Scottish Migrants Network Conference at STUC

Workers Rights are Migrant Rights!
Scottish Migrants Network Hosts Conference at STUC
As the recession begins to bite across Scotland it is vital that all workers, including migrants, are aware of their rights at work. The Scottish Migrants Network (SMN) sponsored a half-day conference for migrant workers and support organisations in Scotland to share policy and practice [...]

Advice and info needs of A8 workers: CABx research

Continental Drift. Understanding advice and information needs for A8 migrant workers in Scotland
Exploited by landlords and employers, language difficulties and complex advice needs pose barriers to assistance for A8 migrant workers.
Citizens advice Scotland has published a new research report based on the evidence of Citizens Advice Bureau clients across Scotland. The findings show that [...]

Home from Home: migrant housing report from BSHF

Migrant workers come to the UK to seek employment but all too often find themselves living in expensive, overcrowded and poor-quality accommodation. This report seeks to make a fresh assessment of this important issue.

New migrant housing rights website for England

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) and the Housing Associations’ Charitable Trust (hact) have launched the first housing rights website to be specifically aimed at answering housing rights queries for new migrants in England.
Visitors to the site, at www.housing-rights.info , are able enter as either frontline housing advisers or new arrivals to receive advice and [...]

Website for Portuguese workers in UK

The TUC has launched a new Portuguese language website to support the large number of Portuguese workers in the UK.
The website www.trabalharnoreinounido.org explains the rights workers can expect at work, from the national minimum wage (NMW) and working time, through to holiday entitlement and sick pay.
The website – launched with the Citizens Advice service (CAB) [...]

New website for Scottish Borders area

www.newtotheborders.co.uk
An innovative web site has been developed to help inform migrants and newcomers to the Borders about the services and agencies that can provide them with advice, information and support.

The website is being launched at a lunchtime event hosted by Waverley Housing at the Mansfield House Hotel in Hawick on 7 August 2008. Robert [...]

Listening to migrant workers at Holyrood

Lunchtime meeting, Committee Room 4 of the Scottish Parliament
Wednesday 18 June 2008
read a report of the meeting below, or download in pdf format from Migrant Rights Network
Summary
The Migrants’ Rights Network (MRN) in conjunction with UNISON Overseas Nurses Network (ONN) and the STUC held a meeting in the Scottish Parliament, with the aim of giving MSPs [...]

No safety net for women – protest

23 April 08
Hundreds of women protested outside Parliament today to bring attention to the immigration law that provides “no safety net to vulnerable women”.
source: 24dash.com
Southall Black Sisters, human rights groups and other organisations from around the country began the day with a silent protest outside Portcullis House wearing masks and black clothes to expose the [...]

Women with ‘no recourse to public funds’ Resource Pack

Southall Black Sisters

How Can I Support Her?
Domestic Violence, immigration and women with no recourse to public funds’ Resource Pack

This resource pack for voluntary and community organisations gives comprehensive information for voluntary and community organisations supporting women with insecure immigration status who are experiencing domestic violence.It covers how to make applications under the Domestic Violence [...]

STEP Northern Ireland

STEP NI Migrant Workers’ Support Project
S.T.E.P. Migrant Workers’ Support Project has been operating since 2001 when employees and other individuals volunteered advice and guidance for Migrant Workers coming to the Dungannon area.
The following areas are covered by the Migrant Workers’ Support Project at S.T.E.P.
1. Community capacity development
2. Individual support for accessing services, advice and information
3. [...]