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The Olympics shows how migration makes us all stronger

The Olympics and Paralympics bring together some of the best talent from around the world. It is not just the diversity of athletes coming together to compete which makes the games so spectacular though, it is the diversity within teams. For Team GB, we have athletes born all around the world coming together to represent Great Britain at the largest sporting event in the world. They will have millions of people rooting for them to win Gold as they compete. Win or lose we see solidarity with those taking part,…

The Olympics and Paralympics bring together some of the best talent from around the world. It is not just the diversity of athletes coming together to compete which makes the…

We need a complete change in the treatment of migrants

There has been a lot of talk about immigration during the General Election. What we need to focus on now is moving forward and creating a positive environment for migrants. Migrants form our communities. We are your colleagues, friends and families. We are the people you see every day. We are people at the end of the day. We are not abstract statistics to be thrown around as a political soundbite. We are people with families, families which have been ripped apart by cruel policies including minimum income requirements. We…

There has been a lot of talk about immigration during the General Election. What we need to focus on now is moving forward and creating a positive environment for migrants.…

The English Test Scandal is the Post Office mark two

If you have been following the Horizon Post Office Scandal then the similarities with the English Language Test Scandal are striking. One company refusing to take responsibility for IT errors. Innocent people affected criminalised, and expert evidence ignored. As with the Post Office Scandal, there is not just one point where everything went wrong. It has been a catalogue of errors and injustices, compounded over a decade. In reality, the IT errors, or manipulation, almost take a backseat to the wider range of issues. So many people were criminalised, that…

If you have been following the Horizon Post Office Scandal then the similarities with the English Language Test Scandal are striking. One company refusing to take responsibility for IT errors.…

Migrants’ rights are women’s rights

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating all the amazing migrant women we know. Some of those who have shared their stories with us over the years include the award-winning Mirela Sula, who moved to the UK from Albania than a decade ago, and spoke to us about what led her to leading an organisation campaigning for women’s empowerment. There is Livia Barreira, who moved to the UK from Brazil in 2016, who has written a book bringing together the experiences of eight migrant women, and who has been a…

This International Women’s Day we are celebrating all the amazing migrant women we know. Some of those who have shared their stories with us over the years include the award-winning…

Lives left in limbo as scandal continues

Catastrophic failures of computer systems, multinational company left to investigate itself, no-one taking responsibility, all leading to innocent people being treated as criminals and forced into vast amounts of debt as they fight legal cases. Does all this sound a little familiar? This is not just the Post Office scandal. Nearly a decade after tens of thousands of international students were unjustly stripped of their right to study, work and live in the UK by the Home Office many are still fighting to get justice. In 2014 a BBC Panorama…

Catastrophic failures of computer systems, multinational company left to investigate itself, no-one taking responsibility, all leading to innocent people being treated as criminals and forced into vast amounts of debt…

Our year in review

2023 has been a year of challenges for the migrants’ rights sector, but it has also been one of incredible joy, comradeship, support, and unity. It has been a year where we have seen people come together to show that we all matter. It has been a year where, no matter the obstacles, we have seen people fight on. It has been a year we can celebrate. We have had an incredible year at Migrant Voice. As a national charity, we have seen people come together from across the country…

2023 has been a year of challenges for the migrants’ rights sector, but it has also been one of incredible joy, comradeship, support, and unity. It has been a year…

We are all shaped by Migration. We should celebrate that

Today, 18 December we at Migrant Voice have been celebrating International Migrants Day, along with more than 250 million migrants across the world, sharing their contributions and successes, but also standing in solidarity with the challenges some of them face. Migration has always been a part of the shared history of humanity, every nation in the world would not be here today without migrants. Our country is a story of migration, it has shaped our history, culture and people to reflect the values and customs we hold dear today. Whether…

Today, 18 December we at Migrant Voice have been celebrating International Migrants Day, along with more than 250 million migrants across the world, sharing their contributions and successes, but also…

Human rights means migrants too

16 November, 2023 On Wednesday 15 November the UK Supreme Court ruled against this Government's plan to ship vulnerable people to Rwanda. The UK's supreme court. Not a court in Brussels, and not a court 4,000 miles away, as those seeking asylum would have had to face under the failed policy had it gone ahead. In response there have been warnings of attacks on human rights laws to allow the policy to proceed. The phrase "human rights" is a carefully chosen one. It does not just imply, it actively states,…

16 November, 2023 On Wednesday 15 November the UK Supreme Court ruled against this Government's plan to ship vulnerable people to Rwanda. The UK's supreme court. Not a court in…

Calls for 'Action On Visas' from around the country

Extortionate visa fees are destroying lives right now in the UK. Families ripped apart, parents unable to ensure their children are documented, migrants forced into destitution, unable to afford food, all because they are being treated as this government’s magic money tree. On October 31st thousands of people across the country joined with Migrant Voice to call for an end to the nightmare which is the current visa settlement system. We saw organisations and individuals hosting a wide range of events in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Sheffield, Glasgow, London and elsewhere, too…

Extortionate visa fees are destroying lives right now in the UK. Families ripped apart, parents unable to ensure their children are documented, migrants forced into destitution, unable to afford food,…

Take a stand against extortionate visa fees

While people across the country were already struggling to cover the crippling cost of extortionate visa fees, many more have been thrown into precarious positions, and potential destitution, with the implementation of significant increases. On 4 October the cost of certain visa applications went up by 15-20%. This meant, for example, that for those applying for a visa to join their partner or child, if they are British or have lived here for more than seven years, went up from £1,538 to £1,846 - and they also need to pay…

While people across the country were already struggling to cover the crippling cost of extortionate visa fees, many more have been thrown into precarious positions, and potential destitution, with the…

The Olympics shows how migration makes us all stronger

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