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Immigration

Small Boats Legislation: Liberal Democrats vote unanimously against Tories Illegal Migration Bill

Hannah Davenport
Yesterday

Liberal Democrat Party says ‘no person is illegal’

Braverman

Suella Braverman’s trip to Rwanda heavily criticised

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
18 March, 2023 (2 days ago)

Accompanying the Home Secretary are several right-wing news outlets, including GB News and the Daily Mail.

Pontins

Daily Mail and Express report fake asylum seeker hotel costs

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
12 February, 2023

With a media that doesn’t hold back in printing anti-immigration stories designed to fan the flames of hatred, using the most inflated figures possible to report on asylum and refugee resettlement in the UK, comes as no surprise.

Report finds Brexit failings are leading cause of small boats crisis

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
11 February, 2023

A new academic report identifies Brexit and other UK government failings as the underlying cause of the increase in people making the perilous journey across the English Channel.

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

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
21 January, 2023

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.

A pile of newspapers with text overlaid reading "Voices on the Left"

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.

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