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Asylum Seekers

In photos: The boys of the Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Boys — A new exhibition by Theo McInnes and Thomas Ralph documents the men who lived on the three-story barge in Dorset, giving them the chance to control their own narrative. 

  • Activism
  • Thomas Ralph

We protected our community from a far right mob, here's what happened

As fascists descended on Bristol, hundreds of community members gathered to protect a local hotel housing asylum seekers.

  • Activism
  • Frankie Larsen

The Tories are demonising men seeking asylum

No one is illegal — The government’s Rwanda deal will not include women and children. In doing so, it seeks to stoke fear of Black and Muslim men while splitting hairs between the most vulnerable, writes Tiara Ataii.

  • Activism
  • Tiara Ataii

How the soaring cost of living is impacting asylum seekers

‘State-sponsored cruelty‘ — For asylum seekers, who are given a paltry sum to live off by the Home Office, rising prices are set to make a desperate financial situation even worse.

  • Activism
  • Isabella Cipirska

The devastating plight of Ukranians fleeing war

Search for Sanctuary — With two million displaced by the war, people scrambling to find safety are being met with callous immigration systems and racism at the border.

  • Activism
  • Ben Smoke

The asylum seekers stuck in ‘dehumanising’ UK hotels

‘This should not be legal’ — The Home Office’s use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers is having devastating consequences for families, reports writer Robert Kazandjian.

  • Activism
  • Robert Kazandjian

The vigil in London to honour the lives lost in the Channel

Borders kill — After at least 27 people lost their lives in the deadliest channel crossing on record, hundreds gathered for a vigil outside the Home Office, demanding an end to the hostile environment.

  • Activism
  • Huck

The Borders Bill will replicate callous Australian policy

Broken systems — Senator Nick McKim of the Australian Greens and Benali Hamdache of the UK Green Party explain why Priti Patel’s new Immigration Bill will resemble the worst part’s of Australia policy, inflicting the same suffering, merely under a Union Jack.

  • Activism
  • Nick McKim and Benali Hamdache

UK set to break promise of resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020

MPs condemn lack of progress — A new report by the Home Affairs Select Committee has concluded that David Cameron’s target of resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 is unlikely to be met. It also blames European countries for not anticipating the crisis and criticises their response to ‘colossal’ numbers of asylum seekers.

  • Activism
  • Tenelle Ottley-Matthew

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