Rarely does a funder's project launch feature a spontaneous love song, but that's what occurred on Tuesday evening at the unveiling of a national integration campaign. After PARTICIPATE.iNTEGRATION was introduced at Migrant Voice's London office by MoneyGram marketing manager Richard Levy and Migrant Voice director Nazek Ramadan, one Syrian refugee burst into a popular Arabic song about…
NightWorkPod (NWP) documents experiences while working the night shift. NWP is inspired by my research into the sociology of the invisible migrant night shift workers in London. I am Julius-Cezar MacQuarie, and I am an anthropologist. I took up research at night when I learnt that night shift workers were invisible in the scholarly literature…
The shock announcement by Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes goes against everything the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the EU have said about the rights of EU citizens after Brexit day. Nokes now says that employers must check if EU nationals have the right to work after 29 March 2019 in the event of no…
In the latest of our occasional commentaries on the coverage of migration in the media, Daniel Nelson looks at the BBC's Big British Asian Summer. Please put your hands together in appreciation of some recent positive programmes about migrants. Yes, the media likes to highlight negative stories. Yes, as Migrant Voice research has shown, too…
Migrant Voice's briefing to MP's ahead of the 4 September parliamentary debate on international students whose visas were cancelled due to allegations of cheating. What we want • To draw parliament’s attention to the Home Office's decision to expel – thus ruining the lives of - tens of thousands of international students from Britain on…
From 29 August – 21 September, 2018 we are exhibiting a selection of photos from our 'Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project at the Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. This work is the culmination of our ‘Changing Lenses, London stories of integration’ project which brought communities together to explore integration…
Betty Encinales is a Colombian migrant who sees the glass half-full rather than half-empty. Look around, she advises: migrants are a genuine part of the London community, working in every kind of job. “Can you imagine London without migrants for one day?” she muses, knowing that the answer is No. She sets an example…
Born in Rome, raised in Sudan, worked in UAE, and now living in the UK, Naglaa Ahmed says, “I have a lot of advice for new immigrants”. First, she says, you have to know the country you are living in. Know the rules, the laws and the people. Second, know the resources available to you.…
A Westminster Hall debate on the international students affected by the English Language test scandal will now take place on Tuesday 4 September. We are delighted with this development following the earlier promise of up to Eight MPs to press for a parliamentary debate in support of Migrant Voice’s campaign to clear the name of…
Mark was arrested at home in London and detained in 2015. During his two-and-a-half-month incarceration he was questioned about why he came to Britain from East Africa, and was examined by a Home Office doctor. The wound on his back was confirmed as a stab wound. He was moved between three immigration removal centres: Brook…
