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THE HOME OFFICE was urged today to stop inflicting needless harm on communities after new data showed that 190 immigration raids on nursing homes resulted in only 37 care-staff deportations between 2015 and 2019. Moreover, during the same period, the Home Office conducted more than 44,000 “intelligence-led” immigration raids on private homes, yet fewer than one in six resulted in removals, according to data obtained by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI).  JCWI campaign officer Mary Atkinson said that the figures “show just how out of control the hostile environ...

A TRAINEE nurse working 12 and a half hour shifts is being forced to fork out for travel and living costs because she has been ruled ineligible for student funding. Glory Omoaka has also been denied the £500 bonus for health care workers which has been handed out by the Scottish Government for working through the pandemic. Omoaka, who lives in Glasgow with her 15-year-old daughter, managed to get her nursing degree fees paid after a battle but is still being refused the SAAS funding given to others as she has been assessed as a foreign student despite living here since 2007. It means...

Ken Stewart, Adepeju Jaiyeoba, Others to speak at MLM Leadership Conference 2 min read Some speakers including Ken Stewart, Adepeju Jaiyeoba, Adewale Adebusoye, and Bunmi Jembola have been invited for the MLM National Leadership conference which will hold on March 30 2017, at the Queens Park Event centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. The conference titled “MLM in Nigeria: Winning in a Hostile Environment” is poised to deepen quality service delivery among MLM operators and encourage technology-driven solutions to move multi-level marketing forward in Nigeria according to a statement from its ...

Since last week that “those who are here illegally can come forward to receive a vaccine,” Ali*, a Pakistani delivery driver in London, has been discussing the so-called amnesty with other migrants in a WhatsApp group. In the chat of more than 80 people – all of whom have precarious immigration status – Ali says that “everyone is scared to go and get the vaccine,” despite the government’s assurances.  These feelings reflect research published recently by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), which found that 43% of the migrants surveyed fear accessing health...

Mawda Shawri – When truth, justice and humanity are in short supply February 16 2021 Comment   At the conclusion of the trial of the Belgian police officer who shot and killed two-year-old Kurdish Iraqi Mawda Shawri, a case that has become a symbol of the violence and injustice faced by those crossing borders within Europe to seek a better life, a campaigner Frances Timberlake reflects on a flawed process and provides a timely reminder that the UK is deeply implicated in European border policing. On Friday 12 February, the criminal court in Mons, Belgium, delivered its verdict on the de...