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Releasing a new 100-page report based on joint research with UK human rights group Just Fair, Human Rights Watch said they found the 'dire' living conditions were the result of 'longstanding policy failings'.
As Rishi Sunak’s government continues to peddle anti-migrant rhetoric and enforces violent policies to deter refugees, the work of solidarity groups, like those in Sheffield, is all the more urgent, explains Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya.
The lack of legal paths for asylum seekers to reach the UK is noticeably absent from the Tory government’s ‘stop the boats’ campaign, writes Sue Conlan. Sunak's policies are further endangering migrants’ lives to serve a political agenda.
Some 872 migrants aboard 15 different vessels made the perilous journey across the Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, on Saturday, beating this year's previous 24-hour high of 756 on 10 August.
Immigration has long been a key political issue in the UK and was one of the main battlegrounds of the Brexit referendum in 2016, which saw the country leave the European Union.
Bibby Stockholm, is the first vessel secured under Home Secretary Suella Braverman's plans to reduce the cost of asylum accommodation by housing asylum seekers on barges.
Whilst 2022 was a very tough year for refugees attempting to reach UK shores, it also ended with hope thanks to the resistance of migrants, activists and rights groups who even delivered victories. The fight must continue, argues Agustina Oliveri.
The UK Home Office is reportedly pushing for talks with Paraguay, Peru, and Belize in South and Central America as places to deport asylum seekers to.
Ongoing conflicts and humanitarian crises around the world have pushed the total number of displaced to a record breaking level.
UK Muslim groups have urged Home Secretary Suella Braverman to withdraw her 'racially charged rhetoric' surrounding child grooming gangs, which included pointing the blame mostly at British Pakistani men.