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Migrants Organise came to life through gatherings in North Kensington living rooms, where migrant and refugee leaders would provide advice and support to their communities.

In 1993, these leaders found each other and formed the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum (MRCF).

MRCF grew to encompass several community groups supporting migrants and refugees during a difficult period when both Conservative and Labour governments sought to appear tough on the perceived threat of migration.

Continued anti-migrant backlash after the September 11 attacks in the United States prompted the MRCF to pivot strategically. In 2001, under new leadership by CEO Zrinka Bralo, we transformed from a small West-London hub into an operation that advocated for migrants’ rights at national level—while maintaining the relational, people-first values that built trust in MRCF from the first days of meeting in community leaders’ homes.

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