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migration

December 18, 2014

International Migrants Day: we need to change our thinking

'Immigration' is set to be one of the most-used words in the run-up to the General Election -- at least if UKIP, large sections of the media and much of the current government has its way.
November 5, 2014

UCL report exposes 'benefit tourism' migrant myths

UK immigrants who arrived since 2000 are less likely to receive benefits and less likely to live in social housing than UK natives, says UCL research.
October 10, 2014

UKIP leader accused of 'ignorance' on HIV, migration and health

Nigel Farage has been accused of peddling prejudice masquerading as fact in recent comments about migrants with HIV and so-called 'health tourists'.
August 29, 2014

Art show creates space for dialogue in times of conflict

As international tensions affect relations between communities at home, an arts programme in Shoreditch is seeking to bring people from different backgrounds together.
April 26, 2014

What about celebrating St George the Immigrant?

As Ekklesia's 2007 report "When the Saints Go Marching Out', reissued in 2010 (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/11944) pointed out, and as others have subsequently affirmed, St George is not primarily "an English Saint", as popular assumption has it, but a Middle Eastern one with international, multicultural associations and a founding story about resistance to the persecutory impulse of Empire.
February 12, 2014

Churches' body concerned over Swiss vote for immigration restrictions

The World Council of Churches' general secretary has warned of “adverse effects” from the recent Swiss vote on immigration.
January 24, 2014

Asylum Aid report urges media engagement

Asylum Aid has published a new report entitled Dividing Lines: Asylum, the media and some reasons for (cautious) optimism.
January 21, 2014

If you think UKIP's members are extreme, read its official policies

Nigel Farage has thrown out the latest UKIP member to provoke controversy through bigoted opinions. Farage says he wants to get rid of candidates with "extremist, barmy or nasty" views. But it is not individual candidates who are the problem. UKIP's official policies are extremely nasty, based as they are on an ultra-Thatcherite free-market extremism.
January 17, 2014

EU needs a just migration policy, says church delegation

The ecumenical Church delegation that met Greek EU Presidency representatives in Athens last week made just migration a priority.
January 16, 2014

The right time for a movement against xenophobia

The Movement Against Xenophobia is a new campaign, promoted by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) and its allies, aimed at countering the vicious anti-immigrant discourse of mainstream politics in the UK.