time, a new movement was starting – first in ad hoc meetings in cafes across London, then eventually with an office, a name and a website. And…
The government’s reaction to a handful of migrants arriving on the UK’s southern shores over the festive period has revealed, once again, that the UK and EU asylum systems are out of touch with the reality of how and why people are moving. While we were pleased to hear that the Home Secretary had decided…
As most of us are excitedly counting down the days to Christmas and the New Year, it’s a countdown with little joy for thousands of international students wrongly accused of cheating on an English language test in 2014. For many of them, the arrival of 2019 only means one, devastating thing: five years living in…
Marrakesh is known mainly for its bustling markets, exquisite palaces and enchanting gardens. But from 4 to 11 December, the Moroccan city is playing host to the Global Forum on Migration and Development, an annual event that brings together hundreds of civil society organisations and government representatives to talk about the opportunities and challenges…
It’s pitch black, cold, raining. A small dinghy is being tossed around by the waves. Inside the boat are two families. One of the children is just a toddler – a dark-haired girl wearing a purple coat under her fluorescent orange life jacket. This isn’t the Mediterranean; it’s the English Channel. When the boats…
“We’ve got a deal!” the politicians cried. But there was little relief for the 3.6 million EU nationals in the UK. The several dozen pages in the draft withdrawal agreement referring to the rights of those EU nationals contain some troubling details. EU nationals who don’t have a job will have to prove they…
The NHS identity check system that forces thousands of patients to pay upfront costs for treatment is claiming its first victims – and unknown numbers of others are becoming trapped in a process devoid of common sense or compassion. And British citizens aren’t immune. Former British Army corporal Jellian Mitchell discovered that when her mother…
