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Asylum seekers

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A Modest Proposal

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre
Wethersfield
Immigration

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Immigration

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change
Politics

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change

Shadow minister slams 'chaotic and incompetent' Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis
Mike Amesbury
Exclusive

Shadow minister slams 'chaotic and incompetent' Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living
Immigration

Migrants may be forced into destitution as UK hikes visa renewal fees amid cost of living

Human trafficking survivor was granted asylum. Then she was evicted straight into homelessness
home office, refugees, homelessness
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Human trafficking survivor was granted asylum. Then she was evicted straight into homelessness

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK
Special report

'We're living in a nightmare': Iraqi refugee family evicted into homelessness has lost 'all sense of safety' in UK

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
Manston migrant centre
Asylum seekers

Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is 'health catastrophe waiting to happen'
An aerial view of the Bibby Stockholm migrant asylum docked in its final position at Portland Port in Dorset.
Bibby Stockholm

Asylum seekers returning to Bibby Stockholm barge is 'health catastrophe waiting to happen'

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to 'prove' themselves
LGBTQ+ Rights

Are you gay enough for Suella Braverman? How Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to 'prove' themselves

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm ruling: Home Office blasted as 'inhumane' as asylum seekers told to return to barge

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law
Rishi Sunak u-turn
Rishi Sunak

A damning list of Rishi Sunak’s broken promises and screeching U-turns, from net zero to EU law

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Suella Braverman sinks to new low saying asylum seekers pretend to be gay for 'special treatment'
Asylum seekers

Suella Braverman sinks to new low saying asylum seekers pretend to be gay for 'special treatment'

Families sharing single rooms plagued with damp and mould: Reality of life in the asylum system
Asylum seekers

Families sharing single rooms plagued with damp and mould: Reality of life in the asylum system

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill 'pushing refugees to homelessness'
asylum hotels
Homeless refugees

Home Office plan to reduce asylum seeker hotel bill 'pushing refugees to homelessness'

The Old Oak: Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty on changing the conversation and challenging cruelty
Exclusive

The Old Oak: Director Ken Loach and writer Paul Laverty on changing the conversation and challenging cruelty

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