Cooking Up Community: Meet Migrateful’s Marvellous Volunteers
If you’ve ever joined a Migrateful cookery class, you’ve probably felt it - that welcoming atmosphere where strangers quickly become friends, stories flow freely, and delicious food brings people together. While our chefs and facilitators are at the heart of this experience, there’s another vital ingredient working hard behind the…
Controversial New Nationality & Borders Bill Passed in UK Parliament
A new Nationality & Borders bill has been passed in UK parliament. It has been described as an attack on refugee rights and criticized for breaching international law. The bill includes changes that would mean residents could have their citizenship stripped without notification, people rescuing refugees could be prosecuted and…
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December 10, 2021
New Detention Centre to be Built in Durham
The UK Home Office have recently announced their plans for the construction of a new immigration detention centre. The centre would be situated in Hassockfield, County Durham and is expected to hold around 80 women. It would also be the first detention centre built by the Home Office since 2014.
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July 7, 2021
What is happening in Hong Kong and why is there a mass migration to the UK?
Hong Kong is a small city located on the coast of the South China Sea. Once a British colony, Hong Kong was officially returned as a territory of China on July 1st, 1997. As part of decolonisation negotiations, China and Britain signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984. The agreement…
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May 20, 2021
Our Response to the UK Government’s Proposed Asylum Reforms
Last week, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced reforms to the UK asylum system, which she called “the most significant overhaul in decades”. Under the new reforms, asylum claims will be judged not only on the danger an asylum seeker faces in their home country, but on how they arrived in…
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March 30, 2021
Racial Discrimination Targeting Migrants in the UK
It is the UN Week in Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination. Here at Migrateful, many of our chefs are directly impacted by the discriminatory immigration policies in the UK, otherwise known as The Hostile Environment. We wish to take this opportunity to share some of…
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March 24, 2021
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