Migrants' Rights Network
@migrantsrights.bsky.social
Migrants’ Rights Network is a UK campaigning charity that stands in solidarity with all migrants in their fight for rights and justice.
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🎥 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
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
November 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
🎥 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
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
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
November 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🔈 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
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
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🚨 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
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⛔ 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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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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November 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
⛔ 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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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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🎥 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.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
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.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🎥 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.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
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.
buff.ly/vBALT9v
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
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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
Read our analysis: buff.ly/cEyrhKZ
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
Read our analysis: buff.ly/cEyrhKZ
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...
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...
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.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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...
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...
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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]
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]
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 ...
migrantsrights.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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]
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]
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⏰ 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
📍 @doughtystreet.bsky.social
🕠 5:30–8:30pm
With @samuelstorey.bsky.social, @shushinluh.bsky.social, Emily Soothill & Brian Dikoff.
🔗 Book: lnkd.in/guwfDZfZ
📢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 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
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.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
⏰ 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
📍 @doughtystreet.bsky.social
🕠 5:30–8:30pm
With @samuelstorey.bsky.social, @shushinluh.bsky.social, Emily Soothill & Brian Dikoff.
🔗 Book: lnkd.in/guwfDZfZ
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 🗞️
Read more in the Hostile Office Weekly - a regular analysis of the latest in immigration news 🗞️
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
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October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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 🗞️
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
📖 Read our new Substack analysis: buff.ly/NpR129y
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔈 ‘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
📖 Read our new Substack analysis: buff.ly/NpR129y
📣 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
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
Not a Stranger: Understanding Migrant Experiences Amidst UK Policy Shifts
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
www.smartsurvey.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📣 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
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
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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
🎙️ 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
October 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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
🎙️ 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
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📢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 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
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.
tinyurl.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📢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 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:
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Select tickets – Immigration, Policy and Protest – Zoom
Immigration, Policy and Protest – Zoom, Wed 22 Oct 2025 - In this Conversations event, we turn our attention to the shifting politics of immigration in the UK, exploring how policy is shaped, challeng...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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...
www.tickettailor.com/events/theso...
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...
UK charities say toxic immigration rhetoric leading to threats against staff
Voluntary organisations forced to introduce extensive security measures to protect staff and property
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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! ✊🏽
Book your free tickets: buff.ly/2HrU63W
There are limited places so make sure you book early- see you there! ✊🏽
October 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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! ✊🏽
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
Check out our Words Matter campaign: buff.ly/iLMBI6U
October 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
Check out our Words Matter campaign: buff.ly/iLMBI6U
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...
Not a Stranger: Understanding Migrant Experiences Amidst UK Policy Shifts
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
www.smartsurvey.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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...
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.
To Starmer’s Government: Your #WordsMatter.
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
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September 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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.
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
We will be publishing a longer, more in-depth analysis on this soon.
#HostileEnvironment #DigitalID #Surveillance
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🚫 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
We will be publishing a longer, more in-depth analysis on this soon.
#HostileEnvironment #DigitalID #Surveillance
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
Read the data breakdown over on our Substack: buff.ly/hkxCBTP
New Government Data Shows Rise in Harm During Deportations
Incidents of force during removals have more than doubled from last year
migrantsrightsnetwork.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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
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
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
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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
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
We spoke to some #NotAStranger migrant campaigners, and wanted to share some of their thoughts on Reform's migration stance and how they are influencing the Government and other political parties to take increasingly anti-migrant positions. 👇
migrantsrights.org.uk/not-a-strang...
migrantsrights.org.uk/not-a-strang...
September 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We spoke to some #NotAStranger migrant campaigners, and wanted to share some of their thoughts on Reform's migration stance and how they are influencing the Government and other political parties to take increasingly anti-migrant positions. 👇
migrantsrights.org.uk/not-a-strang...
migrantsrights.org.uk/not-a-strang...