We were heartbroken to hear of the recent death of Simin Azimi, a Migrant Voice trustee and a friend to us for many years. A migrant herself, Simin dedicated her life to working for migrant and refugee rights. Her passing is a huge loss to the sector and to the migrant community in the UK.…
As we go through another Covid-19 lockdown, many of us may find ourselves needing access to information or support services as we face health issues, or employment, immigration or housing problems. See below for some free, online resources that you might find useful. We will continue to add to this list as we find other…
Despite having known for months that freedom of movement between the UK and the European Union ends with this year, it still takes an effort to come to terms with what this entails. On 31 December 2020, the transitional period comes to an end, and with it, the ‘four freedoms’ that the EU provides to…
On International Migrants Day 2020, Migrant Voice is celebrating our names and everything that they mean. But what, exactly, is in a name? English poet and playwright William Shakespeare was quick to dismiss the importance of names in his famous play Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy about two young people in love. A rose “would smell…
As part of our International Migrants Day celebrations, we’re launching the first major report to analyse UK media coverage of migration during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the report here. We analysed nearly 900 articles published during the first Covid-19 lockdown by nine of the most popular online news outlets – and our findings are now…
We're excited to announce two opportunities to join the team at Migrant Voice! We're looking for a full-time, short-term Communications Officer and a part-time London Project Worker to join us from March 2021. Read on for all the details... Communications Officer Migrant Voice is looking for a short-term full-time Communications Officer to take over…
Well, is it? That was the question that an hour-long TV programme set out to answer. It took very few minutes to point out the absurdity of the question. Although two-thirds of frontline NHS Covid deaths are people categorised as Black and Minority Ethnic, BAME doesn’t really exist. It’s just the British term for the…
On 9 November, Migrant Voice’s Glasgow members were treated to a star-studded online Media Lab, with experts from the worlds of journalism, filmmaking and poetry sharing their wisdom and leading workshops. Veteran UK journalist and longtime Migrant Voice supporter Daniel Nelson shared his top tips on how to write letters to the Editor of a…
Migrant Voice is one of 20 charities being supported by RAAH. Fest, a free eight-hour online music festival held on 24 October, and the global youth movement that this festival has kickstarted. If you missed it, watch the full festival here. RAAH. Fest organiser Jasminder Odusanya says that seeing a friend arrested for being “undocumented”, and…
To celebrate Black History Month, a group or participants from our Media Lab in the West Midlands have created their own magazine, Beyond. Part of the MiFriendly Cities Project, the special publication was created by a team of budding ‘citizen journalists’ who have honed their media skills through Media Lab and newsroom workshops over the…
