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@imix_uk
Creating a better conversation about our society; one which celebrates people who make the UK their home & helps us all live well together.
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https://imix.org.uk/ 05-10-2016 14:40:44
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Working Mimi Jalmasco The Voice of Domestic Workers has been a real privilege. Mimi was an Ambassador for #MigrantsDay IOM United Kingdom & we worked together to shape her powerful story. She's an inspirational leader & it's been amazing to see her go from strength to strength imix.org.uk/after-survivin…
For last year's #RefugeeWeek we worked with some incredible Ambassadors including zahra shaheer a former news reader & journalist from Afghanistan. She tells us how she found the experience & the confidence it gave her to carry on campaigning imix.org.uk/i-believe-my-v…
🚨Today we hand-delivered a very important letter to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer together with the Directors of Southall Black Sisters, Hibiscus, Latin American Women's Rights Service - LAWRS, Safety4Sisters & Imkaan to urge govt to tackle the root causes of far-right riots. 1/🧵
We join Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London in calling for an end to hotel accommodation and for people seeking asylum to be housed safely within welcoming communities
An excellent piece in The Metro from Zoe Gardner yesterday.
This year there will be no women competing for Afghanistan in the Paralympics this year. But Zakia originally from the country, a Taekwondo paralympian will be competing Refugee Olympic Team #ForThe100Million Read her fascinating & powerful story ⬇️ theguardian.com/sport/article/…
Twelve dead, including six children and a pregnant woman. The @Guardian’s Home Affairs Editor, rajeev syal, provides the argument for #saferoutes as the only way to stop deaths. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…
A day or so old but an incredibly insightful piece by Jonathan Portes from Monday's The Guardian. 'Without immigration, the numbers of people paying tax will shrink just as the numbers needing state support in later life are growing. It’s not a sustainable mix.’ theguardian.com/books/article/…
BREAKING: Women seeking safety experience intense levels of #CoercionAndControl in hotel accommodation. Findings include sexual harassment by hotel staff, room intrusions and voyeurism. We join Women for Refugee Women 🧡's call to END hotel accommodation now refugeewomen.co.uk/coercion-and-c…
We love The Mirror #PeopleMove stories on Instagram featuring some of our ambassadors, spokespeople and friends. Well worth spending some time exploring these journeys as told by the people who experienced them Ros Wynne-Jones instagram.com/peoplemove_/