Have Your Say On 22nd of May!
When you talk to migrants living in this wonderful city about the right to vote you are asked a lot of questions: “Can I register to vote even if I wasn’t born in UK? How can I vote if I work on the...
View ArticleWomen on the Move at the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict
Last week we were at the Global Summit representing the voices of women who managed to seek protection and yet whose stories are still not heard or understood, even in countries such as the UK. Thank...
View ArticleCountdown to 2015…
When Russell Brand famously decried voting a waste of time last year I was angry. At the same time I was grateful to him for sparking a national debate on the state of our democracy. There followed a...
View ArticleHow to solve a problem like Calais?
"The migrants should be deported from French territory and placed in closed detention centres until they can be sent home." These are the words of a young, French self-proclaimed, nationalist at the...
View ArticleLoneliness: The Story of Migrants and Refugees in London
“This is how it feels to be lonely” is not only the title of the marvellous song performed by Inspiral Carpets; it is also the story of migrants and refugees’ lives in the UK… The Forum’s work...
View ArticleThe Forum Launches New Leadership Academy
The announcement from Justice Secretary Chris Grayling on Friday vowing to scrap the Human Rights Act should the Conservatives be re-elected comes across as a cynical move to claw back support. As UKIP...
View ArticleImmigration Statistics – Should Size Matter?
The latest migration statistics will be published on the 26th February. I can already tell you that net migration is up, because that is the trend for now. I can also tell you that you have already...
View ArticleMake your voice heard in the Immigration Bill
The 2015 immigration bill is now ready for its third reading in Parliament. Anyone looking forward to the introduction of greater safeguards in the committee stage will be sourly disappointed. After 16...
View ArticleNot Silenced, Just Preferably Unheard
by Ffion Wyn Evans, Participation Manager ”There’s really no such thing as the ‘voiceless’ There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard.” Arundhati Roy Yesterday morning I sat...
View ArticleWindrush, Grenfell and Civil Rights: The Legacy of Community Organising in...
“Never accept the bread line, fight for what you want.” Panelists reflect on the history of community organising in North Kensington. Recently, Migrants Organise gathered over one hundred community...
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