Category: News
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Winter Update – December 2024
Happy International Migrants Day! We are ending the year with a short update to celebrate migrants in our community and everywhere. Negative public discourse about migration misrepresents the reality of migrants’ true experiences – worse, it often erases it. Behind the numbers and inflammatory headlines about people seeking asylum and refugees are real people with…
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Happy International Migrants Day!
18th December marks International Migrants Day. At Waltham Forest Migrant Action, we celebrate and support migrants every day – and it has never been more important. Over recent months and years, anti-migrant rhetoric and hostile environment policies have become increasingly dangerous and dehumanising. Last August, we witnessed these first hand with far-right riots across the…
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e-Visa Transition Postponed
The eVisa system rolled out by the government with an original deadline of 01 January 2025 has been postponed until 31 March 2025 – provisionally. Amidst glitches and chaos, there are grave concerns that without access to eVisas, migrant communities could be locked out of their rights – putting thousands of people at risk. If you or someone…
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Newsletter – November 2024
A very warm welcome to your November newsletter. Apologies for being a few days late sending this out to you, but with so much news to share, we wanted to make sure you get a full overview of what’s been happening as we prepare to end the year … with lots to look forward to in…
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Support Centre Winter Break
Please note that there will be no drop-in on 20th and 27th December. We look forward to welcoming you again in January.
Waltham Forest Migrant Action 