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Full programme here: www.migrationcollective.com/lmff-2025
London Migration Film Festival 2025 — Migration Collective
The full programme of London Migration Film Festival 2025
www.migrationcollective.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Full programme here: www.migrationcollective.com/lmff-2025
In this new piece for IRR, he writes of a place alive with culture, struggle and solidarity. Handsworth isn’t a failure of integration - it’s the sound of belonging being remade.
October 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this new piece for IRR, he writes of a place alive with culture, struggle and solidarity. Handsworth isn’t a failure of integration - it’s the sound of belonging being remade.
IRR Deputy Director Riz Hussain was part of a panel session discussing building strategies we need to stand firm against racism and the far right, and to organise for justice and unity.
September 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
IRR Deputy Director Riz Hussain was part of a panel session discussing building strategies we need to stand firm against racism and the far right, and to organise for justice and unity.
Lead researcher Dr Jon Burnett says:
‘This is a continuation of Britain’s long history and tradition of criminalising anti-racist action emerging organically from communities. The court room has been reconfigured as a site of state racism through the guise of neutrality.’
‘This is a continuation of Britain’s long history and tradition of criminalising anti-racist action emerging organically from communities. The court room has been reconfigured as a site of state racism through the guise of neutrality.’
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lead researcher Dr Jon Burnett says:
‘This is a continuation of Britain’s long history and tradition of criminalising anti-racist action emerging organically from communities. The court room has been reconfigured as a site of state racism through the guise of neutrality.’
‘This is a continuation of Britain’s long history and tradition of criminalising anti-racist action emerging organically from communities. The court room has been reconfigured as a site of state racism through the guise of neutrality.’
This analysis indicates how the majority of those prosecuted for responding to the riots were Muslim men in their 20s and 30s; how most were convicted of violent disorder; and it shows that the court room views them as ‘equally culpable’ for the violence.
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This analysis indicates how the majority of those prosecuted for responding to the riots were Muslim men in their 20s and 30s; how most were convicted of violent disorder; and it shows that the court room views them as ‘equally culpable’ for the violence.
3) A man who was part of a group linked arms and made a cordon outside a building used to accommodate asylum seekers. After being recorded throwing two objects at those attempting to attack the building, he received an 18-month prison sentence.
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
3) A man who was part of a group linked arms and made a cordon outside a building used to accommodate asylum seekers. After being recorded throwing two objects at those attempting to attack the building, he received an 18-month prison sentence.
He received a 20-month prison sentence, for violent disorder (he was found to have breached this dispersal notice and kicked a police barrier).
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
He received a 20-month prison sentence, for violent disorder (he was found to have breached this dispersal notice and kicked a police barrier).
2 ) A 20-year-old South Asian man from Bolton, was stopped and searched, and issued with a dispersal notice when he attempted to join others confronting ‘anti immigration protesters’.
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
2 ) A 20-year-old South Asian man from Bolton, was stopped and searched, and issued with a dispersal notice when he attempted to join others confronting ‘anti immigration protesters’.