Referendum Fatigue: 5 Thoughts on the Inadequacies of Both Leave and Remain
Alex Fusco
The EU referendum seems to have dragged on for an age, yet many people feel no more enlightened now than when campaigning started.
Tag: immigration
5 Things That Won’t Happen If Britain Leaves the EU
Leah Cowan
The EU referendum has been characterised by misinformation and opportunism. What would Brexit really mean for the 'refugee crisis', the UK economy and the future of the EU?
OMFG Sarkar: Against ‘Integration’
Ash Sarkar looks at recent comments by Professor Ted Cantle on segregation in the UK and explains why 'Integration' is a flawed and oppressive approach to understanding race.
The Choices Are Awful, But We Have To Vote To Stay In The EU
Eleanor Penny explains why Britain needs to remain in the EU despite it's structural racism and lack of democracy.
Novara FM: Class, Race, Migration
On this week’s show Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar are joined by Jeremy Gilbert as they discussing class, whiteness and Britain's attitudes to migration.
Freedom of Movement and Benefit Tourism: Paying Attention to the Background
Raia Apostolova
Behind the folk devil figure of the ‘benefit tourist’ - which has become so prominent in the Brexit debate - is the politics of freedom of movement and the realities of those who are forced to be mobile to reproduce their lives.
IMOBastani: We Need to Build a Wall… and we’ll make them pay for it
In times of crisis it's easy to propose simplistic solutions to complicated problems - but Aaron Bastani has an idea which he thinks could actually put an end to all the worlds woes - and it wouldn't even cost us any money!
“I would call it state violence” – Luqman Onikosi on receiving a deportation death sentence
Luqman Onikosi was diagnosed with chronic liver illness while studying in the UK. Now the Home Office wants to deport him, despite medical facilities in Nigeria being inadequate to save his life. Aaron Bastani speaks to Luqman about facing deportation and the British state's treatment of non-EU citizens.
Does this humiliation have no end? Stop sending people like me to our deaths.
Luqman Onikosi
Luqman Onikosi was diagnosed with chronic liver illness while studying in the UK. Now the Home Office wants to deport him, despite medical facilities in Nigeria being inadequate to save his life. Here he reflects how the system is failing migrants with medical conditions.
Cameron’s ESOL Funding Cuts Reflect the Government’s Attitude to Migrants
Dermot Bryers and Alice Robson
As if Cameron’s recent “bunch of migrants” jibe didn’t say enough, years of purposefully underfunding ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) courses demonstrates this government’s attitude to migrants.
Contesting Detention: A #ShutDownYarlsWood Photo Essay
Rosie Polya
A recent Movement for Justice protest at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre was the largest yet, attended by an estimated 1000 people. This photo essay explores the voices of those inside and outside the detention centre as pressure builds to shut it down.
‘The government killed our family’: In Conversation with Refugees in Athens
Tomas Lynch
Pedion Tou Areos has become a makeshift refugee camp in central Athens, with many people passing through to central and western Europe from Syria and Afghanistan. Here some of the residents share their reflections and hopes.
Novara FM: Europe’s Refugee Crisis
On this week's show Ash Sarkar, James Butler and Aaron Bastani discuss Europe and migration: how much will demographic change transform the politics of the continent in coming decades?
IMOBastani: Why Is London Getting Bigger?
On this edition of IMO, Aaron explains why London's population is set to reach an all-time high this decade.
Interview: Interview: Jeremy Corbyn
Aaron Bastani talks to Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn about his candidacy and asks what a Corbyn government would mean for constitutional reform, policing, care work, sexism and more besides.
Novara FM: Journeys into Europe: Causes and Consequences
On this week's show Aaron Bastani is joined by Maham, Mohammed Ateek and Craig McVegas as they discuss the major causes behind undocumented migration into Europe across the Central Mediterranean.
Novara FM: At Europe’s borders: Interview with Dan Trilling
James Butler talks to Dan Trilling about refugees, borders & Fortress Europe.
IMOBastani: IMO: Justice By Passport? The Case of Jimmy Mubenga
Aaron tells the story of Jimmy Mubenga and looks at the racism of the British legal system.