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Refugee crisis
'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais
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'We are all connected': A day in the life of a refugee support volunteer in Calais
Care4Calais volunteers distribute aid to refugees living in inhospitable conditions while providing much-needed social interaction and support
Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes
![Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_2457970791-e1716374685207.jpg?w=768)
Death of six children and pregnant woman in migrant boat tragedy shows need for asylum safe routes
'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
![Asylum seekers risked being left](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/9377515138_033b2b370f_k.jpg?w=768)
'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Most Brits agree next government must offer safe routes for refugees. So why is nobody talking about it?
Most Brits agree next government must offer safe routes for refugees. So why is nobody talking about it?
I fled the Taliban and crossed the Channel in a small boat. People come to England as a last resort
![Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/shutterstock_2457970791-e1716374685207.jpg?w=768)
I fled the Taliban and crossed the Channel in a small boat. People come to England as a last resort
My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
![gaza/ roba](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/afffb3b2-6243-44ea-8fae-7d0706592c9e-copy.png?w=768)
My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
I came to the UK after fleeing Nazis. Government hostility towards today's refugees is inexcusable
![Refugee children on a train](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/1595_Lord-Dubs_2JD8EDC.jpg?w=768)
I came to the UK after fleeing Nazis. Government hostility towards today's refugees is inexcusable
Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
![Manston migrant centre](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/imageedit_9_4696291543-e1667232450739.jpg?w=768)
Flooded Portaloos and outbreaks of scabies: Activists want 'appalling' Manston asylum centre closed
Families sharing single rooms plagued with damp and mould: Reality of life in the asylum system
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Families sharing single rooms plagued with damp and mould: Reality of life in the asylum system
Climate refugees are on the front line of a global emergency
![Earth Day](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EarthDay_Climate-refugee_IMG_9619.jpg?w=768)
Climate refugees are on the front line of a global emergency
The Gary Lineker row shows television is still powerful
![Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker outside his home in London](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Match-Of-The-Day-host-Gary-Lineker-outside-his-home-in-London.jpg?w=768)
The Gary Lineker row shows television is still powerful
The UK wants to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. But what about its human rights record?
![Home Secretary Priti Patel and Minister Biruta sign the migration and economic development partnership between the UK and Rwanda](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/52004386499_35bf5dafea_o.jpg?w=768)
The UK wants to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. But what about its human rights record?
On the ground with 2,000 refugees spending Christmas in Calais
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