Migrants' Rights Network

If you have witnessed or experienced an immigration raid since July 2024, get in touch anonymously by emailing policy@migrantsrights.org.uk, sending a Whatsapp/Signal message to 07534 488696, or by filling in our reporting tool at https://lnkd.in/eeA-avzh Please get in touch by 28 March. #Raids #ImmigrationRaids #Asylum #Migration

"For the hundreds who've already been exploited, justice remains elusive, and still very much a distant dream". - https://lnkd.in/erZKBCkX Knowing about the #exploitation that migrant workers face at the hands of the #sponsorship system and recruitment agencies is one of the many reasons why we stand with sponsored workers in calling for an end to #SponsoredSlavery. Find out more about the sponsored worker led #JusticeForSponsoredWorkers campaign here:

If you have witnessed or experienced an immigration raid since July 2024, get in touch anonymously by emailing policy@migrantsrights.org.uk, sending a Whatsapp/Signal message to 07534 488696, or by filling in our reporting tool at https://lnkd.in/eeA-avzh Please get in touch by 28 March. #Raids #ImmigrationRaids #Asylum #Migration

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful #Nowruz. May your new year be filled with warmth, light and new life. 💚

Following the publication of our AI Under Watch report, we hosted an event on Tuesday night to discuss the findings from the project and listen to insights from some of the participants who co-created the resource. Together, we collectively discussed how we push back against the proliferation of AI and the harms it causes. We will continue to work on resisting AI and its use in the asylum system as part of our Hostile Office campaign and investigation into the Digital Hostile Environment. To read the report: https://lnkd.in/en_Yix6E #AI #Asylum #Migration #HostileOffice

We are really excited to welcome our new Community Organisers! Our Words Matter Community Organisers training with Common Languages was filled with amazing conversations and meaningful reflection on power, language, narrative change, and justice. We had sessions on Words Matter, Language Justice, Collective Care, a zine making workshop, as well as more practical sessions on facilitation, project management, workshop design and community engagement. Narrative change should not just happen in political and media spaces, but also within and between migrant communities. Systems change will only happen from the ground up. And so we look forward to seeing the Community Organisers bring Words Matter to life in their communities, by nourishing long-term grassroots spaces for countering harmful narratives in multiple languages and contexts. Huge thanks to Ben & Jerry's UK for funding this necessary work. We hope this is the start of a long term partnership in amplifying and supporting the work of migrant changemakers ! #WordsMatter #CommunityOrganising #SystemicChange #CollectiveCare #Facilitation #NarrativeChange #LanguageMatters #LanguageJustice #Migration

The Public Interest Law Center and Migrants' Rights Network are challenging this government on their increased immigration raids. You can help too - see below👇 🟠If you have witnessed or experienced an immigration raid since July 2024, please get in touch anonymously by emailing policy@migrantsrights.org.uk, sending a Whatsapp/Signal message to 07534 488696, or by filling in a reporting tool at https://lnkd.in/eeA-avzh Your message will be treated with the utmost confidence. Please get in touch by 28 th March. #Immigration #Litigation #UKLaw #ImmigrationPolicy

The Government's announcement to deport migrants with convictions is a terrifying representation of how this Government treats migrants and racialised communities: as second class citizens. We have to stand against the Government's continued attacks on migrant communities. But standing against the Government's dehumanising policies and narratives also means rejecting arguments based on cost or unworkability. These plans are bad, *not* because they are "unworkable" or "costly" as mentioned in this piece- https://lnkd.in/ebJYRUNm -but simply because they are CRUEL beyond belief. This cost/unworkability argument merely continues the dehumanisation of racialised people, who are treated as mere commodities to be exchanged, rather than human beings at risk of harm. If we follow the cost/unworkability argument to its conclusion, it also implies that but for their cost or unworkability, these plans would be fine. If that is not the case, then what is the point of making the cost or unworkability argument in the first place? . If we want to stand for migrant justice, we *have* to reject arguments that reinforce dehumanisation. We *have* to reframe our arguments. Let's do better. Find out more about our #WordsMatter campaign, and how we are defying the narrative: https://lnkd.in/eFBM8Q4V https://lnkd.in/etjt7t86 #Deportation #Migration #RefugeesWelcome #LanguageMatters

Good morning everyone! The Public Voices in AI programme is launching its findings at an event in the Attlee Suite, House of Commons. The event will launch the findings of the Responsible Ai UK Public Voices in AI programme. Afternoon tea will be provided. When? 1.30pm – 3.30pm, March 26th (please allow at least 30 minutes for search and screening) My DMs are open if you would like to attend this event - drop me a line, and I can send you a formal invite via e-mail. Please note that you will need this to join. It would be lovely to see you. We will discuss why public participation is vital for the responsible advancement of AI technologies and policies in the UK, share findings from our research and showcase a range of approaches to including public voices in AI. Speakers will come from the following collaborating institutions - ESRC Digital Good Network, Elgon Social Research, Ada Lovelace Institute, The Alan Turing Institute, UCL Connected by Data's People's Panel on AI, The Workers' Observatory, The People Speak Migrants' Rights Network and UNJUST CIC.

This Government once again shows its complete disdain and contempt towards migrants, and an active desire to harm their wellbeing and dignity. We stand against these dehumanising surveillance measures that are intended to strike fear and despair into the hearts of our communities. https://lnkd.in/eZRrfrYB #TPIM #Asylum #RefugeesWelcome #Surveillance #Migration