Immigrants told to leave UK face huge hike in fees to appeal decisions
Jo Wilding highlights how fee increases for Immigration and Asylum Chambers potentially deny access to justice to people who have been told they need to leave the UK. Read more
MigrationWork News
MW Chair gives keynote at Amnesty International UK - Refugee Summit 8-9 July 2016
Richard Stanton from MigrationWork CIC spoke at the Amnesty International UK inaugural Refugee Summit, sharing research on whether and how local, participatory activity can change understandings and attitudes towards refugees and migrants. Read more
Ukrainian Migration and the European Union – Dynamics Subjectivity and Politics
To migrate or not to migrate: that is the question. Bastian Vollmer’s new book discusses migration in the highly topical context of Ukraine. Read more
Community Integration Awards Launch Party
The Community Integration Awards launched at the vibrant Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey! Read more
The true cost of ‘welfare tourism’
MigrationWork’s Director Rachel Marangozov questions evidence about existence of ‘welfare tourism’ and finds it lacking. Read more
Launched: Community Integration Awards 2016 + Launch Event
MigrationWork Trust proudly presents the Community Integration Awards 2016 – a new initiative celebrating examples of good community integration and cohesion in the United Kingdom. Read more
My family and other bad migrants
MigrationWork’s Director Sue Lukes spoke at TEDxEastEnd and, drawing on her own family’s personal history of the Holocaust, reflected on the idea of “good” and “bad” migrants then and today. Read more
Quality of legal services for asylum seekers
The Solicitors Research Authority has published new research on the quality of legal advice provided to asylum seekers. MigrationWork CIC was one of the research partners. Read more
Richard Stanton at the Urban Thinkers Campus
MigrationWork CIC’s Chair Richard Stanton gave an ‘impulse’ keynote talk at the UTC Mannheim in Germany on 18 February. Read more
How does the UK decide who gets asylum?
MigrationWork Associate Jo Wilding explains in a guest post at “The Conversation”. Read more
Coming soon: Community Integration Awards
In preparation and coming soon: the Community Integration Awards by MigrationWork!
Briefings: “Integration Up North”
MigrationWork worked with Migration Yorkshire and local authorities in the area on “Integration Up North” to develop or improve their strategic planning on migration related issues. Read more
Integration toolkits launched
Four new toolkits to help cities with migrant integration have been published by Eurocities, with the support of Migrationwork. Read more
MigrationWork has a new admin and a new telephone number
Bella Kosmala joins MigrationWork as our new administrator. She’s available Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10:00-15:00, on our new main telephone number: +44 (0)7827 817 344. Read more
Labour migration from the EU in hard times
What are the impacts of labour migration on the UK labour market and public services? Rachel Marangozov weighs up the evidence. Read more
