Asylum seekers

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners
Lucila Granada

UK immigration policy is stuck in a race to the bottom – with human traffickers the only winners

As we race to the bottom, exploitation of migrants’ labour gains a stronger footing. Labour must break the cycle

Labour’s new rules on small boat crossings leave campaigners ‘appalled and disappointed’
Immigration

Labour’s new rules on small boat crossings leave campaigners ‘appalled and disappointed’

Labour’s new rules on small boat crossings have left some campaigners ‘appalled and disappointed’

Labour’s raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: ‘An utterly pointless performance’
Immigration

Labour’s raids on illegal migrant workers no cause for celebration: ‘An utterly pointless performance’

The number of migrants arrested for working illegally is no cause for celebration, Labour has been told

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?
Modern slavery

I didn’t know I was a human trafficking victim till I was in my 50s – why did nobody rescue me?

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

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This woman’s asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here’s how we can stop failing refugees
Emine Yoca

This woman’s asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here’s how we can stop failing refugees

Here’s how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025
Bridget Young

Here’s how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage
Tanya

Being a survivor of torture in the UK is hard – but writing gave me back my boldness and courage

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them
Tim Naor Hilton

The root causes of the UK’s racist riots remain. The government must be brave and destroy them

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’
Asylum hotels

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: ‘It’s more like a prison’

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications
Syria

Calls to give Syrian asylum seekers right to work while UK suspends refugee applications

‘Common sense and humanity’: Home Office doubles time given to refugees before eviction from asylum hotels
Refugee homelessness

‘Common sense and humanity’: Home Office doubles time given to refugees before eviction from asylum hotels

‘This will ease the backlog’: Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years
Legal aid

‘This will ease the backlog’: Asylum legal aid rates set to increase for first time in almost 30 years

‘Remember these are human beings’: This is what the highly-politicised UK migration stats really mean
Immigration

‘Remember these are human beings’: This is what the highly-politicised UK migration stats really mean

‘Punitive’ asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: ‘It’s fuelling injustice’
Homelessness

‘Punitive’ asylum system pushing refugees into homelessness: ‘It’s fuelling injustice’

Vulnerable asylum seekers need lawyers. Here’s how Labour can fix the legal aid scandal
Sairah Javed

Vulnerable asylum seekers need lawyers. Here’s how Labour can fix the legal aid scandal

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn’t just ludicrous – it’s desperate
Letters

Letters: Sending job coaches to mental health wards isn’t just ludicrous – it’s desperate

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: ‘Urgent reform needed’
Asylum hotels

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: ‘Urgent reform needed’

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick
Social Justice

I ended up in hospital due to lack of legal aid for my asylum claim – I got physically sick

‘Broken’ legal aid system leaves vulnerable asylum seekers facing ‘life and death’ decisions alone
Legal aid

‘Broken’ legal aid system leaves vulnerable asylum seekers facing ‘life and death’ decisions alone

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How to get help as an asylum seeker if you can’t find legal aid
Legal aid

How to get help as an asylum seeker if you can’t find legal aid

‘It’s hell on Earth’: British doctors recall seeing ‘unimaginable suffering’ in Gaza
War in Gaza

‘It’s hell on Earth’: British doctors recall seeing ‘unimaginable suffering’ in Gaza

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal
Nick Beales

Dehumanising rhetoric on immigration shows we have learned nothing from the Windrush Scandal

Homelessness soars in England due to sky-high rents and asylum backlog crackdown
Homelessness

Homelessness soars in England due to sky-high rents and asylum backlog crackdown