Asylum seekers

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Lifting the ban on work for asylum seekers is simple common sense, argues Nathan Philips of Asylum Matters

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life
Nafa

I fled Sri Lanka after surviving torture. This is how food and family helped me rebuild my life

‘Cooking and baking unlocked something in me. Simply gathering around food helped me out of my shell’

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: ‘I want my children to have a safe life’
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: ‘I want my children to have a safe life’

The Big Issue speaks to four people supported by charity Oasis about life as an asylum seeker or refugee in Wales – from the Welsh people’s kindness to their fears for the future

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families ‘before it’s too late’

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
Asylum seekers

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK

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Wales wants to be the world’s first ‘nation of sanctuary’ for asylum seekers. Is it possible?
Asylum seekers

Wales wants to be the world’s first ‘nation of sanctuary’ for asylum seekers. Is it possible?

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers
Libraries

This women’s library just became a ‘library of sanctuary’ for refugees and asylum seekers

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
Homelessness

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why
Tim Naor Hilton

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn’t turning Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Here’s why

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK’s asylum system really is: ‘It’s so depressing’
Legal aid crisis

Legal aid crisis shows how utterly impossible the UK’s asylum system really is: ‘It’s so depressing’

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse
Disability benefits

Torture survivors face ‘gruelling’ process to get disability benefits – and it could get even worse

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past
Books

Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett review – lessons of a painful past

Foreign workers at ‘increasing risk of exploitation’ as UK sees sharp fall in work visas
Migration

Foreign workers at ‘increasing risk of exploitation’ as UK sees sharp fall in work visas

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

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 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’

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

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

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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