THE Home Office has published further details of its plans to cut net migration across the UK. The British Home Secretary announced proposals on Monday with further details now available. A new fact sheet includes important clarifications for those currently in the UK on routes that will be subject to change, in particular relating to: Carers […]
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Photo: Cllr Patricia Logue, Mayor of Derry and Strabane, signing a Book of Solidarity for the people of Gaza and Palestine. Picture source: Derry Sinn Féin/Facebook THE Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council has opened a Book of Solidarity for the People of Gaza and Palestine. The book is available to sign in
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Photo: This image of TikTok star Black Paddy made the front page of our latest newsletter. THE latest edition of our newsletter has just been published. It looks back at what has been a hectic few months here at the North West Migrants Forum – From our trip to Wales to the launch of our
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Main photo: Gillian Moss, Head of Client Services at the North West Regional College with Conor Sharkey, Media and Communications Officer with the North West Migrants Forum. The pair were invited to the House of Lords in London to collect a ‘Charity Partnership of the Year Award’. THE North West Migrants Forum and the North
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Main photo: Black Paddy and students at Strabane Academy hold up the various Advancing Race Equality Awards categories SOCIAL media star ‘Black Paddy’ has been unveiled as the host of the North West Migrants Forum’s 2023 Advancing Race Equality Awards. The Nigerian-born comedian – real name Fabio David – is an entertainer who, in his
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THE John and Pat Hume Foundation are hosting a special event at 2pm on Monday, December 11, in Derry’s Guildhall to mark the 25th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998 to John Hume and David Trimble. There will be panel discussions on human rights, social justice and leadership for peaceful
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Main photo: An incarnation of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, the group credited with bringing gospel music to Europe. The Jubilee Singers played a number of sell-out concerts in Derry’s Guildhall. THE fascinating story of the Fisk Jubilee Singers – credited with introducing gospel music to the UK – is being explored as part of the
A Nigerian man living in Derry has spoken of his excitement at being awarded an Asylum Seeker Scholarship by the North West Regional College. Chukwuka ‘Frank’ Nwanonenyi is the first ever recipient of the NWRC Asylum Seeker Scholarship and has just begun studying on the Access Adult Learning Diploma in Health and Welfare at Strand
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AUDIENCE members at Black History Summit 2023 have been encouraged to take the lessons learned out into their communities where they can be used to build a more inclusive society. Organised by the North West Migrants Forum, the theme of this year’s conference was ‘decolonising education’. Around 100 people gathered in the Great Hall of
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Main photo caption: From left – North West Migrants Forum Community Liaison Officer Aynaz Zarif, Forum Director Lilian Seenoi Barr, Culmore Road Branch Manager Eighrean Horner and Forum Policy and Strategic Planning Advisor Dominic Nartey at the announcement of a welcome funding boost of £13,000 for the charity. THE Director of the North West Migrants
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