Category: News
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January 2026 Newsletter
Wishing you all a gentle, healthy, resilient and joyful New Year. Before we delve into 2026, let’s take a moment to reflect and celebrate what we achieved in 2025 – in what has been an increasingly difficult and hostile environment: 💥 At our Friday drop-in, we helped significantly more people than ever before, with both…
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December 2025 Newsletter
We are building solidarity! Welcome to the final newsletter of the year – and what a year it’s been! Before we get distracted by the news agenda, I’d like to start by thanking everyone who supported Connections in Sound last week – it was absolutely phenomenal, and the best possible way to end another challenging year for…
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November 2025 Newsletter
It’s difficult to know where to start, because like you, we are overwhelmed and outraged by the daily deluge of anti-migrant news and hostile policies. While the UK faces multiple crises, from housing and spiralling cost of living to rising inequality – issues that require urgent political action and leadership, the government is choosing to scapegoat people seeking…
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Autumn 2025 Newsletter
Hello everyone, Welcome to your first autumn newsletter. Over summer, we witnessed a significant escalation of anti-migrant rhetoric and activity. This is deeply concerning – not least, because it is linked to the rapid rise of an increasingly aggressive, well-organised and well-funded far-right. This is a ‘Battle of Cable Street’ moment, when looking away is not an…
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Mark your Diaries!
I hope you’re having a good summer, though in many ways it has been – and continues to be – a challenging time. We’ve witnessed recurring threats of far right violence, flaring up around the country, menacing political rhetoric about raids, detentions and deportations, and now a court decision to close the Epping hotel housing people seeking…
Waltham Forest Migrant Action 