Saj Butt
LONDON: The Third World Solidarity organised a launch event to mark the forthcoming International Migrants Day, which will be celebrated on 1 July 2027.
The event brought together a diverse gathering of distinguished parliamentarians, community leaders, human rights campaigners, civic representatives and members of the Migrants Day Steering Committee.
Among those in attendance were Hon. Sian Berry MP, Alderman Mushtaq Lasharie CBE (Chairman TWS), Cllr Shahid Nadeem ( Secretary General TWS), Mian Saleem ( President TWS-UK), Mei Sim Lai OBE DL, Cllr Muhammad Sadiq (Mayor of Sutton) and the Mayoress, Cllr Sana Jafri (former Mayor of Wandsworth), Robin Lockhart BEM, Keith Bennett, Yvette Williams MBE, Radiana Vlahova, Ahmed Shebani, Raja Mazhar Hayat, Khurram Shahzad, Naeem Tahir, Dr Arif Anis Malik MBE, Maqsood Ahmed OBE, Mumtaz Chaudhry, Sheraza Khan, Nadia Jaffery, Syed Shahzad Ali, Nazia Memon, Capt Ali Javed, Mrs Rubina Ali, Dr Sonia Zafar, Mrs Rebecca Gupta, Sajjad Butt, Dr Rabia Godil, Wajahat Ali Khan, Syed Waseem Kazmi, Amanat Ali Anjum, Abdulmajeed Khan, Abdul Rehman Chaudhry, Asif Saleem Mitha, Ghulam Hussain Awan, Javed Soomro, Mohamed Waheed, Abbas Dadou, Syed Mohammad Tariq, and Yasmin Ahmed.
The gathering provided an important opportunity to discuss preparations, strengthen collaboration and bring together people from diverse backgrounds to highlight the contributions, experiences and rights of migrants.
