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Refugees

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

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'

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

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers
Refugees

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers

What I learnt as a volunteer for a Calais charity supporting refugees
A child's drawing of a person holding four balloons
Refugees

What I learnt as a volunteer for a Calais charity supporting refugees

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’
Afghan Muhammad Irshad Khan
Resettlement

Afghan refugees: ‘I built homes for the UK government, now I’m facing homelessness in Britain’

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC
Asylum seekers

Bibby Stockholm is a 'monument to government failure', says IRC

Illegal Immigration Act: Is this the end of safe asylum in the UK?
An aerial view of the Bibby Stockholm migrant asylum docked in its final position at Portland Port in Dorset.
Josie Naughton

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

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers
Employment

Refugees are twice as likely to be unemployed. A new scheme in Coventry might have answers

Tragedy at sea shows the stark contrast by which we value human life
Zoe Gardner

Tragedy at sea shows the stark contrast by which we value human life

'I left to save my family': Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit
ukraine refugee
Big Issue Recruit

'I left to save my family': Ukrainian refugee finds hope in the UK with help from C&C Group and Big Issue Recruit

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know
Refugee Week

Refugee Week: This is what refugees in the UK want you to know

Reunions and separations: Refugee Dads share their stories for Fathers Day
Father's Day

Reunions and separations: Refugee Dads share their stories for Fathers Day

Immigration is a positive. It's time the UK accepted that fact.
A photograph taken on March 29, 2023 shows a board reading
Daniel Sohege

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

The Illegal Migration Bill will 'create a new homeless population'
The Illegal Migration Bill
Illegal Migration Bill

The Illegal Migration Bill will 'create a new homeless population'

Don't silence the music. Turn it up
Fiona Fey playing a woodwind instrument
Paul McNamee

Don't silence the music. Turn it up

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023
campaign
Campaigning

28 inspiring campaigns and campaigners to make you believe change can be won in 2023

The government can manage refugees in both a humane and orderly way. If only it wanted to.
Laura Kyrke-Smith

The government can manage refugees in both a humane and orderly way. If only it wanted to.

More than 8 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Europe but only 1 in 3 have found work
Ukraine

More than 8 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Europe but only 1 in 3 have found work

As Eurovision takes over Liverpool, 'Izyum to Liverpool' reminds us why it can't be in Ukraine
Izyum to Liverpool: Ukraine's Katya Buchatska in her installation - part of the build up to Eurovision
Interview

As Eurovision takes over Liverpool, 'Izyum to Liverpool' reminds us why it can't be in Ukraine

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