‘Immigrants are people’: American woman tells of difficult journey in new book about moving to Manchester
A Levenshulme volunteer has put a face to the divisive and difficult immigration process many face coming to the UK – by writing a new book.
‘It could have been my kids’: Mother of four to travel to Calais to assist migrants
After watching the news and reading stories of the desperate migrant situation in Calais, a Mobberley teacher and mother of four has decided to join the volunteer movement there.
BC Camplight talks wanting to drink himself to death, spending a year in exile and his Manchester homecoming
BC Camplight on a year in exile and his return to Manchester
‘We are just trying to survive’: Female asylum seekers in Manchester create play to help ‘change perceptions’
The women of Women’s Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) are united by a common past.
Show racism the red card! Immigration film set to screen at Manchester’s National Football Museum
Show Racism the Red Card is staging a special screening of a film about immigration at Manchester’s National Football Museum next week.
Migration is not threatening British cohesion – look at Manchester, says MEP
Manchester shows that migration has a prosperous effect on our society says North West MEP, as Home Secretary Theresa May announced that high immigration makes it ‘impossible to build a cohesive society’.
‘Morally obtuse bully’: 94% Manchester want to see The Sun sack Katie Hopkins
Katie Hopkins has been at it again, this time referring to migrants crossing the Mediterranean as ‘cockroaches’ in her column in The Sun on Friday.
Labour ‘got things wrong’ on immigration, shadow home secretary tells Wigan event
The Labour Party made mistakes with their immigration policy during their stay in power, according to Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper during a talk in Wigan.
Legal Eagle: Can ‘pick-up artist’ Julien Blanc be banned from entering the UK?
Can Home Secretary Teresa May deny pick-up artist Julien Blanc’s right to enter the country?
Visa crackdown on overseas students could signal end for Manchester melting pot, says uni boss
A dramatic drop-in overseas students studying in the UK, however, could change the face of the student union if Government legislation doesn’t change.
Disabled Manchester human rights activist fights Home Office over eviction threat
A Disabled human rights campaigner faces eviction from her Whalley Range home next week after Home Office bosses decided to end their support for her three-year fight for asylum.