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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 4d

Our Director, Nazek Ramadan, spoke at the @greenparty.org.uk conference today, on a panel chaired by @carladenyer.bsky.social, about the hostile media and political environment facing migrants, and how to combat it.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 4d

Our Director, Nazek Ramadan, spoke at the @greenparty.org.uk conference today, on a panel chaired by @carladenyer.bsky.social, about the hostile media and political environment facing migrants, and how to combat it.

Carla Denyer MP and Migrant Voice Director Nazek Ramadan

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 9d

The current visa system already leaves many migrants facing poverty, working multiple jobs, as they pay the often tens of thousands of pounds in costs.

Proposed changes from this government continues the dehumanising treatment of us as we are treated as second class.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shabana Mahmood to demand migrants earn right to settled status

New tests will include learning English to a high standard, paying National Insurance and not claiming benefits.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 23d

We don’t need more detention & deportation flights. We need investment in housing, schools & healthcare.
Civil society calls on the EU to withdraw this Regulation and build policies rooted in dignity, care & solidarity.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 23d

3️⃣ Surveillance & punishment:
From racial profiling & raids, to GPS tagging & phone surveillance, to punishing people for being “uncooperative” - this is about control, not care.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 23d

2️⃣ Expansion of detention
Detention could be extended up to 24 months - even for children. This creates profits for private contractors while destroying people’s health & dignity.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 23d

1️⃣ Deportations without ties:
The proposal allows people to be deported to countries they’ve never set foot in. Families & communities would be torn apart, with lives pushed into danger & limbo.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 23d

We stand with @picumofficial.bsky.social in calling out the EU's proposed Deportation Regulations.

🚨 The EU’s new “Return Regulation” expands detention - including in offshore sites - fuels racial profiling & strips away rights.

Here’s why civil society is united in rejecting it ⬇️

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RAMFEL 🧡 @ramfel.bsky.social · 29d

Proud to stand with our friends at @praxisprojects.bsky.social @rfuk.bsky.social & @migrantvoice.bsky.social in calling out this govt's foolish & cruel plans to shove more people on the 10 year route to settlement.
These routes need capping not expanding.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Paying twice’: workers face NHS bills of thousands in immigration crackdown

Campaigners fear plans to make people wait longer for leave to remain could cost tax-paying skilled workers dearly

www.theguardian.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · 29d

Proud to stand with @rfuk.bsky.social, @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @ramfel.bsky.social in calling out the "race to the bottom* we see with anti-immigration policies, and the unjust double taxation many migrants face.

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

‘Paying twice’: workers face NHS bills of thousands in immigration crackdown

Campaigners fear plans to make people wait longer for leave to remain could cost tax-paying skilled workers dearly

www.theguardian.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Sep 8

Responding to Home Secretary's proposal, our Director, Nazek Ramadan, said: "Imposing visa restrictions is a guaranteed way to ensure that even more people, desperate to flee their country or to join family in the UK, are forced into using irregular routes."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brit...

Britain could suspend visas in drive to secure migrant returns deals, says Mahmood

BRITAIN could suspend visas for countries that do not agree to returns deals for migrants, the new Home Secretary said today.In her third full day in the job, Shabana Mahmood revealed discussions with...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nazek Ramadan, Director of Migrant Voice, said: "Among the promises made by this government before it came to power was to reduce the use of camps and ensure people seeking asylum were treated humanely.
This decision is a slap in the face to those promises."

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mahm...

Mahmood looking at military barracks to house asylum seekers

THE new Home Secretary should resist any temptation to “outflank” right-wing opposition parties by adopting “cruel” immigration policies, campaigners said today.Their warning followed reports indicati...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Sep 5

Over the summer we have seen an increasing "normalisation" of hostile rhetoric and actions against migrants, including those seeking asylum. This is emboldened by a media and political narrative which fails to challenge misinformation. Our latest editorial👇

www.migrantvoice.org/home/editori...

The press and politicians must share the blame for rising…

The situation in the UK, and elsewhere in the world, is becoming a lot scarier for many migrants.

www.migrantvoice.org

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Reunite Families UK @rfuk.bsky.social · Sep 1

A coalition of orgs including @rfuk.bsky.social, @migrantvoice.bsky.social, @ramfel.bsky.social, @praxisprojects.bsky.social and @gmiau.bsky.social urges all MPs to participate in the Westminster Hall Debate on 8/9 about gov's plans to extend time needed to reach settlement. Why is this crucial?🧵

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Sep 4

Since we wrote our report in the conditions people seeking asylum face in hotels, quoted in the article, the situation has not improved, and for some has worsened. The rampant misinformation, and protests, we see about hotels ignore the reality of what they are like.
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Was Rylan right to say asylum seekers are living it up in hotels?

In 2022, Rylan told Big Issue he “wouldn’t censor himself”. But is there any truth to this anti-small boats tirade?

www.bigissue.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Sep 3

Speaking about this government's attack on international students seeking asylum, Nazek Ramadan, director of Migrant Voice, calls it “yet another example of this government attempting to scare people who have come to this country”.
www.bigissue.com/news/interna...

International students could be put in 'danger' by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims

The Home Office has pledged to crack down on the number of students overstaying their visa after graduating

www.bigissue.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 29

"The alternative was setting a dangerous precedent which would embolden the far right to further target those seeking safety,"

Our Director, Nazek Ramadan, speaking to the BBC about the Appeals Court verdict on Epping hotel asylum accomodation.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

Migrant charity director 'relieved' by ruling
published at 16:17
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The director of the charity Migrant Voice says she is "relieved" following the Court of Appeal's ruling.

"The alternative was setting a dangerous precedent which would embolden the far right to further target those seeking safety," Nazek Ramadan tells the BBC.

She points out that there are still "many serious issues with hotels for people seeking asylum", with many often lacking "the most basic of necessities".

"Until this government starts investing in community schemes to provide better support though, hotels are at least better than the leaving people in camps or making them homeless," she adds.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 27

An important piece by one of our Migrant Voice Ambassadors, Sadia Sikandar, on far-right protests outside in Perth, and the campaigners, who outnumbered them two to one, who stood against them in support of those who have come seeking safety.

bylines.scot/society/refu...

Perth stands up: refugee backers outnumber far-right protesters

Far-right protesters in Perth opposing asylum seekers in a local hotel were outnumbered 2-to-1 by anti-racism campaigners

bylines.scot

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 20

As our report, No Rest No Security, showed, many hotels used for people seeking asylum are unsuitable. We need investment in community support. Sadly, the recent High Court judgement regarding Epping risks seeing people placed in even more inhumane conditions.
www.migrantvoice.org/resources/re...

The High Court’s decision to block people seeking asylum from being placed in a hotel in Epping opens the door for more councils to follow suit, placing those who came to this country seeking safety under yet more uncertainty and fear.
We know from our own report into the use of hotels that many are unsuitable, but this judgement does nothing to change that. Instead, it risks leaving those in need of support out in the cold, or placed in inhumane camps.
Rhetoric by this, and the previous, government, have contributed to hostility towards those in hotels, when they could have been investing in community schemes to support everyone.
It is imperative that those who have come to this country seeking sanctuary receive it, and are not allowed to become yet more victims of the far-right hate we have seen spreading across this country.

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Even though we were living in Scotland, I still longed for a taste of home, so we started with authentic Barbari bread, which you won’t find in many places around the city."
Our Glasgow members talk about their lives bringing Iranian food to Glasgow.

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2539327...

Nurses swap operating theatre for Glasgow bakery with traditional Iranian bread

Ali Zaregol and Ellie Zarei bake traditional Barbari bread at a Persian Supermarket in Glasgow's West End.

www.heraldscotland.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 11

We joined 200+ other organisations in signing @refugeestogether.bsky.social Open Letter. For the safety of everyone, politicians must stop using the demonising and hostile rhetoric we continue to see levelled against migrants, and start showing respect and unity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels

www.theguardian.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our Director, Nazek Ramadan, comments on plans to penalize international students for seeking asylum in today's Morning Star. “To deny international students the ability to claim asylum ignores why people seek it in the first place."
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/camp...

Campaigners condemn plans that will see universities lose cash if students claim asylum | Morning Star

GOVERNMENT plans to cut funding to universities if students claim asylum were condemned as “shameful” by campaigners today.Universities will reportedly be barred from accepting foreign students if the...

morningstaronline.co.uk

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 3

As our Director, Nazek Ramadan, says here: "Ministers saying that they “understand the frustrations” of those outside hotels only emboldens those who seek to spread hate and division, and leaves migrant communities in fear for their safety."

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

Ministers are stoking fear and anger with anti-migrant rhetoric | Letter

Letter: It emboldens those who seek to spread hate and division, says Migrant Voice director Nazek Ramadan

www.theguardian.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Aug 1

Following last year's riots we interviewed some of those affected by the violence which was launched at migrant and marginalised communities.
A year on, as we continue to see hate and division still thrown at our communities, we are sharing the first podcast here 👇
www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1...

Ep. 1: D, Morshed and Virgina

The first part of a Migrant Voice Series, listening to the voices of Birmingham residents impacted by the far-right riots in the Summer of 2024.

www.spreaker.com

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Migrant Voice @migrantvoice.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are all one community, and as a community we stand #unitedagainstdivision . Together we can stand against the hate, violence and division stoked by hostile rhetoric and the far-right. Share your pics and videos of solidarity.

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