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Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

While some of Labour’s plans give cause for cautious optimism, its glaring lack of ambition risks giving Farage and his cronies even more fertile ground on which to fight future elections, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Dozens of people blocked a coach in south London to stop it from taking asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm against their will, amid a week of direct action against deportations.

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Activists blocked a bridge in order to stop the forced return of migrants to the barge.

A hotel used to house asylum seekers in Rotheram.

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Unaccompanied children are being made to share bedrooms with adult strangers while waiting for the Home Office to decide about their asylum claims. Sophie K Rosa reports

Refugee families drag luggage along a road

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

The Home Office has placed thousands of refugee children, some as young as ten, alone in hotels. The high court says the practice is illegal - so why is it still happening?

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Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

A series of asylum-seeker-led protests this year has drawn attention to deteriorating conditions in the overcrowded, poor-quality accommodation refugees are forced to live in.

A woman holding a sign is questioned by police

Opinion: I Was Arrested for Holding a Pro-Refugee Sign in the Street

Tigs Louis-Puttick

Both protest rights and refugee rights are being severely attacked in the UK, says protester arrested for holding a sign.

a woman with bleached blonde hair, red lipstick and black sunglasses is foregrounded with a trans flag in the background

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Why, asks Amardeep Singh Dhillon, do we reduce trans and minority rights to questions of culture as if their impacts weren't grimly material?

Report: The Organiser of an Anti-Migrant Protest to Protect Women Is a Woman Beater

Simon Childs

Philip Milo Gregory spread disinformation about a rape case to promote a protest against an asylum seeker hotel.

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Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Exclusive: A second group of asylum seekers is resisting removal out of London, to isolated hotels threatened by the far right.

A far-right protester at a demonstration outside a hotel in Rotherham.

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

A group of asylum seekers has been resisting eviction from a south London hotel for the last three weeks. But layers of outsourcing mean they don't even know who's trying to move them. Charlotte England reports.

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Ash meets Dr. Maya Goodfellow to talk about New Labour's inhumane immigration policies, the problem with the term 'Economic Migrant' and how people, no matter what we're told, will end up falling in love across supposed cultural divides.

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Libyan authorities backed by the EU and UK are imprisoning and killing African migrants in their thousands. The victims are organising a fightback, writes Lucia Pradella.

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Without safe ways to come to the UK, migrants will keep drowning in the Channel, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Sophie K Rosa

You’ve never heard of them, but asylum seekers have. Clearsprings is one of the many companies to which the government outsources asylum accommodation, and widely known to be the worst.

Report: Deportation Flights to the EU Have Increased Threefold, As the UK Rushes to Return Asylum Seekers Before Brexit

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK has chartered as many deportation flights to the EU so far in 2020 as in the past three years combined, in a bid to accelerate the removal of asylum seekers before Brexit. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Exclusive: The UK is rushing to return asylum seekers to the EU before Brexit makes it harder to do so. Data obtained by Novara Media shows the UK made up to 154% more transfer requests to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland and Denmark this year, an uptick lawyers say has resulted in a catalogue of harmful and unlawful failings. Rivkah Brown reports.

Report: Asylum Seekers Isolated in Hotels Are Facing Far-Right Violence

Matthew Ponsford

The Home Office has moved thousands of asylum seekers from detention centres to hotels to ‘enable social distancing’ during the pandemic. Now, these new arrivals are facing not only deportation, but the threat of far-right violence. Matthew Ponsford reports.

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Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Report: Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Deportation Flights to the EU Have Increased Threefold, As the UK Rushes to Return Asylum Seekers Before Brexit

Rivkah Brown

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Report: Asylum Seekers Isolated in Hotels Are Facing Far-Right Violence

Matthew Ponsford

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Analysis: Labour’s Migration Plans Will Embolden the Far Right

Zoe Gardner

Report: Protesters Block Coach Moving Asylum Seekers, As Resistance to Rwanda Plan Mounts

Charlotte England

Report: Just Stop Oil Blocks Bus Transporting Asylum Seekers to Bibby Stockholm

Clare Hymer & Richard Hames

Report: The Home Office Is Forcing Child Refugees to Share Bedrooms With Adult Strangers

Sophie K Rosa

Feature: The Government Is Breaking the Law by Abandoning Children Alone in Hotels

Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: Asylum Seekers in London Are Protesting Poor Living Conditions and Long Wait Times

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: I Was Arrested for Holding a Pro-Refugee Sign in the Street

Tigs Louis-Puttick

Opinion: The Culture War Doesn’t Exist

Amardeep Singh Dhillon

Report: The Organiser of an Anti-Migrant Protest to Protect Women Is a Woman Beater

Simon Childs

Feature: London Asylum Seekers Are Refusing to Be Flung Around the Country by Profit-Seeking Private Companies

Charlotte England

Feature: Asylum Seekers in South London Are Resisting Removal to a Bedfordshire Hotel Targeted by the Far Right

Charlotte England

Downstream: Immigration: Labour Have Always Been Just As Bad As Tories. Ash Meets Maya Goodfellow

Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

Lucia Pradella

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Report: Clearsprings: The Worst Asylum Housing Provider You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Deportation Flights to the EU Have Increased Threefold, As the UK Rushes to Return Asylum Seekers Before Brexit

Rivkah Brown

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

Rivkah Brown

Report: Asylum Seekers Isolated in Hotels Are Facing Far-Right Violence

Matthew Ponsford

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