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Launch Event – Tuesday, March 20th – What will your impact be online in 2012?
The Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum would like to invite you to our launch event:
‘Integrated Media: What will your impact be online in 2012?’
Tuesday, March 20 @ 6:30-8:30PM
Are you frustrated with the same old crowded market of one-day, low-quality workshops?
Are you tired of quick fixes and superficial solutions to real world problems?
Are you angry that [...]
Posted in Digital Activism, MRCF News, Speak Out
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Nazek Ramadan – Migrant and Refugee Woman of the Year
Last night more than 250 people gathered at the Royal Festival Hall for the first ever Migrant and Refugee Woman of the Year Award on International Women’s day to honour three outstanding women.
This year’s winner was Nazek Ramadan, founder of Migrant Voice, and two honorary awards were also given to Luljeta Nuzi, founder of Shpresa Programme for the Albanian speaking [...]
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Media’s influence on refugee unemployment
How does the media reporting influence UK labour market decision-makers and therefore the policy process regarding refugee employment and, secondly, which implications does this have on refugees themselves who seem to be the last link in this complex chain? These are the two overarching questions that have been discussed at Transitions’ Advisory Network meeting organized [...]
We cannot fill the gap if Legal Aid is withdrawn
On Tuesday I spoke on the panel at the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration. This was all very new to me, as before this meeting I had no idea about who the APPG was nor what it stood for, never mind the fact that I would be speaking at the Houses of Parliament. [...]
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Integration? You deal with it!
The government’s paper Creating the conditions for integration has been published last week presenting a new strategy on this important issue.
In a nutshell, its approach on integration is based on creating conditions for civil society and local communities to deal with the problem themselves – “instead of large-scale, centrally led and funded programmes, we want [...]
Posted in OPERATION INTEGRATION, Policy, Speak Out
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It’s time to say ‘thank you’ – Migrant and Refugee Woman of the Year Award
The Migrant & Refugee Woman of the Year Award aims to recognise and celebrate women who having migrated or fled persecution themselves, find time to provide essential support and inspiring leadership at grassroots level to other new Londoners attempting to start a new life in the city.
Migrating to a new country brings many challenges and [...]
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There’s no magic bullet to encourage integration
The Forum’s Communication Officer, Nick Micinski, is featured on Left Foot Forward today. To see the original post, visit www.leftfootforward.org.
The government finally announced last Tuesday their new strategy for integration. Why should we care? Although buried behind the news of restructuring of the UKBA and filled with the usual rhetoric about integration, the new document is good [...]
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Racism Among Young People
I have been thinking the same thing for the last twenty-four hours. I live close to London, and yesterday as every Sunday, I went for a walk with my girlfriend in a very beautiful park close to my home.
I love going there. After spending a week working in my small office I need to relax. [...]
Posted in Home Away From Home, OPERATION INTEGRATION, Speak Out
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How do community leaders facilitate migrant integration?
I’m Mohini, a volunteer researcher with MRCF; I am writing about the benefits of community organisations and ESOL lessons for the integration of migrants. Being of mixed migrant background myself (I am half-Indian and half-French), I have always been interested in issues related to migration. I studied sociology of migration to gain a better [...]
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Watch MRCF’s Live Performance of ‘The Hypochondriac’
On Wednesday 15th February the theatre group performed at The centre a comedy by Molière called The Hypochondriac. First it was performed in the 17th century, as a play about love and treason, hope and tradition, containing a brilliant social and political commentary on Paris in the 1670s.
With a strong sense of humour and an [...]
Posted in Home Away From Home, Speak Out
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