Take more refugees, the French president will urge the PM tomorrow. Here’s why we need to
Rather than striving to obstruct them at every opportunity, the government should accept more refugees and invest in their integration.
Immigration
BREAKING: Detention and deportation of EU migrants ruled illegal by High Court
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’
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
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
The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.
Patients not passports: the Tories must stop restricting migrants’ access to healthcare
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
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
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
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’
Nearly three-quarters of EU countries saw an increase in modern slavery risk last year, with the UK moving from low to medium risk.