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Lord Walney arrives at the ADS Group annual dinner in January. Mark Kerrison / Alamy Stock Photo

Report: Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

This week it looked like the government’s anti-protest advisor John Woodcock AKA Lord Walney had lost his job. Then it didn’t. Now he’s ‘under review’. What the hell is going on, asks Simon Childs.

A group of people hold banners that say 'zero tolerance for antisemites' and similar slogans

Report: Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo?

Rivkah Brown

Gideon Falter claimed he was an ordinary bloke who’d been antisemitically abused by police on a Palestine demo. Evidence seen by Novara Media suggests he staged the altercation. Rivkah Brown reports.

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?

Report: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

St Mungo’s CEO Emma Haddad had a ‘meltdown’ and told union reps that talk of stronger financial governance was ‘absolute crap’.

A hotel lobby with piles of bags visible through a partially open door

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.

Analysis: The Panic Around ‘County Lines’ Is Legitimising Expanded Policing Powers

Lauren E Wroe

In the name of 'safeguarding' children, the Home Office has just rebranded old anti-gang policies that overwhelmingly criminalise young people from minoritised communities.

Image shows drug paraphernalia strewn on a cobbled street.

Analysis: Westminster Is Holding Scotland’s Drug Policy Hostage And It’s Killing People

Andre Gomes

Scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe. But new Conservative plans will only punish users – with deadly results, writes Andre Gomes.

Opinion: We Saved 14,000 People From Drowning in the Mediterranean—And Italy Wants to Imprison Us for It

The Iuventa Crew

In 2017, the crew of search and rescue ship Iuventa was arrested by the Italian authorities. As their trial begins, they write about their ordeal.

Analysis: The UK Border Regime Extends a Whole Lot Further Than France

Zoe Gardner

From military support at the Polish border to funding detention centres in Africa, the UK's draconian immigration policy goes far beyond its own borders, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

The Met’s recent drug-busting operation in Shoreditch has drawn widespread criticism. But what should you do if you are approached by police? James Greig finds out.

Report: A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?

Rivkah Brown

Despite the valiant efforts of activists, the Home Office flight went ahead as planned on Wednesday afternoon. Rivkah Brown looks at why it couldn’t be stopped.

Home secretary Priti Patel smiling against the backdrop of a UK flag

Opinion: Priti Patel Isn’t Shipping Refugees to Rwanda Any Time Soon

Nadia Hasan

The home secretary’s latest scheme to scare off asylum seekers? Send them 6,500 miles away. It isn’t going to happen - but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be worried.

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.

Priti Patel stands beside a number of French border guards in Calais, all wearing face masks.

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

Rivkah Brown

Rule changes snuck in by the Home Office in December theoretically allow the department to send asylum applicants anywhere in the world. In practice, more people will be forced into inhumane and indefinite immigration detention. Rivkah Brown reports.

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.

Opinion: Tory Lawyer-Bashing Is a Long-Held Tradition – With Dangerous Consequences

With an alleged far-right extremist recently charged with attempting to launch a terror attack at a solicitor’s firm in London, and Priti Patel’s condemnation of ‘activist lawyers’ appearing to have triggered it, solicitor Fahad Ansari argues that such troubling denigrations are part of a long and reckless Tory campaign against legal professionals in the UK.

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Report: Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

Report: Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo?

Rivkah Brown

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: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

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

Analysis: The Panic Around ‘County Lines’ Is Legitimising Expanded Policing Powers

Lauren E Wroe

Analysis: Westminster Is Holding Scotland’s Drug Policy Hostage And It’s Killing People

Andre Gomes

Opinion: We Saved 14,000 People From Drowning in the Mediterranean—And Italy Wants to Imprison Us for It

The Iuventa Crew

Analysis: The UK Border Regime Extends a Whole Lot Further Than France

Zoe Gardner

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

Report: A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Priti Patel Isn’t Shipping Refugees to Rwanda Any Time Soon

Nadia Hasan

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

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

Rivkah Brown

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

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Tory Lawyer-Bashing Is a Long-Held Tradition – With Dangerous Consequences

Fahad Ansari

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Tag: Home Office

Report: Lord Walney Keeps His Job – For Now

Simon Childs

Report: Did an Israel Lobbyist Confect an Antisemitism Story About a Palestine Demo?

Rivkah Brown

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: Charity Boss Apologises After ‘Enraged Rant’ at Union Reps

Polly Smythe

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

Analysis: The Panic Around ‘County Lines’ Is Legitimising Expanded Policing Powers

Lauren E Wroe

Analysis: Westminster Is Holding Scotland’s Drug Policy Hostage And It’s Killing People

Andre Gomes

Opinion: We Saved 14,000 People From Drowning in the Mediterranean—And Italy Wants to Imprison Us for It

The Iuventa Crew

Analysis: The UK Border Regime Extends a Whole Lot Further Than France

Zoe Gardner

Report: Are Random Police Drug Swabs Legal?

James Greig

Report: A Deportation Flight Just Left for Vietnam. Why Was It So Hard to Stop?

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Priti Patel Isn’t Shipping Refugees to Rwanda Any Time Soon

Nadia Hasan

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

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

Rivkah Brown

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

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Tory Lawyer-Bashing Is a Long-Held Tradition – With Dangerous Consequences

Fahad Ansari

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