Tag: refugees
Essex Lorry Deaths: Now We Know What Happened, We Must Start a Radical Conversation on Immigration
Abby Meadows
British Solidarity With Rojava Must Start at Home, With an End to the Hostile Environment
Fanny Malinen
Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press
Abby Meadows in Northern France and Charlotte England in London
‘Going back is not an option’: A Refugee Family Trapped at the Edge of Fortress Europe
Megan Iacobini de Fazio
State Neglect and Police Violence: The Forgotten Refugee Crisis in Calais and Dunkirk
Abby Meadows, northern France
Dinghies, Warships and Windrush: the Politics of Migration in 2019
In December 114 people attempted to cross the channel, that compares to 6,912 people who attempted to cross the Mediterranean in the same month. So why all the fuss? Michael is joined by Omar Khan and Dalia Gebrial to discuss the UK’s warped view of migration, and why, only months after the Windrush scandal, the […]
The Global Refugee Crisis is at Our Shores, and We Need to Take It Seriously
Adam Bates
“Our queerness never dies”: The Battle Against Far-Right Violence in Greece
Alex King
Activists Hold Remembrance March for Refugees Killed Trying to Reach UK
Charlotte England
What Is the Hostile Environment?
British children sleeping on night buses or in storage units, torture survivors required to pay upfront for medical treatment, these are just some of the consequences of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’. In this explainer video; Migrants Rights Specialist Rockhaya Sylla unpacks some of the origins and repercussions of this harmful set of policies.
A Progressive Immigration Policy?
If we get a left-wing Labour government led by Jeremy Corbyn, they will have an immigration system, and what that will look like matters – for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. Maya Goodfellow discusses how we might get there.
Refugees in Indonesia and Iraq Condemn Western Indifference
Matt Broomfield
Theresa May Must Resign
Windrush Brits are being detained and deported and it is a disgrace. When will Theresa May have the dignity to resign? For more articles, videos and podcasts as part of our migration focus head to novaramedia.com/focus/migration
Can America’s Sanctuary City Model Work in the UK? A North London Borough is About to Find Out
Charlotte England
How Power Hungry Politicians and the Far-right Are Turning Italy Against Refugees
Hsiao-Hung Pai
Migration Focus
Each year, thousands of people die trying to reach Europe. In Britain, Theresa May is revoking migrants’ right to free healthcare, detaining people indefinitely and trying to quietly deport a generation of Windrush migrants who have lived in the country for decades. It’s clear that migration needs to be a priority for the left. Stay tuned this week as Novara Media looks at the topic in depth.
Solidarity With the Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strikers
Women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre have now been on hunger strike for nearly two weeks. Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott expresses her solidarity with their fight for adequate healthcare provision, for improved legal access and an end to indefinite detention.