Migrants' Rights Network

New webinar! Are you worried about immigration raids on your business and community?

Join the Migrants' Rights Network (MRN) and Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) as we hear from a legal expert with 15+ years experience of challenging civil penalties.

Register here: buff.ly/WxEWmWa

Where are we at with trans+ migrants rights? 🏳️‍⚧️

In our latest Substack blog, we reflect on what the Supreme Court ruling means for trans+ migrants, unpack interim changes to how trans+ people in #detention are treated, and how the Government is erasing gender non-conforming people🗞️ buff.ly/eLRKMrA

🔈 We’re recruiting: Learning & Strategy Partner (MEL Focus)

We're looking for a Learning & Strategy Partner to support our monitoring, evaluation and learning for migrant-led organising and capacity-building in London.

Find out more: buff.ly/iCWVKS7

Say No to digital ID ❌

The Government is using immigration to manufacture consent for a failed ID card legacy. Digital ID and surveillance systems already exist for migrants in the form of right to work and rent checks, and eVisas buff.ly/o49u6cS

#DigitalID #Surveillance

Screenshot of Sociological Review Foundation Zoom event Immigration, Policy and Protest, showing participants. Clockwise from top left: Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter, Michaela Benson

🎥 WATCH: Immigration, Policy and Protest

What shapes the UK's conversation on migration? @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social take a closer look in our latest Conversations event.

VIDEO: buff.ly/MWOKjcO

🔈 Applications for the Migrants' Aspiration Programme (MAP) are now open!

MAP is a free radical leadership programme designed to equip migrants with the tools and support they need to create change within their communities.

💡 Apply now: buff.ly/Uu2tSsy

🚨 The Home Office disclosed via FOI that whilst surveillance imagery is not being used to determine asylum cases, they are being used to prosecute under Sections 24 and 25 of the Immigration Act 1971. Read more: buff.ly/27S8Olf

⛔ Belfast has consistently recorded the highest figures for immigration raids in the UK since 2018

That's according to a recent report compiled by the @migrantsrights.bsky.social

It found some 1,277 raids had been carried out in the BT3 area alone between Jan 2022 and Sept 2023.

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Screenshot of Sociological Review Foundation Zoom event Immigration, Policy and Protest, showing participants. Clockwise from top left: Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter, Michaela Benson

🎥 VIDEO: Immigration, Policy and Protest

Watch our most recent Conversations event as panellists @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @michaelacbenson.bsky.social & Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social look at the factors shaping a national conversation.

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There should be no hierarchy to human suffering. But asylum or humanitarian policies are created as if there is. Safe routes should be available to all nationalities, not just the select few like Ukrainians. buff.ly/idJiM6D

Claims of #patriotism and flag-waving accompany Government moves to make #migrants more insecure, including targeting people seeking asylum who have to cross the Channel in small boats. They are claims to what the UK ‘is’ and who is included in it.

Read our analysis: buff.ly/cEyrhKZ

The UK's AI Border: Presentation and Panel Discussion Legal Action Group are delighted to partner with the Migrants' Rights Network on this event , hosted by Doughty Street Chambers.

Down to the last few tickets! 🎟️

On Monday 3rd, we’re co-hosting a presentation, panel and Q&A where you’ll get the exclusive opportunity to hear insights from experts investigating the increasing use of surveillance technology on migrants. Secure your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-uks-ai...

Immigration Raids and Enforcement - Migrants' Rights Network The Hostile Office Immigration Raids and Enforcement Immigration raids are a fear mechanism. They are a form of racist State intimidation and divide racialised communities.  Our Immigration Raids: An ...

BT3 & BT29 are two of the top 4 immigration raided post codes in the UK according to @migrantsrights.bsky.social.
BBC pumping out 'non stories', Home Office's ICE propaganda while paramilitary groups attack minortites on the basis of race & nationality in NI is inflammatory, toxic and lethal. [2/2]

⏰ Reminder: Free event w/ @migrantsrights.bsky.social 3 Nov - a discussion on border surveillance & criminalisation of racialised migrants.

📍 @doughtystreet.bsky.social
🕠 5:30–8:30pm

With @samuelstorey.bsky.social, @shushinluh.bsky.social, Emily Soothill & Brian Dikoff.

🔗 Book: lnkd.in/guwfDZfZ

Hostile Office Weekly: Digital ID and a racist race to the bottom Our weekly analysis of the latest in immigration news is back with a look at the Government's doomed competition to outdo the Right's anti-migrant proposals

From more criminalisation, enforcement and housing failures to new methods of surveillance the Government is keen to effectively outdo the Right on anti-migrant policies.

Read more in the Hostile Office Weekly - a regular analysis of the latest in immigration news 🗞️

🔈 ‘Integration’ narratives are simply an internal border within states that reinforce second-class status, forcing people to abandon their cultures and identities to navigate into systems of oppression.

📖 Read our new Substack analysis: buff.ly/NpR129y

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Not a Stranger - Migrants' Rights Network MRN and PAWA are proud to support the migrant-led campaigning group Not a Stranger who are fighting the Immigration White Paper proposals.

Hi there, we’re currently supporting a migrant-led campaigning group called Not a Stranger to challenge the immigration white paper proposals including changes to ILR. They have a survey open at the moment- you can find out more: migrantsrights.org.uk/not-a-strang...

Not a Stranger: Understanding Migrant Experiences Amidst UK Policy Shifts Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

📣 The migrant-led Not a Stranger campaign wants to hear from you.

If you want to share your experiences of being a #migrant, and help challenge the Immigration White Paper proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/Not_a_Stra...

#Migration #WhitePaper

Immigration, Policy and Protest 22 October 18.30 online with Michaela Benson, Aleksandra Lewicki, Fizza Qureshi, Aaron Winter The Sociological Review Foundation

TOMORROW: Immigration, Policy & Protest – an urgent conversation on Britain’s politics of #immigration.

🎙️ Hear from Fizza Qureshi @migrantsrights.bsky.social and @michaelacbenson.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @aleksandralewicki.bsky.social
📅 Weds 22 Oct 18.30-20.00 BST
🎟️ buff.ly/DGBy564

The UK's AI Border: Presentation and Panel Discussion Legal Action Group are delighted to partner with the Migrants' Rights Network on this event , hosted by Doughty Street Chambers.

📢Free event w/ @migrantsrights.bsky.social

Join us for a presentation by @samuelstorey.bsky.social
on his research into the UK's AI-powered border, followed by a panel & Q&A w/ @shushinluh.bsky.social & Emily Soothill.

📍Doughty St Chambers
📅 3 Nov
⏲️ 17:30-20:30

Book here: tinyurl.com/MRNLAG311

Join us on 22 Oct 2025 6:30 PM for an important discussion at @thesociologicalreview.org on the impact of changing immigration policies and harmful narratives. We'll also be sharing our insights on emerging forms of resistance and solidarity. Get your tickets:
www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...

UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property

We're proud to join our colleagues at Equally Ours and over 160 civil society leaders in calling for clear and consistent leadership in the face of rising racism and far-right violence: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New event 🔈 We're excited to be co-hosting a presentation and panel with Legal Action Group (LAG) on border surveillance and the criminalisation of racialised migrants on 3rd November.

Book your free tickets: buff.ly/2HrU63W

There are limited places so make sure you book early- see you there! ✊🏽

Scapegoating migrants is the oldest trick in the book. Yet somehow, this narrative keeps rearing its head. Migrants are always blamed for successive governments' austerity policies.

Check out our Words Matter campaign: buff.ly/iLMBI6U

Not a Stranger: Understanding Migrant Experiences Amidst UK Policy Shifts Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

The migrant-led Not a Stranger campaign wants to hear from you. If you want to share your experiences of being a migrant, and help challenge immigration proposals, then we invite you to fill out a confidential survey: lnkd.in/eqhZBYBahttp...

Keir Starmer is complicit in stoking anti-migrant racism Disclaimer: we had to edit this piece multiple times because the PM kept making more anti-migrant statements

Labour Party Conference kicks off tomorrow, so we thought we'd mark the occasion by going through some of the Prime Minister Keir Starmer's recent social media posts on the Government's #immigration policies. 👉 buff.ly/MshzSHQ

To Starmer’s Government: Your #WordsMatter.

🚫 We have always been, and will continue to be, completely opposed to digital ID.

We will be publishing a longer, more in-depth analysis on this soon.

#HostileEnvironment #DigitalID #Surveillance

New Government Data Shows Rise in Harm During Deportations Incidents of force during removals have more than doubled from last year

New data🔈 Latest Government data shows there has been an 25% increase in deportations and incidents of force during removals have more than doubled from last year 🚨

Read the data breakdown over on our Substack: buff.ly/hkxCBTP

Huge thank you and congratulations to our wonderful Swim Serpentine 2025 fundraisers, Kash and Tanya who swam 2 and 1 mile in the Serpentine in Hyde Park on Saturday 🏊

If you’re inspired to take on a challenge, head over to our website to find out more and get in touch: buff.ly/5vUFf3q