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Immigration

Rise of Reform as frustrated Tory voters become ‘politically homeless’

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 January, 2023 (6 days ago)

Amid Tory-leaning voter jitters, Reform UK, the rebranded Brexit party, is enjoying a rise in popularity.

Nigel Farage presenting on GB News

Nigel Farage’s claim about London and Manchester being ‘minority white cities’ is proven to be false

Basit Mahmood
5 December, 2022

In London, while 37% of people identified as “White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British”, 53.8% of people identified as white in total.

Home Office

Home Office needs ‘urgent overhaul’ as asylum system ‘collapses’, say critics

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
27 November, 2022

Amid growing pressure on processing centres and hotels accommodating individuals, some migrants that have crossed the Channel have been waiting for a decision since 2018, newly released data shows.

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
7 November, 2022

A roundup of news from progressive outlets…

Diane Abbott MP: We are being swamped with reactionary immigration legislation and vile policies

Diane Abbott
27 April, 2022

‘Under successive governments we have been swamped with anti-migrant legislation and Home Office practice reflects that political outlook, and blocks claimants at every turn’.

The Sun’s ridiculous takes on Ukraine, immigration and fracking

John Lubbock
20 April, 2022

We take a look at what Britain’s biggest media platform is obsessing about this week.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch Newsletter: Everything’s bad so it’s time to bang the anti-refugee drum

John Lubbock
20 April, 2022

The Tories announce their new immigration policy just after the Prime Minister is found to have broken the law.

Tufton Street think tank Migration Watch uses Ukraine crisis to attack other refugees

John Lubbock
24 March, 2022

Migration Watch has suggested that while Ukrainian refugees are worthy of protection, those arriving on boats are ‘scammers’.

Right-Wing Watch

Right Wing Watch newsletter: week 1 March 2022

John Lubbock
7 March, 2022

This week’s newsletter looks at immigration, nationality and citizenship in the UK in light of the Ukraine conflict.

Denial of rights to Chagos Islanders exposes the cruel reality of UK citizenship policy

John Lubbock
4 March, 2022

Opposition peers in the House of Lords won a vote to give citizenship rights to descendants of Chagos Islanders evicted by the UK in the 1970s.

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