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Migration

Magazine

What is photography’s role in the age of displacement?

Constant motion — With millions of people around the globe forced to flee their homes, images of refugees have become sadly too familiar. But is any of it truly cutting through?

Written by: Lewis Bush

Film

The paranormal drama exploring migration and loss

Inside Atlantics — To mark the it‘s UK release, we speak to filmmaker Mati Diop about her haunting debut – a story about uprooting, told from the perspective of the people left behind.

Written by: Katie Goh

Opinion

Labour can't back down on freedom of movement

It's time to make a stand — With migration once more on the political agenda this election, Minnie Rahman of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants explains why if Labour is truly the party of the working class it must stand up for migrants' rights.

Written by: Minnie Rahman

Opinion

The Channel crossings: your guide to the so-called ‘crisis’

All you need to know — Since Christmas Day, 100 people have crossed the English Channel seeking refuge and asylum in what is being called a ‘major’ national crisis. Writer Ben Smoke talks us through the mess.

Written by: Ben Smoke

Magazine

What it's like to be young and Venezuelan in a time of chaos

Dreams deferred — Venezuela's crisis has changed the lives of its youth forever. But whether they choose to leave or stay put, the scope of their ambition remains the same – no matter how tough things get.

Written by: Jez Fredenburgh

Books

The Italian Mafia is making cash by exploiting refugees

The Catholic Church are too — In Corleone, Sicily, the mafia and Roman Catholic Church have discovered a way to profit from African refugees. In an exclusive extract from her new book, journalist Hsiao-Hung Pai shines a light on how the brutal treatment of migrants in the Italian town equals good business for the world of organised crime.

Written by: Hsiao-Hung Pai

Magazine

A photographer's 8,000-mile journey from Cuba to the US

The long route to another life — Photojournalist Lisette Poole spent 51 days documenting two Cuban women's migration to the US. She travelled illegally through 11 countries, via smugglers and roadless jungles, using a point-and-shoot camera when it was too dangerous for the real deal. This isn’t a story she simply observed: it’s an experience she survived.

Written by: Lisette Poole

Activism

Inside Khora, Greece’s grassroots refugee community

A place to call our own — Skateboarding lessons and circus shows take centre stage at Khora, a horizontally-organised refugee community centre in Athens, which is celebrating its first birthday.

Written by: Alex King

Activism

Could immigration detention centres in Britain finally be shut down for good?

Brick by brick, wall by wall — Up to a thousand protestors descended on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre on Saturday to demand the closure of prisons that lock up asylum seekers indefinitely. The calls are growing louder, could their demands soon become a reality?

Written by: Michael Segalov

Activism

Cyclists surround immigration removal vans to stop racist raids

On yer bike! — Border enforcement raids have become a regular fixture in Britain, taking to your bike to provide an alternative escort is just one effective way of protecting our communities.

Written by: Briony Cartmell

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