Immigration

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue
Asylum seekers

Asylum backlog hits record high but people arriving on small boats make up just a third of the queue

The number of asylum seekers left in limbo has hit new highs, but the proportion of asylum claims that have been made by people who arrived on small boats has fallen

Illegal Immigration Act: Is this the end of safe asylum in the UK?
Josie Naughton

Illegal Immigration Act: Is this the end of safe asylum in the UK?

Josie Naughton, CEO of humanitarian aid organisation Choose Love, urges pragmatism and compassion in processing refugees.

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work
Paul McNamee

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work

The only way to deal with immigration is to embrace it and make clear the positive potential for us all

How we forced the government to abandon cruel rules targeting foreigners who are rough sleeping
Jean Demars, Nick Beales

How we forced the government to abandon cruel rules targeting foreigners who are rough sleeping

Campaigners ‘forced Home Office to change plans to deport rough sleepers’
Immigration

Campaigners ‘forced Home Office to change plans to deport rough sleepers’

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‘Is this a hotel or a prison?’: Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation
Migrant hotels

‘Is this a hotel or a prison?’: Life as an asylum seeker in Home Office accommodation

Immigration is a positive. It’s time the UK accepted that fact.
Daniel Sohege

Immigration is a positive. It’s time the UK accepted that fact.

The Illegal Migration Bill will ‘create a new homeless population’
Illegal Migration Bill

The Illegal Migration Bill will ‘create a new homeless population’

How the Illegal Migration Bill could ‘traumatise’ refugees and asylum seekers
Illegal Migration Bill

How the Illegal Migration Bill could ‘traumatise’ refugees and asylum seekers

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser
Migrant stories

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser

How an asylum seeker channelled his rage at the immigration system and transformed it into a force for good
Immigration

How an asylum seeker channelled his rage at the immigration system and transformed it into a force for good

Illegal Immigration Bill: Protest to take place outside parliament as Conservative MPs set to rebel over controversial law
Immigration

Illegal Immigration Bill: Protest to take place outside parliament as Conservative MPs set to rebel over controversial law

‘I spent a year in a refugee camp’: Immigrant stories take centre stage at the Oscars 2023
diversity

‘I spent a year in a refugee camp’: Immigrant stories take centre stage at the Oscars 2023

Illegal Immigration Bill: How does UK refugee policy compare to the rest of the world?
Refugees

Illegal Immigration Bill: How does UK refugee policy compare to the rest of the world?

Calls grow for Ukraine-style visa scheme allowing Turkey and Syria earthquake victims to reunite with family in UK
Turkey and Syria earthquakes

Calls grow for Ukraine-style visa scheme allowing Turkey and Syria earthquake victims to reunite with family in UK

Ukraine: One mother’s story of how she found herself facing homelessness in the UK
Ukraine

Ukraine: One mother’s story of how she found herself facing homelessness in the UK

Here’s what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Immigration

Here’s what people in Dover really think about UK immigration

What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?
Immigration

What is happening at the Manston migrant centre?

‘The system isn’t an accident’: How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment
Theatre

‘The system isn’t an accident’: How a playwright is forcing us to ask questions about the hostile environment

Home Office visa delays are ‘pushing people into poverty’
Immigration

Home Office visa delays are ‘pushing people into poverty’

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants
Music

How opera is giving a powerful voice to migrants

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Our migration story has shaped us – it’s time it shapes the curriculum too
Refugee Week

Our migration story has shaped us – it’s time it shapes the curriculum too

Campaigners fight to remove final passengers from Jamaica deportation flight
Activism

Campaigners fight to remove final passengers from Jamaica deportation flight

‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight
Deportations

‘I don’t even know what Jamaica looks like’, says man detained ahead of deportation flight

Families fear another Jamaica deportation charter flight is imminent after reports of detentions
Deportations

Families fear another Jamaica deportation charter flight is imminent after reports of detentions