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Opinion: I Work With People Experiencing Homelessness – for Them, the Crisis Is Worsening by the Day

by Tom Zagoria

Despite the government preening itself with manipulated statistics, homelessness in the UK is set to rise to historic levels. It is therefore vital that we oppose this unjust system, demanding that no one is left behind, argues shelter worker and activist Tom Zagoria.

A Migrant With No Recourse to Public Funds on Being Made Homeless During a Pandemic

by Mohammed, as told to Benjamin Morgan

Boris Johnson revealed on Wednesday that he had no idea that tens of thousands of people living in the UK are denied access to public funds, including basic welfare benefits. We spoke to a man made homeless by the no recourse to public funds policy.

Domestic Violence or Deportation? The Migrant Women Forced to Choose

by Niamh McIntyre

Many migrants don’t have an automatic right to the protections and spaces most in the UK take for granted. For thousands of migrant women who experience domestic violence every year, it can often come down to a difficult choice - stay in an abusive relationship, or risk being reported to the Home Office.

Can America’s Sanctuary City Model Work in the UK? A North London Borough is About to Find Out

by Charlotte England

Inspired by the sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce Trump’s racist immigration laws in the US, residents in north London are lobbying their council to defy and oppose Theresa May’s hostile environment policies and make their borough safe for migrants.