Parliamentary meeting on migrant communities and democratic participation

Tuesday, 19 May 2026 | 5.45 - 7 PM | In person and online

Join us in person or online for a meeting of the APPG on Citizens’ Rights on the issue of democratic participation for migrants in the UK and the link with residency and citizenship rights.

Please contact else.kvist@neweuropeans.uk (Si apre in una nuova finestra) if you would like to attend in person. 

Speakers 

Dr. Ruvi Ziegler - Chair of New Europeans UK and Associate Professor in International Refugee Law at the University of Reading.

Ruvi will look comparatively at the question of voting and candidacy rights for non-citizens, including lessons drawn from the electoral expansion in Scotland.

Lara Parazotto – Co-founder and Executive Director of the Migrant Democracy Project.

MDP campaigns for residence-based voting rights and supports migrants in participating in UK politics through voter registration and community organising.

Lara will discuss democratic empowerment and voting rights for different migrant groups.

Jessica Maddocks – senior Organiser with the Migration and Refugee Organising team at Citizens UK and Co-leader of the strategy for Pathways to Citizenship campaign.

Jess will focus on the importance of participation in public and democratic life to strengthen civil society and cohesion, along with pragmatic ways to improve pathways to citizenship within the Government’s current plans for earned settlement.