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Immigration

NHS

Latest Tory NHS charge deepens hostile environment for migrants

Hannah Flynn
22 November, 2019

Surcharge plan will triple the annual fee that new British residents must pay to access NHS healthcare.

A homeless person sheltering under a concrete wall

Leading refugee charity condemns Home Office use of shelters to deport rough sleepers

Joe Evans
15 October, 2019

Charity says shelters must remain a “safe place” for vulnerable people.

Priti Patel

We have to stop the demonisation of ‘unskilled’ immigration

Luke Hildyard
8 October, 2019

Policymakers’ hero worship of “skilled” immigration has failed.

Staff at a union meeting described unfair terms

Migrant workers are striking for their rights, and they need your support

Petros Elia
30 September, 2019

Outsourced workers are fighting for equal rights in rolling actions across London, says Petros Elia.

Outsourcing blame: Why Britain’s Visa system is broken

Bethany Morris
2 August, 2019

The Home Office is shirking its responsibilities, says Bethany Morris.

Trump’s new immigration measures are terrible – but no worse than what the UK has tried

Joe Lo
23 July, 2019

Before the courts declared it unlawful, thousands suffered from the ‘deport first, appeal later’ system.

Migrants from Syria

Focus on merits of ESOL schemes, not political point scoring

Maheen Behrana
11 July, 2019

English-language classes for immigrants are not simply fodder for opponents of Boris Johnson, says Maheen Behrana.

Scotland needs more immigrants, says SNP

Joe Lo
8 July, 2019

The party says Scotland needs immigrants to fund its public services.

Our most read on Left Foot Forward this week

22 February, 2019

Party splits, Windrush 2.0 and ‘No Way Galloway’…

This starkly threatening 2013 tweet exposes the Home Office’s ongoing cruelty

Charlotte England
14 February, 2019

The Home Office might have become slightly more wary about what it says in public, but it certainly hasn’t got any better

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