The Migrant Champions Network is a new project that will support local councillors to champion the rights of migrants in their local areas and beyond. The network will support councillors from across the political spectrum, and throughout the UK, to advocate for migrants’ rights, to support practical actions for migrants locally and to resist the hostile environment within their local areas and beyond. JCWI is proud to be supporting the development of this network.
Local councillors have always played a crucial role in supporting their local communities to welcome people who are making the UK their home. Local councillors can be a key point of contact for migrant constituents, and work to make sure that all locals can access support when they need it, no matter where they are from or what their story is.
Migrants’ rights are under attack by central government, and the far-right is on the rise. Now, more than ever, we must organise to resist this politics of hatred and fea…