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Asylum

Housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake – and the Home Office knows it
asylum seekers at former military barracks
Julia Savage

Housing asylum seekers in military camps is an expensive mistake – and the Home Office knows it

Julia Savage, campaigns manager at Asylum Matters, writes about why housing asylum seekers in military barracks would cause bigger problems for the government
I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like
Osman

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Immigration

Would scaling up the UK-France asylum deal really stop the small boats?

Refugees aren’t given phones or iPads by the government, but here’s why they should be
Isaac Costley

Refugees aren’t given phones or iPads by the government, but here’s why they should be

Letters: Don't weaponise violence against women and girls
Letters

Letters: Don't weaponise violence against women and girls

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International students could be put in 'danger' by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims
Sam Pordale with a fellow student campaigner. Image: Sam Pordale
Asylum seekers

International students could be put in 'danger' by Home Office crackdown on asylum claims

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality
Asylum seekers

Are asylum seekers 'living it up' in luxury hotels like Rylan says? Here's the reality

I'm a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me
domestic abuse
Domestic Violence

I'm a survivor of domestic violence. Asylum hotel protests do not speak for me – or protect me

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?
Asylum hotels

Could the UK government end use of asylum hotels by 2026?

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?
asylum hotels protesters
Immigration

Are thousands of asylum seekers about to be kicked out of hotels?

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting 'violent mobs dictate government policy', experts say
Far-right anti-immigration protestors scuffle with a cordon of riot police outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel court ruling risks letting 'violent mobs dictate government policy', experts say

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who's really behind them?
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who's really behind them?

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life
Nafa

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Immigration

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
Marissa Begonia

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights