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Dec 21, 2011
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MRN Newsletter and our blogs will be taking a break over the holidays, next appearing on Tuesday 3rd January. We will be resuming normal Monday publication on a weekly basis after that. As well as wishing you all the very best for the festive season, we thought you might like to hear a little of what we are planning for 2012....
Our team here at MRN would like to say how much we have appreciated working with you all over the course of the last 12 months. As a network our capacity to do this work depends on all the feedback we get from you. The exchanges on our blogs, Facebook postings and tweets, as well as the conversations we have at the numerous workshops and conferences we’ve been involved in during the past 12 months, have all added to the message MRN strives to get out into the wider public discussion – that migration is a positive feature of the life of modern day Britain and support for the rights of migrants needs to be made a central part of the immigration policies which we ought to be pursuing. We have a very full programme of activity lined up for 2012. We expect to be fully involved in campaigns to:
Our team here at MRN would like to say how much we have appreciated working with you all over the course of the last 12 months. As a network our capacity to do this work depends on all the feedback we get from you. The exchanges on our blogs, Facebook postings and tweets, as well as the conversations we have at the numerous workshops and conferences we’ve been involved in during the past 12 months, have all added to the message MRN strives to get out into the wider public discussion – that migration is a positive feature of the life of modern day Britain and support for the rights of migrants needs to be made a central part of the immigration policies which we ought to be pursuing. We have a very full programme of activity lined up for 2012. We expect to be fully involved in campaigns to:
Dec 19, 2011
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Migrant communities weren't expecting the kick in the teeth they have got from the recent High Court ruling on the issue of family reunion rights. With more plans to restrict these further down the line, expect things to get a whole lot worse.
The unwelcome irony of last week’s announcement in the High Court of the ruling in the case of Chapti & Ors is that it came out just two days before the world is supposed to celebrate International Migrants Day (IMD). This is a time when we are expected to acknowledge what the experience of being a migrant means in today’s world, and how better recognition of human rights would ease passage into society's mainstream. But this ruling means that a crucial element in achieving this goal has just got a lot harder.
The unwelcome irony of last week’s announcement in the High Court of the ruling in the case of Chapti & Ors is that it came out just two days before the world is supposed to celebrate International Migrants Day (IMD). This is a time when we are expected to acknowledge what the experience of being a migrant means in today’s world, and how better recognition of human rights would ease passage into society's mainstream. But this ruling means that a crucial element in achieving this goal has just got a lot harder.
Nov 28, 2011
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A new UK government policy on migrant integration is expected to be announced any day now. To date migrant community organisations have had no input into the way this has been developed by government departments. But maybe a new toolkit on migrant integration, just published by the European Network Against Racism, will give us some pointers on how groups working at the local level can regain some control over migrant integration projects.
An announcement on a new UK policy on migrant integration has been expected for some months past. According to press reports this has been working its way around government departments to ensure that whatever form it takes, the strategy will be ‘joined-up’, with civil servants and other stakeholders working to the same agenda.
An announcement on a new UK policy on migrant integration has been expected for some months past. According to press reports this has been working its way around government departments to ensure that whatever form it takes, the strategy will be ‘joined-up’, with civil servants and other stakeholders working to the same agenda.
Oct 26, 2011
Migrants living in internet sustained bubbles facilitating closer contact with cultures overseas than with their own immediate neighbours.... Entire communities kept in ignorance of the English language by Kurdish tv and radio stations..... These are some of the worries of those concerned about the grip the digital age has over modern day migrants. How much of it is a real cause for concern, and how much the recycled anxieties that have always gone alongside migration?
There was an interesting discussion on Tuesday night at an event organised by the Migration Museum Project. “Migrants in the Digital Age” provided a platform for journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor, healthcare expert Dr Titi Banjoko, historian Robert Winder and the former Home Secretary Blunkett to set out their views on what migration means in an age when migrants are able to maintain close and intimate contact with their countries of origin through the internet and digital tv channels.
There was an interesting discussion on Tuesday night at an event organised by the Migration Museum Project. “Migrants in the Digital Age” provided a platform for journalist and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor, healthcare expert Dr Titi Banjoko, historian Robert Winder and the former Home Secretary Blunkett to set out their views on what migration means in an age when migrants are able to maintain close and intimate contact with their countries of origin through the internet and digital tv channels.
Jul 29, 2011
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This week the High Court is hearing a legal challenge to a new immigration rule, which requires people wanting to join their husband, wife or partner in the UK to pass an English test before they can come. The judicial review has been brought by three couples who are arguing they have been unfairly prevented from bringing their spouse here because of the rule, which came into effect on November 29th last year.
One of the appellants has reportedly told the Court the policy is deliberately aimed at keeping out people undergoing arranged marriages, and as such that it discriminates against people from the Indian subcontinent.
One of the appellants has reportedly told the Court the policy is deliberately aimed at keeping out people undergoing arranged marriages, and as such that it discriminates against people from the Indian subcontinent.
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