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Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

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.

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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.

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.

Analysis: The Road to Moria: How Greece’s Refugee Disaster Became Business As Usual

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

The fires that destroyed a refugee camp on the island of Lesbos and displaced 13,000 people have prompted international concern about the treatment of migrants at Europe's borders. Yet in Greece, the horrors of Moria are filtered through a terrifying banality which makes them seem like business as usual, explains Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou.

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: ‘We’d Prefer to Die in the UK Than Go Back’: The Refugees on Hunger Strike Against Deportation

by Laith Saad

22 refugees at notorious immigration removal centre Brook House have gone on hunger strike in protest of their imminent deportations. Laith Saad reports.

Novara 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.

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.

Novara 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.

‘It’s more difficult than ever’: A Volunteer on the Situation in Calais Under Coronavirus

by Shona Walne

Working for one of the few organisations still operating on the ground with the homeless migrant population in Calais, Shona Walne describes how, during the pandemic, the situation is worse than ever.

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.

British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment

by Fanny Malinen

European states won't challenge Erdogan's attack on Rojava because of the power Turkey has as the EU's south-eastern border wall. To show solidarity with the Kurdish-led democracy revolution, we need to challenge the hostile environment at home, argues Fanny Malinen.

Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press

by Abby Meadows in Northern France and Charlotte England in London

Refugees in northern France say too often western volunteers are asked to speak for them, or journalists push their own agenda. That’s if their situation is reported on at all. By mobilising and upskilling they hope to finally change this.

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Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

by Lucia Pradella

Planet B: Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee

Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Migration

Novara Live: MPs Debate Humiliation in Afghanistan

Novara FM: After Storming Heaven

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

by Rivkah Brown

Report: Unable to Reunite With Their Families Post-Brexit, Child Refugees Face Untold Dangers

by Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

by Rivkah Brown

Analysis: The Road to Moria: How Greece’s Refugee Disaster Became Business As Usual

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

Report: Italy’s Migrants Are Being Attacked From Left and Right. They Aren’t Going to Take It Lying Down

by Alice Figes

Report: ‘We’d Prefer to Die in the UK Than Go Back’: The Refugees on Hunger Strike Against Deportation

by Laith Saad

Novara Live: Barbed Wire Britain

Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths

Novara Live: Right Wing Migrant Freakout

‘It’s more difficult than ever’: A Volunteer on the Situation in Calais Under Coronavirus

by Shona Walne

Essex Lorry Deaths: Now We Know What Happened, We Must Start a Radical Conversation on Immigration

by Abby Meadows

British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment

by Fanny Malinen

Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press

by Abby Meadows in Northern France and Charlotte England in London

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Analysis: In Libya, Migrants Are Organising Against Europe’s Border Brutality

by Lucia Pradella

Planet B: Asad Rehman on the Making of the Climate Refugee

Planet B: Planet B: Everything Must Change – Migration

Novara Live: MPs Debate Humiliation in Afghanistan

Novara FM: After Storming Heaven

Report: Under ‘Extreme’ New Immigration Rules, Britain Can Deport Asylum Seekers to Any Country That Will Take Them

by Rivkah Brown

Report: Unable to Reunite With Their Families Post-Brexit, Child Refugees Face Untold Dangers

by Lauren Crosby Medlicott

Report: The UK is Rushing to Deport Asylum Seekers Before Brexit, New Data Shows

by Rivkah Brown

Analysis: The Road to Moria: How Greece’s Refugee Disaster Became Business As Usual

by Yannis-Orestis Papadimitriou

Report: Italy’s Migrants Are Being Attacked From Left and Right. They Aren’t Going to Take It Lying Down

by Alice Figes

Report: ‘We’d Prefer to Die in the UK Than Go Back’: The Refugees on Hunger Strike Against Deportation

by Laith Saad

Novara Live: Barbed Wire Britain

Ash Wednesday: Ash Sarkar Debunks Anti-Migrant Myths

Novara Live: Right Wing Migrant Freakout

‘It’s more difficult than ever’: A Volunteer on the Situation in Calais Under Coronavirus

by Shona Walne

Essex Lorry Deaths: Now We Know What Happened, We Must Start a Radical Conversation on Immigration

by Abby Meadows

British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment

by Fanny Malinen

Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press

by Abby Meadows in Northern France and Charlotte England in London

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