MRN's new Director, Fizza Qureshi, welcomes the New Year and the major challenges it brings. The picture may look bleak, but that's no reason for pessimism. It's a spur to building alliances and campaigning harder for a rights-based approach to migration.
It is a great honour and privilege to be taking the helm of MRN, following in the footsteps of Don and working with an incredibly passionate team. Although I wish it were during better times and not with the current focus on immigration being the hot political potato again.
This climate reminded me of a song I recently heard, The Temptations “Ball of Confusion”:
“…Segregation,
Determination
Demonstration
Integration
Aggravation
Humiliation
Obligation to our nation
Ball of confusion
Oh, yeah, that’s what the world is today”