Borders

Photography

Documenting the effects of war on life along the Polish-Ukrainian border

Photographer Tommy Sussex captures the anxieties and fragile sense of peace for local people along Poland’s border with Ukraine and Belarus.

Written by: Alex King

Opinion

Why we should abolish the world’s borders

The case for abolition — In Against Borders: The Case For Abolition, writers Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha take on the callousness of borders, arguing for a world beyond them.

Written by: Gracie Mae Bradley and Luke de Noronha

Activism

The government's arms fair is endangering fleeing Ukrainians

Borders kill — The Home Office claims to want to support people displaced by war, but is at the same time hosting a shadowy arms fair to help arms companies sell their deadly wares to stop people crossing borders.

Written by: Mary Atkinson

Activism

Inside the anti-capitalist, anti-border micronation

Welcome to Obsidia — Founded in 2015, Obsidia is the world’s only portable, feminist, self-declared territorial entity. More than just a playful venture, the nation is offering a means to explore alternative modes of political organisation.

Written by: Chloé Meley

Opinion

The Borders Bill will endanger those it claims to protect

The fight ahead — While the Tories claim that their authoritarian Bill will create a fairer system, in reality, it’ll only serve to harm the most marginalised and vulnerable, writes Leah Cowan.

Written by: Leah Cowan

Culture

The photographer capturing five years of the refugee crisis

A dream of Europe — Since Spring 2015, Jacob Ehrbahn has been documenting the worst refugee crisis in recent history. He is determined to make sure the issue, which is still devastating lives, does not fade from public attention.

Written by: Huck

Activism

I was one of the Stansted 15 – our fight isn’t over

#EndDeportation — The Stansted 15 won their appeal. But the fight to end the hostile environment remains ongoing.

Written by: Emma Hughes

Photography

Documenting life on the US/Mexico border

Between 1983-1987 — With his gripping photographs, taken during the 1980s, Ken Light wanted to reveal ‘the desperation, hardship, and struggle of people who want a better life’.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Art

The new exhibition giving refugees in the UK a voice

Breaking barriers — Belonging, an exhibition by the country’s leading refugee employment charity Breaking Barriers, celebrates the passions and pilgrimages of migrants in the UK.

Written by: Bex Shorunke

Photography

The travel guide for undocumented immigrants trying to enter the USA

A different type of travel guide — Cuban photojournalist Lisette Poole spent 48 days documenting the journey of two Cuban women migrating to the United States. Now, Marta and Liset's story of resilience becomes an unlikely travel guide.

Written by: Biju Belinky

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