This article is the first of an occasional series by Migrant Voice in which migrants and those interested in migration issues comment on TV and radio programmes about migrants. The set-up is simple: What happens to four unemployed Brits when an immigrant millionaire becomes their boss? It seems like a positive approach.…
Dear colleagues, Migrant Voice is conducting a small research into what migrants and refugees bring with them when they leave home and why. Part of the research will also support a BBC programme. To take part, please answer the following questions: What was the most important item you took with you when you left your…
The Claim is a play about an interview that will affect the rest of your life. It could even lead to your death. “If they don't believe you, they will send you back – meaning, sending you back to your grave.” The speaker is Yami, whose recollection of the Home Office's “substantive interview” for…
In 2018 the expensive top-of-the-market Marlborough School of English and Culture, part of a 170-year-old institution founded for the sons of the clergy, will offer its first Al-Rashid Scholarships. Al-Rashid? Who's he, and how did he leave his mark in the high downland and wide valleys that the English county of Wiltshire describes as "quintessentially…
'Betrayal' is the prevalent emotional reaction of EU nationals living in the UK following the referendum, says Elena Remigi, founder and co-editor of a book that tells the stories of 144 Europeans and their experiences since the Brexit vote. “There is a strong sense of betrayal among EU nationals,” says Remigi. “It’s natural to think that when you…
Calais Art therapist Mary-Rose Brady is still haunted by her visit to the Calais “Jungle” earlier this year; “What I witnessed with my own eyes were men who looked like shells when they arrived, like bodies without souls.” The camp was burnt down a year ago, but an estimated 7,000 refugees and migrants –…
On Thursday 19 October we held a packed meeting in Birmingham with Shabana Mahmood MP, activists, lawyers and migrants from a range of backgrounds on the issue of rogue migration solicitors. You can watch Shabana speaking at the launch of the campaign here. We have been made aware of significant numbers of migrants in the…
The 2016 Immigration Act aimed to create a hostile environment for undocumented migrants, but its implementation has only created discrimination, fuelled racial profiling and put all migrants lives and well-being in danger. Furthermore, by turning civilians into immigration agents it creates mistrust and hostility. The next stage will be implemented on October 23rd 2017 when…
Ratip is a dedicated community organizer whose work has ranged from accounting to web design and spread across different communities as seen through his volunteer service and fluency in languages including Arabic, Turkish, Greek, as well as English. Most recently he has stood for election as an MP as he strives to advocate for people…
Mihai Bica was the only Roma in his secondary school class in Romania and the first Roma in his home town to go to university. Now he is working to support the Roma community the UK. Roma in UK, as elsewhere in Europe, face severe discrimination and hostility and “sometimes do not have the courage…
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