On 2 August, The National published a story about the frequent mistakes made by the Home Office and the often devastating impact on people's lives. Journalist Kirsteen Paterson spoke to MV Director Nazek Ramadan and Colin Swinney, whose civil partner Raul Marchena Magadan was wrongly refused British citizenship, costing the…
On 29 July, the Morning Star published an article about a new report by the Lift the Ban coalition, which lobbies for asylum seekers to be given the right to work and of which Migrant Voice is a member. One MV member spoke to the paper about the impact of…
Together with Gurmit Kaur - a 75-year-old woman living in Smethwick, Birmingham - and alongside Brushstrokes and Gurdwara Baba Sang Ji, Migrant Voice is campaigning for Gurmit to get leave to remain and be able to live without fear of being forcibly removed from the UK. The campaign has been…
On 16 July, PIE News wrote an article about Migrant Voice's call to the Home Secretary to bring the new Graduate Route for international students forward to 2020, so this year's graduates can benefit. The call was part of a week of activities raising awareness about the struggles faced by…
On 11 July, the Morning Star published an article about the launch of the Status Now campaign, calling on the Government to give leave to remain to all undocumented migrants and those in the legal process so that everyone can keep themselves safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. MV Director Nazek…
On 3 July, the Glasgow online news platform Greater Govanhill published an article about the number of languages spoken in Govanhill, an area of the city that hosts many different migrant communities. The article was based on a survey run by MV member Marzanna Antoniak, who is also quoted in…
On 18 June 2020, the Independent published a first-person piece by Migrant Voice member Mariko Hayashi about the fear among her community about the lockdown lifting. "Although most people are excited about shops reopening and the lockdown lifting, as a Japanese migrant I’m worried about going back out into public…
On 17 June, the Glasgow Times published a story about Migrant Voice member Yasmin, who has been home-schooling several of her younger siblings during the Covid-19 lockdown. "We're being really cautious as a family so we are not allowed to go outside, we just go on to the front porch…
On 17 June, the Independent published an article about the problems faced by many families whose separation by immigration rules has been made even worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. MV Director Nazek Ramadan spoke to Nicola Kelly for the article: “[These families have] already had to live as ‘Skype families’…
On 11 June, Huffington Post published a first-person piece by MV member Areej Osman, about her time in detention and in lockdown, and how meditation helped her survive both. "My time in detention was, of course, much worse than this lockdown," she writes, "but in both situations, losing my freedom…
