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migration

January 11, 2014

Government accused of misleading public on European migration

Government ministers are scaremongering about European migration to avoid "real subjects in the UK", says Viviane Reding, vice president of the European Commission.
January 5, 2014

Migration was among the BBC New Year 'Big Questions'

The Big Questions returned for its seventh series live from Queen Mary University of London in Mile End on Sunday 5 January 2014 - showing on BBC1 at 10am, and now available for viewing via the iPlayer.
January 1, 2014

Politicians welcome new migrants as UK scare stories falter

As Romanians and Bulgarians achieve full rights to live and work across in the UK, some politicians have offered them a warm welcome.
January 1, 2014

Don't fear Romanian and Bulgarian migrants, says Welsh church leader

Migrants have a positive impact on Wales, says a Welsh church leader, rebutting scaremongering about Romania and Bulgaria.
December 18, 2013

Faith leaders and MPs sail past parliament to highlight refugees' plight

A group of MPs and religious leaders will sail past the Houses of Parliament today, stopping at the Commons Terrace, to mark UN International Migrants Day.
December 16, 2013

Anti-Roma prejudice and an unlikely prediction

Come January, the right-wing media in the UK might have some explaining to do. The Daily Mail (and their friends in UKIP and the Conservative right) have been telling us that Britain will be flooded by immigrants from Romania and Bulgaria, as the last restrictions on their immigration to the UK are lifted.
December 7, 2013

Women, justice, ecology, interfaith and migration: ecumenical formation

Throughout 2014 the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey will be holding a number of seminars raising awareness on issues related to women’s concerns, justice and peace, ecology and Christian theology, interfaith relations and migrant churches.
November 13, 2013

Bulgarian migrants 'living in fear' after xenophobic attacks

The Bulgarian authorities must do far more to prevent xenophobic hate crimes, Amnesty International has urged.
October 18, 2013

Churches advocate upholding human dignity of migrants

Migrants are reduced to mere commodities, traded and exchanged in the global market, says a churches' declaration.
September 3, 2013

UK blocking woman's Syrian husband from joining her

The now highly politicised immigration system in the UK and remorseless attempts by the UKBA to deny people entry or to deport them on any possible grounds produce daily injustices.