Before last year’s horrific fire at Grenfell Tower, North Kensington was grappling with the slow but steady gentrification that had been occurring…
Faulty fridges, broken bed frames, and conked-out cookers. Rats, filthy flooring, and sagging mattresses. Recently, refugees and asylum seekers in Halifax told…
“My four year old daughter was traumatised by our poor quality housing. That’s when I thought that the change starts with me.…
The Government has set up an independent public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire. The Inquiry is designed to uncover the truth,…
When we decided to move to London the first question that came to my mind was: Would it be possible to find…
In 2010, HACT, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) and Metropolitan Migration Foundation jointly established a network, which focused exclusively on migration and housing. The…
Through my work at the Hackney Migrant Centre (HMC) I met Val. She is a solicitor at the Hackney Community Law Centre…
Myrto and I have been volunteering at the Hackney Migrant Centre (HMC) since March 2012. The HMC is based in Stoke Newington…
The second post of our blog series Moving London: How Living in London is Changing is about the difficulties migrants are facing…
In contrast to the general public perception and the picture that politicians and the media often create most refugees do not live…
Ruth, one of our members, wrote about life as an undocumented migrant in the UK to speak out against the #HostileEnvironment.
It's a call to action for all of us to build a system based on justice and dignity. #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders
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Migrants Organise – Why I Protest: Life As an Asylum Seeker and An Undocumented Migrant.
This blog was written by Ruth, one of Migrants Organise’s members, who was unable to join the weekend of action against the Hostile Environment and instead wrote this piece. A version of this was read out at protests across the country during the weekend of action against the hostile environment.
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