2018 | Novara Media

Migration Focus: A Progressive Immigration Policy?

If we get a left-wing Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn, they will have an immigration system, and what that will look like matters - for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Maya Goodfellow discusses how we might get there.

Refugees in Indonesia and Iraq Condemn Western Indifference

Matt Broomfield

Coverage of the 'refugee crisis' tends to focus on the West, particularly on Europe, but none of the seven countries worldwide to host over half a million refugees are in the EU or North America. Instead, most refugees live on the periphery, confined to squalid, brutal detention centres and stripped of even the scant protection afforded to asylum-seekers on European shores.

“It’s strikes that win”: UCU, Students and the Fight Against Outsourcing

Joe Hayns

Over the last two days, more than 100 outsourced staff have stopped work at UoL in what will likely be the largest outsourced workers’ strike in higher education history.

The Lockdown: Beyond Prison: Michael Balogun Part 2

On the Lockdown, Oonagh Ryder and Sam Swann chat with Michael Balogun (whose incredible story is discussed in part 1) about what could be in place instead of a system of punishment.

IMOBastani: Theresa May Must Resign

Windrush Brits are being detained and deported and it is a disgrace. When will Theresa May have the dignity to resign? For more articles, videos and podcasts as part of our migration focus head to novaramedia.com/focus/migration

All The Best: Sticks and Stones May Break Owen Jones, but Words Will Never Hurt Him

Owen Jones joins Matt Zarb-Cousin and Max Shanly on All The Best for a lively discussion on Lycamobile scandal, the Windrush scandal, problems with the media and a general salting sesh.

Domestic Violence or Deportation? The Migrant Women Forced to Choose

Niamh McIntyre

Many migrants don’t have an automatic right to the protections and spaces most in the UK take for granted. For thousands of migrant women who experience domestic violence every year, it can often come down to a difficult choice - stay in an abusive relationship, or risk being reported to the Home Office.

Migration Focus: We Don’t Need Borders

We think of borders as the most natural thing in the world. In reality, they are an unnecessary evil, and fighting them has to be a top priority. Here’s why borders have no place in a just world.

Can America’s Sanctuary City Model Work in the UK? A North London Borough is About to Find Out

Charlotte England

Inspired by the sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce Trump’s racist immigration laws in the US, residents in north London are lobbying their council to defy and oppose Theresa May’s hostile environment policies and make their borough safe for migrants.

Interview: Interview With Owen Jones

“The main thing I’ve learned from working in the British media is that much of it is a cult. Afflicted by a suffocating groupthink, intolerant of critics, hounds internal dissenters, full of people who made it because of connections and/or personal background rather than merit.” The above tweet from Owen Jones set off an inferno […]

Migration Focus: Interview With Diane Abbott

Can we look forward to a fairer immigration system under Labour? A few weeks ago Ash Sarkar sat down with Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott to talk about migration, asylum, deportation and more.

Chemical Confusion: From Salisbury to Syria

Ben Tippet and Jack Browne

Accusations about the misuse of chemical weapons are increasingly defining British politics. But the inability to clarify responsibility can lead to conspiracy and propaganda, argue Ben Tippet and Jack Browne.