Waltham Forest Migrant Action

How rightwing rhetoric has risen sharply in the UK parliament – an exclusive visual analysis In the past five years, MPs’ attitudes in the House of Commons towards immigration have swung harder to the right than at almost any other time in the last century

extremely worrying trend!

www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

Good morning to everyone who has stood against hate, racism and fascism over the weekend!

Solidarity is a verb. Let’s do more to build the migration justice movement, and society that protects us all.

Poster by @wfmigrantaction.bsky.social

#migrationislife
#nooneisillegal
#thesewallsmustfall

Please note our drop-in winter holiday dates.
See you in 2026 🧡

The final newsletter of the year is packed with updates, news, campaigns .... and of course your tricky dinner conversations' guide.

Thank you for your support in 2025!

Enjoy the winter break and see you in 2026.

Together we are building solidarity 🧡

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UK joins call for Europe’s human rights laws to be ‘constrained’ Britain aligns with some of Europe’s hardline governments in calling for change to allow Rwanda-style migration deals

In case there was any doubt left in your mind about the UK government’s stance on immigration, it has aligned itself w/ the most hardline countries, incl. Denmark, Hungary & Italy, to dangerously water down ECHR.

Happy International #humanrightsday

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Today is international #humanrightsday … so of course our PM announced curbing human rights!

But we won’t stand for it. We will fight till the bitter end for dignity, justice, freedom and liberation for all!

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Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

Curbing human rights won’t make anyone safer!

Hands off ECHR.

Seeking safety is a right.

www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

‼️Just over ONE week to go before Connections in Sound at Walthamstow Trades Hall w/ Leensaa, Jana Saleh, Zelt, Nkomba & Lewis from Mais Um Discos ... to say we are excited would be an understatement 🎉

See you on the dancefloor 🪩

🎫 Get your tickets today:
wegottickets.com/event/680659

For migrants, the NHS is a hostile environment Asylum seekers are not receiving care they urgently need, and to which they are entitled

Dealing with sickness is scary enough as it is, nobody should feel like there will be consequences for seeking care. This is the sad reality of so many of our patients, stuck in our broken immigration and asylum systems.

Performative cruelty to appeal to voters who won’t vote for you anyway is just another level of moral decrepitude

November 2025 Newsletter It’s difficult to know where to start, because like you, we are overwhelmed and outraged by the daily deluge of anti-migrant news and hostile policies. While the UK faces multiple crises…

Our November newsletter is out & it's packed to the brim with information - including an update on the horrendous changes to the immigration system that the government proposed last week.

#WeAreMany 🧡

Excellent piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social about Shabana Mahmood, the new darling of the right and far-right, daughter of migrants spearheading the most cruel anti-migrant reforms.

UK to announce plans to emulate stringent Danish immigration system Shabana Mahmood’s proposals draw scorn from some Labour MPs, while others want government to go further

There is absolutely no respite!
But we won’t stop fighting for migrant justice.

Home Office squandered billions on ‘failed and chaotic’ asylum accommodation Commons committee describes successive governments’ failures to manage hotel use, contracts, spending and safeguarding

a catalogue of failures and £££ billions squandered - straight in the pockets of the private sector … finally we are hearing some truths about asylum hotels!

Connections in Sound We are thrilled to bring you what promises to be a magical and powerful evening - a wonderful journey across cultures, with music spanning different genres and continents. Connection in Sounds is a c...

📣 Looking for a tangible way to support migrant justice?

We’ve been working behind the scenes to pull together what promises to be a magical & powerful event w/ music spanning genres & continents.

📆 11 December from 6.30 pm

📍Walthamstow Trades Hall

🎟️ £15 / £5

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A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...

Impt piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on the flurry & folly of recent policy announcements set to create further discrimination & hardship for migrants.

Community integration is not about Alevel English & volunteering, it’s about ending austerity & actual investment in social infrastructure!

Email you MP today ⬇️

📣 Our October newsletter has dropped - packed with news, campaigns and events.

🔗 below.

The fight for migrant justice is and will continue to be urgent.

Together we are a community - one that welcomes migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum

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Join Waltham Forest Migrant Action and Stories & Supper for a screening of Name Me Lawand.

📆 06 November

⏰ 6.30 pm

📍William Morris Gallery

🍹Refreshments and welcome talks from 6.30pm

🎬 Screening at 7pm

🧾 Tickets £10/ £5 concessions can be purchased here ➡️
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Reform's plan for a benefit clampdown Sir, Regarding Reform's plan to ban foreigners from claiming benefits ("Farage visas would make it harder to settle in the UK", news, Sep 22; "Time's Up", leading article, Sep 23), in my small company for the past ten years we have employed, on a yearly average, 32 eastern European people, two of them in senior management positions. They all pay British taxes and have had little or no unexplained absences to date. Sick leave for them is extremely low. As far as I am aware, none of them is claiming benefits for dependants. These diligent people provide compassionate care for their clients, living with them for a few weeks at a time. During the pandemic they were responsible for ensuring zero transmission of the virus to people in their care. I feel utterly ashamed that many of them will be reading about Nigel Farage's plan on their various social media platforms this morning. Chrstina Sell Managing director, Arbour

Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere.
Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity
(Letter,Times)

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Cruel anti-migrant policies are bad for all of us.

We all know the saying, first they came for the communists, and I didn't speak out …

Our fight for migrant justice has never been more urgent.

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The govt is announcing one cruel decision after the next.

Yesterday they chose to abolish one of the only safe routes.

We need more, not less, safe routes

(safe routes info: @freemovement.bsky.social)

Motorcyclist on shopping trip arrested amid Labour’s crackdown on undocumented migrants Fernando Fontoura, who moved to the UK aged 12, detained in drive to find people ‘illegally working’ as delivery drivers

This is ICE-style immigration enforcement in the UK, it is also very reminiscent of Windrush.

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined our Together with Refugees solidarity action yesterday at St James Big Street Big Local summer fair, visited our stall or came over for a chat - the message is clear: #refugeesarewcomehere

#walthamforest 🧡 #refugees

@refugeestogether.bsky.social

🧡Join Waltham Forest Migrant Action & Together with Refugees at St James Street Big Local Summer Fair for a solidarity action.

📆 Sunday 31st August

⏱️1.30 pm

📍 Stoneydown Park, Walthamstow, E17 6NJ

Bring your family and friends.

We are many ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

📣Our August newsletter has dropped 🧡

Have a read before you head off for the bank holiday weekend & get those dates in the diary! 📆

#RefugeesWelcome

wfma.org.uk/2025/08/22/m...

The Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingling With Neo-Nazis and Fascists at Asylum Hotel Protests The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groups

🔴The Reform and Conservative Politicians Mingling With Neo-Nazis and Fascists at Asylum Hotel Protests

The recent wave of anti-migrant protests are providing a bridge between right-wing elected politicians and extremist groups

bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/t...