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Blacklash Exhibition @ Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

TUESDAY, 17 MAY Migrant Voice members organised and attended a guided tour of Blacklash: Racism and the Struggle for Self-Defence. From the mid-80s and over a period of two decades and across some of the UK's major inner-cities, Mukhtar Dar, co-curator of the exhibition, documented the struggles of Asian and African Caribbean communities against the pernicious and pervasive tidal wave of street and state racism. Above: an attentive group follows the exhibition tour. As a founding member of the Sheffield Asian Youth Movement and later joining the Birmingham Asian…

TUESDAY, 17 MAY Migrant Voice members organised and attended a guided tour of Blacklash: Racism and the Struggle for Self-Defence. From the mid-80s and over a period of two decades…

Two new vacancies in our London Office

Migrant Voice is looking to fill two new vacancies in our London Office: A London Network worker (4 days per week for 3 years); and a temporary post for a Communications and Project Assistant (4 days per week for 6 months). The London Network worker will support the organisation in strengthening our base and core work in London. This will include: Establishing new connections with a number of migrant communities and increasing our network membership and engagement; engaging migrants in conversations about issues affecting them and develop activities that address…

Migrant Voice is looking to fill two new vacancies in our London Office: A London Network worker (4 days per week for 3 years); and a temporary post for a…

Job Vacancy: Communications Officer post in London

Migrant Voice is looking for a full-time Communications Officer to lead the communications work of the organisation. The post holder will be creating and embedding a new communications strategy to strengthen and transform our communications and enhance how we communicate the organisation’s role, vision, priorities and activities and ensure positive and balanced coverage in the media. The Communications Officer will lead the work to bring migrants’ authentic voices into the media and migration debates and strengthen the communications capacity of the organisation and our members in London, Birmingham and Glasgow.…

Migrant Voice is looking for a full-time Communications Officer to lead the communications work of the organisation. The post holder will be creating and embedding a new communications strategy to…

Write to your MP about the impact of the visa process and costs on mental health and families

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how the UK immigration system affects migrants, their families and their mental health. This week we are asking everyone to write to their Member of Parliament about how the UK Visa and Immigration system has a drastic effect on migrants' mental health. This comes as part of our wider visa fees campaign and the recent launch of our report into the…

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how…

Raising awareness of the impact of the visa process and costs on mental health and families

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how the UK immigration system affects migrants, their families and their mental health. The extortionate costs of visas very clearly impact on many migrants’ finances, with people expected to pay at least £2,593 every 2.5 years until they get permanent residence. But the cost to people’s mental health and wellbeing is just as serious, if not worse. Our latest report shows…

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how…

Job vacancy: Project Coordinator post in Glasgow

Migrant Voice is looking for Project Coordinator (4 days per week) to set up and run our new exciting project in Glasgow from June. ‘The Putting Ourselves in the Picture’ project will empower migrants to tell their stories, filling their missing place in Scottish heritage and promote integration through art, history and culture. This will ensure that migrants’ heritage (as part of Scotland’s heritage) is recognised, documented and shared with the rest of the community and for future generations. The project builds on MV's planned 2023 exhibition at the Kelvingrove…

Migrant Voice is looking for Project Coordinator (4 days per week) to set up and run our new exciting project in Glasgow from June. ‘The Putting Ourselves in the Picture’…

Migrant Voice launches new report in Houses of Parliament

THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022 A full room of migrants, organisations and politicians welcomed the launch of our newest report, “Destroying hopes, dreams and lives: How the UK visa costs and process impact migrants’ lives” in the Houses of Parliament yesterday. The report investigates the struggles people face for the right to live in this country. Being forced to pay exorbitant visa fees and thousands of pounds in additional costs, many experience destitution, exploitation at work, poor mental health and, in many cases, debt. The report kickstarts the next stage of…

THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022 A full room of migrants, organisations and politicians welcomed the launch of our newest report, “Destroying hopes, dreams and lives: How the UK visa costs and…

Migrant Voice launches report on the impact of extortionate visa costs

Today, Wednesday 27 April, we are launching our report on the impact of visa costs and the visa application process on migrants’ lives. Our research shows that extortionate visa fees are causing extreme hardship to hundreds of thousands of migrants in the UK, affecting almost every aspect of their lives: from hunger and health, with one respondent saying: “I can’t feed my kids due to the visa fees and borrowing money”, to vulnerability at work, from strained relationships to mental distress. At the report launch this evening in the Houses…

Today, Wednesday 27 April, we are launching our report on the impact of visa costs and the visa application process on migrants’ lives. Our research shows that extortionate visa fees…

Two major Migrant Voice events

This week sees two major Migrant Voice events on issues affecting thousands of migrants: * the parliamentary launch of our report that spotlights the health and financial distress inflicted by exorbitant visa costs, and * our roundtable on voting rights, part of a series of Build Back Better roundtables Publication of the report on the impact on migrants of visa fees and the visa application process on 27 April is a significant step-up in Migrant Voice’s campaign against an extortionate government policy. The report shows that migrants are charged…

This week sees two major Migrant Voice events on issues affecting thousands of migrants: * the parliamentary launch of our report that spotlights the health and financial distress inflicted by…

MV members in exhibition partnered with Ikon Gallery, Vanley Burke and University of Birmingham

THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2022 We are delighted to partner with Ikon Gallery and the University of Birmingham to launch the A Gift to Birmingham exhibition, which features seventeen portraits of our members captured by the world-renowned photographer Vanley Burke. Our colleagues and members attended the event, which was attended by media representatives and saw speeches given by those who featured in the showcase. The exhibition runs from 23 March to 3 April. We encourage our members and friends to go along - it is free and there is no need to…

THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2022 We are delighted to partner with Ikon Gallery and the University of Birmingham to launch the A Gift to Birmingham exhibition, which features seventeen portraits of…

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Blacklash Exhibition @ Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

TUESDAY, 17 MAY Migrant Voice members organised and attended a guided tour of Blacklash: Racism and the Struggle for Self-Defence. From the mid-80s and over a period of two decades…

Two new vacancies in our London Office

Migrant Voice is looking to fill two new vacancies in our London Office: A London Network worker (4 days per week for 3 years); and a temporary post for a…

Job Vacancy: Communications Officer post in London

Migrant Voice is looking for a full-time Communications Officer to lead the communications work of the organisation. The post holder will be creating and embedding a new communications strategy to…

Write to your MP about the impact of the visa process and costs on mental health and families

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how…

Raising awareness of the impact of the visa process and costs on mental health and families

For Mental Health Awareness Week and the UN Day of Families, which falls on Sunday, Migrant Voice is partnering with Reunite Families UK and Praxis to raise awareness on how…

Job vacancy: Project Coordinator post in Glasgow

Migrant Voice is looking for Project Coordinator (4 days per week) to set up and run our new exciting project in Glasgow from June. ‘The Putting Ourselves in the Picture’…

Migrant Voice launches new report in Houses of Parliament

THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022 A full room of migrants, organisations and politicians welcomed the launch of our newest report, “Destroying hopes, dreams and lives: How the UK visa costs and…

Migrant Voice launches report on the impact of extortionate visa costs

Today, Wednesday 27 April, we are launching our report on the impact of visa costs and the visa application process on migrants’ lives. Our research shows that extortionate visa fees…

Two major Migrant Voice events

This week sees two major Migrant Voice events on issues affecting thousands of migrants: * the parliamentary launch of our report that spotlights the health and financial distress inflicted by…

MV members in exhibition partnered with Ikon Gallery, Vanley Burke and University of Birmingham

THURSDAY 24 MARCH 2022 We are delighted to partner with Ikon Gallery and the University of Birmingham to launch the A Gift to Birmingham exhibition, which features seventeen portraits of…

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