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Immigration

BREAKING: Detention and deportation of EU migrants ruled illegal by High Court

Charlotte England
14 December, 2017

Thousands of EU nationals who have been detained or deported in the last two years could now sue the Home Office for compensation.

Inside Yarl’s Wood: ‘Seema begged for help as blood seeped through her bandages’

Amelia Womack
7 December, 2017

Immigration detention is inhumane, expensive and pointless. It compounds the trauma of the already traumatised. There is no place for it in today’s Britain.

Here’s why immigration detention is pointless – as well as cruel

Charlotte England
16 November, 2017

The Government is detaining more migrants each year but deporting proportionally fewer, wasting money in the process and causing unnecessary harm to thousands of people.

Parents and teachers call for school census boycott amid deportation fears

Charlotte England
5 October, 2017

The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.

NHS

Patients not passports: the Tories must stop restricting migrants’ access to healthcare

Charlotte England
28 September, 2017

Some NHS funded charities will now be forced to turn vulnerable migrants away.

Diane Abbott promises a ‘new order’ for refugees and migrants under Labour

26 September, 2017

The shadow home secretary said Labour would not pander to the ‘immigration panic’ and would create a ‘humane system’ for migrants and refugees.

More people are dying in immigration detention centres. It is time to shut them down

Charlotte England
21 September, 2017

Two detainees have died in the same month the BBC broadcast secret footage of guards abusing and neglecting people inside Brook House IRC

It’s official: The public have no faith in May to secure a good Brexit deal

Josiah Mortimer
30 August, 2017

A new study by HOPE Not Hate reveals just how divided England is on Britain’s departure from the EU. But they’re united when it comes to the PM.

Rise in modern slavery the ‘inevitable consequence of Fortress Europe’

Charlotte England
11 August, 2017

Nearly three-quarters of EU countries saw an increase in modern slavery risk last year, with the UK moving from low to medium risk.

Letter from a Corbynista: Labour needs to rethink its rhetoric on immigration

Bradley Allsop
28 July, 2017

The left of the party has to say it. Corbyn’s rhetoric on immigration is becoming a serious problem.

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