MRN blogging and comments – Policy and House Rules

The aim of the Migrants Rights Network (MRN) blog is to keep visitors to our website updated on news in the world of immigration, including perspectives on latest policy developments, events and reports, as well as updates from our office. We will be writing about a range of subjects and would welcome feedback, experiences and opinions on the content.

Like many other blogs we have house rules. These are for two reasons; first to impose a consistently set of rules in removing unsuitable, illegal or offensive material; and second to make sure the blog continues to be useful to our readers. While every precaution will be taken to withhold/remove comments breaking the house rules, it should be stressed that Migrants' Rights Network does not control the postings on the blog and cannot be held accountable for the accuracy or otherwise of any messages posted.

Please note that Migrants Rights Network is unable to give legal advice on immigration directly to the public and any request for legal advice through the blog will be ignored. MRN accepts no liability whatsoever for any messages posted on the website, including comments from users offering legal advice. 

The information and commentary on this web site is provided free of charge for information purposes only. Every reasonable effort is made to make the information and commentary accurate and up to date at the date each item is published, but no responsibility for its accuracy and correctness, or for any consequences of relying on it, is assumed by the organisation.

The information and commentary does not, and is not intended to, amount to legal advice to any person on a specific case or matter. You are strongly advised to obtain specific, personal advice from a lawyer about your case or matter and not to rely on the information or comments on this site.

Migration Pulse

Migration pulse is a web space open to guest reporters and activists writing on migration. Please note that these blogs represent only the opinions of the author and not those of MRN.

Your comments

1. Please be civil– we will remove anything that:

  • Is considered likely to provoke, attack or offend others
  • Is racist, sexist, homophobic, sexually explicit, abusive or otherwise objectionable
  • Contains swear words or other language likely to offend
  • Breaks the law, condones or encourage unlawful activity or which could endanger the safety or well-being of others
  • Impersonates someone else
  • advertises products or services

2. Comments that could damage the reputation of a person or organisation, that risk prejudicing on-going or forthcoming court proceedings or that could place MRN in contravention of its legal and/or regulatory obligations will be removed.

3. Please make comments relevant to the subject of the article. We may remove comments that we consider to be spam or which are unrelated to the article content against which they are posted.

4. Please keep the number of comments you make on a topic reasonable. Too many posts from an individual or small group can discourage other readers from joining the conversation.

5. In exceptional cases we may get a high volume of similar comments on a post. In these cases we may close comments for that post, adding a note letting you know that further comments will not be published.

6. By submitting comments to this site, you warrant that such comments are not defamatory nor infringe any law. You agree to indemnify MRN against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by MRN as a result of your breach of the above warranty.

Trackbacks and links

Trackbacks and links will be published unless the page they link to breaches the house rules above or where the website they link to contains, or directly links to, material which is:

1. Offensive:

  • Pornography and sexually explicit content
  • Text and images likely to offend most people
  • Hate sites (on grounds of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation)
  • Gratuitous violence

2. Unlawful:

  • Condones or encourages unlawful acts
  • Breaches copyright law or encourage others to do so (e.g. peer-to-peer music sites, illegal downloads of software and games, etc.)
  • Defamation and contempt of court
  • Hacking or other technical disruption to online services
  • Describes how to conduct an unlawful act (e.g. bomb-making, fraud etc)

The fact that a link appears on this blog does not mean that MRN in any way endorses the content of that website and is not responsible for its content or actions.

Your privacy

We ask for your email address when you post a comment. This will not be published but may be used to contact you in relation to your comment, or to send you future MRN bulletins and updates. We will not use it for any other purposes without your permission.

We may update these house rules from time to time, so please revisit this page to ensure your comments are in line with the rules.