No Small Victories: Community Tales of Resistance

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In migrant justice work there are No Small Victories (Kamila Shamsie). Lucy Nabijou from Haringey Welcome talks to guests surviving and resisting the UK’s Hostile Environment immigration policy and explores what a kinder and more hopeful society could look like.

  1. Marcela Navarrete

    02/26/2025

    Marcela Navarrete

    Lucy speaks to Marcela Navarrete, an immigration solicitor and partner at Wilsons Solicitors in Tottenham about immigration and asylum laws in the UK. Follow the links below to learn more about these issues, legal frameworks and the corrosive effects of the UK's hostile environment policies have on our communities.  If you are facing removal or deportation, you can find advice here. Please note this episode was recorded before the government’s changes on to the nationality 'good character' requirement which will refuse citizenship to anyone arriving in the UK 'illegally,' regardless of how long ago this occurred.  To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Instagram and Bluesky  @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Afghanistan: judge hunted by Taliban wins court case against UK government Joint briefing – securing access to justice: the need for legal aid in immigration Keir Starmer’s Reform-lite strategy reaches breaking point Lights, camera, and a new low: why is the government making Deportation TV ‘Workers are being employed as indentured labour’ At least one in ten children in care is non-British and faces an uncertain future unless immigration status is resolved The impact of forced family separation on a child The 3 Million – EU citizens’ issues Inside the Home Office spin room New anti-refugee bill before parliament People smugglers aren’t terrorists and ‘smashing the gangs’ won’t work

    1h 1m
  2. Ghassan Ghaben

    01/24/2025

    Ghassan Ghaben

    Lucy talks to Ghassan Ghaben, a lawyer and member of the British Palestinian Committee about the Gaza Families Reunited campaign and the mutual aid group, Reviving Gaza.  Follow the links below to find out about Gaza Families Reunited, Reviving Gaza and other issues discussed in the episode. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Reviving Gaza: water aid ‘24 Reviving Gaza Instagram page Reviving Gaza Just Giving page Write to your MP: Gaza family scheme Gaza Families Reunited Instagram page Gaza Families Reunited X page Will my family still be alive when I wake up? Justice, freedom and international law: a new policy framework for the UK government on Palestine RAMFEL new report on the UK’s broken family reunion system The BBC’s Civil War Over Gaza – Owen Jones Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024, analysis suggests Traumatic Injury Mortality in the Gaza Strip from October 7, 2023, to June 30, 2024: a capture-recapture analysis Caabu Palestine resources 100 Years Since Balfour

    54 min
  3. Marissa Begonia

    12/21/2024

    Marissa Begonia

    Marissa Begonia, Director of The Voice of Domestic Workers, speaks to Lucy about her life as a domestic worker and her campaign for domestic workers' rights. Follow the links below to find out more about Marissa's journey and The Voice of Domestic Workers as well as  issues relating to the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa and the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Marissa Begonia: the invisible workforce – my fight for migrant domestic workers in the UK (Being the Story speech) Hard Graft: work, health and rights (Wellcome Collection) The Voice of Domestic Workers Channel 4 News report: The domestic slaves rescued from London’s richest streets Visa system forces care workers to stay silent on rape and abuse UK’s richest family convicted of exploiting servants The NRM: no substitute for workers’ rights Kalayaan: The National Referral Mechanism – near breaking point Immigration crackdown sees British modern slavery victims imprisoned Unite the Union: United Migrant Workers Education Programme Covid-19 music fundraiser for domestic workers

    1h 11m
  4. Vincent Okosodo

    11/26/2024

    Vincent Okosodo

    Lucy talks to Vincent Okosodo, an entrepreneur, campaigner and Nigerian migrant about his long and painful journey through the UK's hostile immigration system. Follow the links below to find out more about the issues and policies mentioned in this podcast, including the mental health cost of current migration policies in the UK, and to learn more about Centaville, a Nigerian social enterprise that Vincent founded. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter or Bluesky @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links Home Office urged to scrap long, expensive and ‘racist’ visa route  Over 60 NGOs call for urgent changes to immigration legal aid Stemming the tide: the case for demarketising the legal aid sector  State violence and distress: the false separation between migrant justice and mental health  Trauma, mental health and migration  Centaville

    54 min
  5. Nanou Thassinda

    10/18/2024

    Nanou Thassinda

    Lucy speaks to Nanou Thassinda, a community activist with Migrants Organise, about her campaign work and her experience of migrating to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Follow the links below to find out more about Migrants Organise, the campaigns mentioned in this podcast and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Campaigns, Resources and Context Migrants Organise campaigns Immigration reporting: Home Office refuses to suspend reporting during far-right mobilisations #Homes4All campaign JCWI Access to Justice toolkit Room to Heal Legal Aid Over half the people seeking asylum are now unable to access a legal aid lawyer Government faces legal action over legal aid crisis The Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Human Rights Watch report: Democratic Republic of Congo Further information about Nanou’s father, H. Thassinda Uba Thassinda https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3339591g https://www.overdrive.com/media/10859687/zaire-les-princes-de-linvisible

    1h 10m
  6. No Small Victories: #Let Them Stay

    09/10/2024

    No Small Victories: #Let Them Stay

    We're back! No Small Victories returns from the summer break with a very special episode about a hotel for asylum seekers in Haringey and its closure. We meet and hear from those who lived and worked in the hotel, as well as the community who campaigned to support its residents.  Follow the links below to find out more about the events and organisations mentioned in this podcast . To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on twitter/X @HaringeyWelcome. Please visit Prevent Refugee Homelessness in Haringey Crowdfunder to find out more about our work with the Museum of Homelessness and donate if you can. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you! Links: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Yvette Cooper’s Post-Rwanda Immigration Plans The asylum king: how one man has made millions from Britain’s broken immigration system e-visa problems UK Immigration Strategy Increases risk of exploitation say charities ‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision Haringey Migrant Justice Coalition letter to Clearsprings Haringey Migrant Justice Coalition statement on the hotel closure Video of unannounced insecticide spraying at the hotel Haringey Migrant Support Centre Haringey Community Action Network

    42 min

  7. 08/07/2024

    No Small Victories: Special Message

    A special message to No Small Victories Podcast listeners Haringey Welcome Statement on Violence Across the UK https://haringeywelcome.org/2024/08/05/haringey-welcome-statement-on-riots/ To learn more about No Small Victories and Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/  or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com

    3 min
  8. No Small Victories: Martin Newell

    06/17/2024

    No Small Victories: Martin Newell

    Lucy talks to Martin Newell, a Catholic Priest and social activist about his work for migrant justice in Haringey for the London Catholic Worker, including his involvement in  Giuseppe Conlon House, a home for destitute migrants in North London.  Follow the links below to find out more about the London Catholic Worker and Giuseppe Conlon House as well as the issues and organisations mentioned in this podcast. To learn more about Haringey Welcome’s work please visit our website at https://haringeywelcome.org/ or follow us on Twitter @HaringeyWelcome. You can also drop us an email at refugeeswelcomeharingey@gmail.com We’d love to hear from you!  Martin Newell – Wikipedia London Catholic Worker Giuseppe Conlon House  The Passionists Legacy Programme (cancelled in 2012) No Recourse to Public Funds  The Windrush Scandal Right to Rent Check What are the 10- and 20-year rules on long residence? Campaign Against the Arms Trade

    40 min
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In migrant justice work there are No Small Victories (Kamila Shamsie). Lucy Nabijou from Haringey Welcome talks to guests surviving and resisting the UK’s Hostile Environment immigration policy and explores what a kinder and more hopeful society could look like.

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