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Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

The far-right riots have exposed the racist core of Britain’s immigration panic. Angela Rayner has shown the right instinct by seizing this moment to chip away at the hostile environment, writes Rivkah Brown.

A group of French police officers stand in shadow as a group of dark-skinned men look on

Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

A new law is sending unhoused people from the French capital to ten temporary accommodation centres around the country, a move the government maintains has nothing to do with the Olympics. A group of child migrants is fighting back. Christophe Domec 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

A group of protesters gathered on the grass outside a hotel

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 person with long brown hair, medium-dark skin and a purple top carries a white banner on which is written in black, red and purple lettering: 'Stop the Deportations'

Opinion: We Could Get Life in Prison for Blocking a Deportation Flight

Griff Ferris

Threatening peaceful protesters with life in prison is authoritarianism, plain and simple. We aren't going to stand for it – and nor should you, writes immigration activist Griff Ferris.

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.

Image shows protesters outside Manston asylum centre in Kent, holding two banners. The one of the right reads 'Close down Manston'. The one on the left reads 'No borders, no nations, stop deportations'.

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

The scandal surrounding inhumane conditions at the Kent immigration facility is years in the making.

A line of police officers block the entrance to Ashwin Street in Dalston, north London

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Saturday night’s immigration raid in Dalston, north London is part of a years-long effort to cleanse the area of its brown and Black couriers. Rivkah Brown reports.

Opinion: Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees

Daniel Sohege

From Russia's war with Ukraine to the second world war, the nostalgic myth of Britain being welcoming to refugees is exactly that; a myth. Daniel Sohege explains.

Report: How We Won: The Activists Who Put a Stop to TUI’s Deportation Flights

Sophie K Rosa

After just over a year of organising, a group of activists successfully ended airline TUI’s involvement in Home Office deportation flights. Sophie K Rosa reports.

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Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

The hostile environment isn’t just endangering migrants during the pandemic, it’s endangering us all, writes Ella Weldon.

a group of women of colour hold a banner at a protest that reads: Black services for Black survivors

Opinion: The Tories Are Abandoning Migrant Women to Domestic Abuse

Rebekah Pierre

The Domestic Abuse Act, passed in April 2021, was supposedly a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to protect women – just not the ones who need it most, writes former social worker Rebekah Pierre.

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

The Tories’ Nationality and Borders Bill passed on Wednesday. Arianne Shahvisi reflects on how many Black and minority ethnic UK citizens are increasingly being given second-class status.

Analysis: The Hostile Environment is Making Migrants Vulnerable to HIV

James Greig

Until the government ends the hostile environment, which deters migrants from accessing vital healthcare, its plan to end HIV transmission by 2030 is a pipedream. James Greig reports.

The reddened face of Labour leader Keir Starmer

Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

The Labour leader’s anti-Palestinian racism is classic colonialism with a contemporary twist, argues Barnaby Raine.

Report: How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation

Mark Montegriffo

A mother, with the help of the public, activists, journalists, celebrities and MPs, fought the Home Office to successfully stop the deportation of her autistic son Osime Brown. Mark Montegriffo reports.

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.

Opinion: This Year’s England Squad Actually Gives a Shit

Jessy Parker Humphreys

There's a lot to celebrate about the England team, but their Englishness has nothing to do with it, writes Jessy Parker Humphreys. These are the most politically engaged players the country has ever seen.

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

Sophie K Rosa

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

Sophie K Rosa

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

Charlotte England

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees

Daniel Sohege

Report: How We Won: The Activists Who Put a Stop to TUI’s Deportation Flights

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

Analysis: The Hostile Environment is Making Migrants Vulnerable to HIV

James Greig

Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

Report: How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation

Mark Montegriffo

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

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: This Year’s England Squad Actually Gives a Shit

Jessy Parker Humphreys

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Tag: hostile environment

Opinion: We Don’t Need to ‘Talk About Immigration’

Rivkah Brown

Feature: Paris Is Banishing Its Homeless Before the Olympics. A Group of Child Migrants Isn’t Having It

Christophe Domec

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

Sophie K Rosa

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

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: We Could Get Life in Prison for Blocking a Deportation Flight

Griff Ferris

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

Charlotte England

Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis

Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan

Feature: Couriers Stunt Dalston’s Gentrification. The Police and Council Want Them Gone

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees

Daniel Sohege

Report: How We Won: The Activists Who Put a Stop to TUI’s Deportation Flights

Sophie K Rosa

Analysis: The Hostile Environment Is Putting Everyone at Greater Risk From Covid

Ella Weldon

Opinion: The Tories Are Abandoning Migrant Women to Domestic Abuse

Rebekah Pierre

Analysis: With the New Nationality Bill, the Border is Breathing Down Our Necks

Arianne Shahvisi

Analysis: The Hostile Environment is Making Migrants Vulnerable to HIV

James Greig

Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

Report: How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation

Mark Montegriffo

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

Rivkah Brown

Opinion: This Year’s England Squad Actually Gives a Shit

Jessy Parker Humphreys

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