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This newspaper database was created to;

  • document local newspaper articles about migrant experiences
  • present local newspaper articles about migrant experiences in a more accessible and searchable manner
  • counterbalance negative media rhetoric of migration, through highlighting positive stories of migration or sentiment to migration, at a local level.

It was created by volunteers who took part in Online Archive Research training. The training was opened to the wider community in each area to learn how to use online research tools to gather local newspaper stories. 

They then collected local newspaper stories following a specific criterion. 

The newspaper stories had to;

  • be about positive contributions made by the migrant community in the specific local area.
  • have positive sentiments shown towards the migrant community.
  • be in the last 10 years, between 2012 – 2022/3
  • counterbalance negative media portrayals of migration. This could include (but not limited to):

a. Details of positive contributions migrant communities have made to their local area.

b. Positive sentiments to migration from local area sources.

c. Direct lived experiences of migrant communities that have been shared to advocate/highlight experiences (even if the experiences themselves are negative)

 

the findings created the content for our Archive Research database. 

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Migrants have helped shape our beloved Leeds for 200 years - let's celebrate that fact

Short summary
A Council led summit to celebrate what migration has brought to the city and discuss future plans. Quotes from Council on the benefits of migration, and a Syrian explains her experience
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/politics/migrants-have-helped-shape-our-beloved-leeds-for-200-years-lets-celebrate-that-fact-593772

Help for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in South Leeds

Short summary
It describes a new welcome scheme in South Leeds to help newcomers settle in, use services and learn English
Archive Link
https://southleedslife.com/help-asylum-seekers-refugees-south-leeds/

Project will link you up with your Holbeck neighbours

Short summary
It describes a scheme whereby neighbours can get together and share information to use the area better.
Archive Link
https://southleedslife.com/project-will-link-holbeck-neighbours/

Zayn Malik speaks of his love of Bradford in Vogue feature

Short summary
The One Direction star includes the multiculturalism of Bradford as a factor in his love of the city
Archive Link
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15652394.zayn-malik-speaks-of-his-love-of-bradford-in-vogue-feature/

40 Years of the Aagrah restaurant chain

Short summary
A photo gallery of the restaurants, started by Mohammad Sabir, a Kashmiri originally working as a bus driver
Archive Link
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/15640624.gallery-looking-back-at-40-years-of-the-bradford-based-aagrah-kashmiri-restaurant-chain/

The Manchester allotment where refugees and asylum seekers are growing vegetables together

Short summary
Émilie is 52 years old and get away from Gango and she is one of the many people who look after the allotment at Growing Together Levenshulme.
Joy, 54, and Edwina, 63, were forced to flee their homes in the run up to a brutal election in Zimbabwe because of their support for the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),The allotment was founded around eight years ago, originally set up as a community gardening project, it to be a vegan and organic garden. A few years later, we began working with Revive, a Manchester based charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers."The garden provides a safe space where people can take part in activities they enjoy, and helps provide structure and routine in lives that are often full of change.""At the moment they're just looking for funding to secure the long term future of the garden so it can continue to benefit asylum seekers and refugees for years to come."
Archive Link
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/growing-together-levenshulme-allotment-refugees-13422367

Leeds's first Indian takeaway closes after 43 years

Short summary
Indian immigrant Ram Murthi Thukral had run Bobby's Sweet Centre on Roundhay Road for 43 years.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/pupil-who-fled-syria-recognised-for-bravery-1778333

Exhibition aims to give refugees a voice

Short summary
A photographic exhibition featuring pictures of refugees who have made new homes in Lancaster is currently on display in Lancaster library.
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/exhibition-aims-to-give-refugees-a-voice-654536

No one can say poetry is irrelevant ever again' - How Tony Walsh's poem came to symbolise our city’s defiance

Short summary
Tony Walsh, whose powerful love letter to the city 'This is the Place' has been heard around the world, talks about how he found the words we all needed
Archive Link
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/tony-walsh-poet-manchester-place-13285063

Jennie's quirky film explains immigration with school kids' interviews and ‘fuzzy felt’ explainers

Short summary
Jennie Henry came back to her hometown of Middlesbrough to film the emotive documentary explaining the refugee crisis to children

Multi faith Big Lunch marks start of Ramadan

Short summary
An event at the Hamara centre to bring communities together over food.

Making a meal out of a play: Leeds restaurant will host production

Short summary
A Chinese restaurant hosts a play about the positive impact of Chinese immigration

Pupil who fled Syria recognised for bravery

Short summary
Mohamad Khalil, Leeds City Academy pupil, wins three bravery awards. He was shot when at school in Syria.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/education/pupil-who-fled-syria-recognised-for-bravery-1778333

Good craic in store for St Patrick's Day

Short summary
It describes the St Patricks Day celebrations in Leeds. It celebrates the thriving community of 16,000 Irish in Leeds.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/good-craic-in-store-for-st-patricks-day-603088

Migrant dad's 'life is hell' as house is attacked 17 times in a month by teen yobs on Middlesbrough estate

Short summary
Family pleas for new home as Turkish-born dad-of-two says: 'It should be called Grove Hell, not Grove Hill'

“There is an atmosphere between Polish and British people following Brexit, but it can be fixed”

Short summary
Do Polish residents feel safe in West Leeds after Brexit? Chris Siejka says Polish people need to try to meet more British people.
Archive Link
https://westleedsdispatch.com/race-relations-we-need-to-talk/

Azad Kashmir president Masood Khan visits Bradford

Short summary
Bradford welcomes president of the Pakistan region that was home to many of its immigrants

World's longest-married man Karam Chand dies at age of 110

Short summary
Born in the Punjab, he and his wife came to Bradford in 1965. They were married for 90 years

Celebration of Asian cricket in Bradford and Yorkshire goes on display

Short summary
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition celebrating the history of Asian cricket across Bradford and the rest of Yorkshire has gone on display at Headingley (Leeds).

Fitting tribute to community champ Peter

Short summary
The Pakistan and Kashmir Welfare Association in Batley planted a tree in tribute to Peter O'Neill.
Archive Link
https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/fitting-tribute-to-community-champ-peter-769930

Leeds West Indian Carnival 2016

Short summary
Describes how the carnival brings colour and spectacle to Leeds. Quote from the chairman and founder, Arthur France
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshirereporter.co.uk/leeds-west-indian-carnival-2016/

How Lancaster has welcomed Syrian refugees

Short summary
2 Syrian refugees share their stories
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/how-lancaster-has-welcomed-syrian-refugees-659432

Refugees and social inequality top Lancaster Friends agenda

Short summary
Friends Meeting House in Lancaster provides English classes and drop in centre for refugees.
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/refugees-and-social-inequality-top-lancaster-friends-agenda-659549

Eid tributes to the '˜forgotten army'

Short summary
Aaqib Zahoor is helping the Kirklees Faith Network to launch ‘Our Shared History, Our Shared Heritage’, an interactive display and resource pack which tells the story of Sikh and Muslim men who fought for the British Empire.
Archive Link
https://www.dewsburyreporter.co.uk/news/eid-tributes-to-the-forgotten-army-2145648

Meet the refugees making their home in Middlesbrough

Short summary
Refugees welcomed at MIMA art gallery in Middlesbrough as new exhibition launched
Archive Link
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/meet-refugees-making-home-middlesbrough-11577715

Syria play will be an eye-opener at West Yorkshire Playhouse

Short summary
A ground-breaking production featuring an all-female cast of Syrian refugees comes to the West Yorkshire Playhouse next month.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/syria-play-will-be-eye-opener-west-yorkshire-playhouse-618116

Middlesbrough mayor calls for fairer dispersion of asylum seekers

Short summary
Too many people ‘chucked at north of England’, says Dave Budd, mayor of UK town with highest ratio of asylum seekers
Archive Link
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/09/middlesbrough-mayor-dave-budd-fairer-dispersion-asylum-seekers

Surviving the Holocaust - One Family's Story

Short summary
It describes an Exhibition at Dean Clough Halifax telling the story of Joseph and Magaret Kagan, Lithuanian Jews who fled the Nazis.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/surviving-the-holocaust-one-familys-story-621425

Celebrations as Sikh festival hits the streets of Leeds

Short summary
2,000 people process through Leeds to celebrate the Vaisakhi festival
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/celebrations-as-sikh-festival-hits-the-streets-of-leeds-622374

Domino's Pizza bid for £30m Omega site could create 120 jobs

Short summary
Warrington Council decision expected on application over next couple of months Omega Warrington Ltd (OWL) and Domino’s Pizza Development have just submitted a ‘reserved matters’ planning application for a £30m 117,000sq ft supply chain centre on Omega South which could create 120 jobs.The application for new business premises includes space for production, storage and distribution, a two-storey office, parking and a substation.; this is a very positive story for Warrington’s manufacturing industry.”
Archive Link
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/dominos-pizza-bid-30m-omega-11073022

Lancaster University students bid for refugee scholarships

Short summary
A group of students at Lancaster University have set up a group aiming to persuade the university to set up a scholarship scheme for refugees.
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/lancaster-university-students-bid-for-refugee-scholarships-661897

South of the River - the Prisoner

Short summary
Iby Knill's story as a holocaust survivor. Reporter draws direct comparisons with Iby's experience and that of modern refugees
Archive Link
https://southleedslife.com/south-of-the-river-the-prisoner/

What it's really like to be an asylum seeker in Manchester

Short summary
Six months after the migrant crisis first hit the headlines, we find out the reality of being an asylum seeker. Asylum seekers, many of them from Syria, were being put up in relative luxury as they waited for temporary housing, prompting an outraged flurry of publicity.Take Mahmoud Afara as a example.
Archive Link
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/asylum-seekers-greater-manchester-life-10835421

Asylum seekers' doors repainted in Stockton and Middlesbrough

Short summary
Workers begin process after complaints from asylum seekers that colouring front doors red made homes a target for vandals

Title:New project reveals tales of how Wales' Chinese community arrived on Welsh soil

Short summary
Stories of older Chinese migrants. A DVD of the research including 10 digital stories are kept in the West Glamorgan Archive Service and the Swansea University Library, and can be watched on You tube
Archive Link
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-project-reveals-tales-how-6289299

Title: Asian Women of Achievement: the full shortlist

Short summary
50 Asian women was short list for their achievement
Archive Link
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/asian-women-of-achievement-the-full-shortlist-8547071.html

Title: Who's a pretty boy then? Or should that be....'Yeh ghob-soorat ladka koan hay'

Short summary
Ehsaan Mahmood’s father used to keep parrots in Pakistan. When he settled in England, he also past the skills to Ehsaan
Archive Link
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/multilingual-oldham-parrot-is-fluent-in-urdu-1307209?_ga=2.101244423.747448144.1678968455-817386417.1678968454

Date of publication

  • 2023 (6)
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  • 2020 (7)
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  • (-) 2016 (20)
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