Novara FM: After Storming Heaven
James Butler is joined by Laura Forster to trace the many red threads of the Paris Commune, which began 150 years ago this week.
Tag: migration
Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them
by 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: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows
by 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: Italy’s Migrants Are Being Attacked From Left and Right. They Aren’t Going to Take It Lying Down
by Alice Figes
As regional elections approach later this month, and with a second wave of coronavirus expected, the Italian far right and centre are engaged in a race to the bottom on immigration. Alice Figes looks at the latest chapter in Italy's long history of xenophobia.
Report: Labour Is Hemorrhaging Leftwing Activists. Will It Survive?
by Harriet Williamson
Thousands of Labour activists who were galvanised by the prospect of a Corbyn government have lost hope in Starmer's Labour - and are leaving the party in droves. Harriet Williamson speaks to some of them.
Opinion: Britain’s Channel Crossings Policy Comes Straight Out of Fortress Europe’s Playbook
by Chloe Haralambous and Barnaby Raine
The UK government has pledged to make Channel crossings completely “unviable” for migrants. Brexit doesn't mean we're leaving Fortress Europe - it's the birth of Fortress Britain, argue Chloe Haralambous and Barnaby Raine.
Live: Barbed Wire Britain
Michael Walker is joined by Minnie Rahman from Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants to discuss the human cost of the trumped up ‘migrant crisis.’Plus, UK cronyism the evictions ban coming to an end and record support for Scottish independence.
Opinion: Paranoid Hysteria is a Near-Constant Feature of Modern Conservatism
by David Wearing
The right’s shrill panic about an ‘invasion’ of migrants reached new heights this week over a handful of refugees in barely seaworthy dinghies. In order to understand the forces we’re dealing with, we need to examine this hysteria itself, argues David Wearing.
Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths
While establishment media jumps at the chance to go on refugee safari in the Channel, Ash Sarkar debunks the myths behind anti-migrant sentiment.
Live: Right Wing Migrant Freakout
Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani debunk the latest right-wing freakout about migration. Plus, Government corruption on PPE, submissions close for the Labour Leaks inquiry and why we all need Joe Biden to stop talking.
Report: Coronavirus Has Made Things Even Worse for Migrant Workers on Spain’s Fruit Farms
by Nic Murray
Most strawberries sold in British supermarkets are grown in southern Spain, on fruit farms run by multinational companies that exploit migrant labour. Coronavirus has left fewer workers under pressure to meet high export targets, without PPE or cleaning products. Nic Murray reports.
Opinion: Filth: Coronavirus Has Shown That Cleaners Are Essential, but Labelling Them ‘Low-Skilled’ Legitimises Exploitation
by Eleanor Penny
A crisis always reveals. While pandemic society has effortlessly withstood the temporary absence of hedge fund managers, cleaners have been billeted to the frontlines, their work suddenly and mysteriously ‘essential’. In part four of her series, Filth, Eleanor Penny explores how labelling work 'low-skilled' rubber-stamps a vicious cycle of low pay, precarious contracts and hyper-exploitation.
Novara FM: Hostile Environment: Maya Goodfellow on Race and Migration
James Butler is joined by Maya Goodfellow to discuss the history and politics of migration in the UK.
GE2019: This Election, Labour Should Lead the Way in Defending Immigration
by Ana Oppenheim
If Labour can debunk the idea that we need austerity, it should be able to challenge anti-migrant policies. Instead of taking lessons from the Tories on immigration, Labour should be principled in making the case for free movement, argues Ana Oppenheim.
Essex Lorry Deaths: Now We Know What Happened, We Must Start a Radical Conversation on Immigration
by Abby Meadows
All 39 people found dead in a refrigerated lorry container in Essex last month have now been identified. As the final details of the tragedy emerge, Calais volunteer Abby Meadows argues we must insist on a radical conversation about migration - about how we treat people trying to enter the UK or in the country 'illegally', regardless of whether society considers them refugees or economic migrants.
Novara FM: Now We Have Your Attention
James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.
Power Beyond Borders: Climate Activists Target the Hostile Environment
by Charlotte England
Inside the climate camp where people within the environmental justice movement are learning to work together with activists on the frontline of fighting for migrants’ rights.
‘Going back is not an option’: A Refugee Family Trapped at the Edge of Fortress Europe
by Megan Iacobini de Fazio
Photo story: Six year old Rimas and her family are among thousands of refugees who fear they have hit a dead end at the Croatian border. They walked from Iran, where they were part of a persecuted minority, crossing into Turkey, then Greece, and finally through the southern Balkans to Bosnia. But when they tried to enter the EU they were beaten and thrown back out.