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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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Mother's Day protest outside Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre

Short summary
Campaigners gathered this weekend for their regular demonstration outside Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, to show support for the women held at the facility.
Archive Link
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/23396886.mothers-day-protest-outside-derwentside-immigration-removal-centre/

Lancaster’s ninth Festival of Culture hailed a big success

Short summary
Festival held to celebrate cultures from around the world which are represented locally
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/lancasters-ninth-festival-of-culture-hailed-a-big-success-4054254

Real Hope Cafe Holbeck: Meet the people behind Leeds cafe helping asylum seekers and refugees become baristas

Short summary
Real Hope café, opened in october 2022, produces a safe space for refugees to learn new skills such as free barista lessons, and sessions to ease the volunteers into life in the UK, including conversations about their rights.Designed to be run by asylum seekers and refugees and aims to prevent exploitation and teach new skills,"The only job you can get is cleaning – I can do much more,” said H. Learning a skill such as Barista gives refugee volunteers a sense of pride, confidnece and skills to intergrate into new country.
Archive Link
https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/business/real-hope-cafe-holbeck-meet-the-people-behind-leeds-cafe-helping-asylum-seekers-and-refugees-become-baristas-4037358

Lancaster to hold Festival of Culture for first time post-pandemic

Short summary
Annual Festival of Culture celebrates the diversity of the district
Archive Link
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/lancaster-to-hold-festival-of-culture-for-first-time-post-pandemic-4037606

The inspirational story behind 'The Red Dress' as hundreds flock to exhibition at Preston Park

Short summary
The Red Dress has visited the North-east for the first time to showcases the stories of Stockton's refugees
Archive Link
https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/inspirational-story-behind-the-red-26262927

"Jeremy Corbyn to attend Liverpool demo to say refugees are welcome in Merseyside"

Short summary
The article reports on a petition which calls for people to condemn attempts to divide communities and create fear and hatred against people seekng refuge in the UK. This comes after a fireworks were launched at police and police vans during a protest outside a Hotel in Kirby where people seeking refuge in the UK were being housed.
Archive Link
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/jeremy-corbyn-attend-liverpool-demo-26243254

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/

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/

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/

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

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

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