Opinion: We Went to Manston Asylum Centre – This Is a Politically Manufactured Crisis
by Joseph Maggs & Nadia Hasan
The scandal surrounding inhumane conditions at the Kent immigration facility is years in the making.
Tag: refugees
Opinion: Sweden Was Never the Progressive Haven You Thought It Was
by Christian Christensen
The victory of the far-right Sweden Democrats has shocked the world. That’ll teach us for believing the hype about Scandi liberalism, writes Christian Christensen.
Report: Helping White Refugees Gets You £350. Helping Black or Brown Ones Gets You Prison Time
by Tiara Ataii
If those crossing the Mediterranean were white, would we criminalise their rescuers? Tiara Ataii doubts it.
Opinion: We Saved 14,000 People From Drowning in the Mediterranean—And Italy Wants to Imprison Us for It
by 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.
Live: Israel Raids Palestine Mosque; Awful Rwanda Refugee Plan; Johnson’s Epic Unpopularity
Israel has once again stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque during Ramadan. We speak to Ines Abdel Razak in Jerusalem the current wave of repression in Palestine.
Feature: The Facebook Groups That Are Like ‘Tinder’ for Ukrainian Refugees
by Sophie K Rosa
Platforms 'matching' Ukrainian refugees with hosts in the UK are putting refugees at risk of violence, exploitation and trafficking, say experts. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Opinion: Britain Has Never Been Welcoming to Refugees
by 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.
Live: How the Media Are Pushing for Endless War
The horror of Putin's war on Ukraine is all too clear to see. But by focussing on punishing Putin instead of de-escalation, are western politicians and media taking an unpalatable risk?
With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.
Report: The UK Government Has Left 89 Tamil Refugees Stranded on a Remote Island for Five Months
by Jacob Goldberg
Exclusive: The British government claims the disputed Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia as an overseas territory. Yet it has failed to resettle 89 Tamil refugees who were shipwrecked there in October. Jacob Goldberg reports.
Analysis: The UK Border Regime Extends a Whole Lot Further Than France
by 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.
Analysis: The Navy Wants Nothing to Do With the Tories’ War on Migrants
by Daniel Sohege
The Home Office’s plans to militarise the Channel are illegal - and the navy wants no part in them, writes Daniel Sohege.
Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality
by Lucia Pradella
Libyan authorities backed by the EU and UK are imprisoning and killing African migrants in their thousands. The victims are organising a fightback, writes Lucia Pradella.
Planet B: Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee
What will happen to the billions of people displaced by climate breakdown? A global Green New Deal must have an answer.
Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Migration
Climate breakdown means the displacement of billions of people. Who benefits at the border?
Live: MPs Debate Humiliation in Afghanistan
Debating defeat in Afghanistan, MPs have argued the war could be won if only the West stayed longer. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the Westminster consensus, & speak to Obaidullah Baheer from Kabul.
NovaraFM: 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.
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: Unable to Reunite With Their Families Post-Brexit, Child Refugees Face Untold Dangers
by Lauren Crosby Medlicott
Brexit will make it far harder for asylum seekers to be reunited with their families. Unaccompanied children risk falling out of the asylum system and into the hands of smugglers and traffickers, reports Lauren Crosby Medlicott.