Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: 'Another example of performative cruelty'

The new Immigration and Asylum Bill, if passed, could make those who have received support pay up to £10,000
I'm a transgender Ukrainian refugee. This Pride we must fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Ayman Eckford
Ayman Eckford

I'm a transgender Ukrainian refugee. This Pride we must fight for the rights of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get 'immediate access' to social housing?

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?
asylum

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?

Pink Ladies: How an anti-migrant movement is hiding behind women's rights protests
Cat Linton, Monserrat Escudero and María Álvarez

Pink Ladies: How an anti-migrant movement is hiding behind women's rights protests

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Labour's asylum policies will destroy lives – and drive away voters
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood
Daniel Sohege

Labour's asylum policies will destroy lives – and drive away voters

What Spain's migration decision means for the UK
A Spanish flag flying in the street.
Dr Allan Njanji

What Spain's migration decision means for the UK

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2026

Big Issue's 100 Changemakers of 2026: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026
Changemakers 2026

Introducing the Big Issue 100 Changemakers of 2026

Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough military camp is repeating dangerous mistakes
A general view of Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex
Michael Bochenek and Alex Firth

Housing asylum seekers at Crowborough military camp is repeating dangerous mistakes

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem
Letters

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof
protesters surround a police van
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day
A Refugees Welcome sign on a fence
Refugees at Christmas

I fled female genital mutilation in Guinea. This is how I will be spending Christmas Day

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like
Ala Sirriyeh

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like

I am a British citizen and have lived in the UK for 20 years. But as a refugee, I feel afraid here
Union Jacks line the streets of central London.
Dine

I am a British citizen and have lived in the UK for 20 years. But as a refugee, I feel afraid here

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need
Dr Krish Kandiah

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Asylum seekers

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'

UK wants to seize asylum seekers' possessions to pay for support. It's an old British tradition
A group of Ukrainian refugees walking with their belongings.
Chris Grover

UK wants to seize asylum seekers' possessions to pay for support. It's an old British tradition

The government's new immigration 'shake up' will only punish torture survivors like me
Kolbassia Haoussou

The government's new immigration 'shake up' will only punish torture survivors like me

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change
British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. The Five Country Ministerial 2025 held in Central London
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Boy on a cattle farm in south Sudan in 2024.
Ben Whitham

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers

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A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 
Asylum seekers

A single Home Office mistake ruined my teenage years and left me homeless for four years 

Starmer slams false claim veterans are being evicted to house asylum seekers: 'Conspiracy nonsense'
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Starmer slams false claim veterans are being evicted to house asylum seekers: 'Conspiracy nonsense'

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

Housing refugees properly benefits everyone in society – here's how
a tent on the street
Lauren Aronin

Housing refugees properly benefits everyone in society – here's how