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‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal
Immigration

‘I’m furious’: UK’s ‘rushed’ rollout of digital eVisas risks creating another Windrush scandal

An update to the UK visa
system could leave many people in limbo and unable to prove their right to remain

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

The legal system is failing asylum seekers, but solutions can be found, writes solicitor Sairah Javed

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

A reader tells a few home truths about the financial state we find ourselves in

‘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

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

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The asylum legal aid crisis is costing taxpayers more than you think. Here’s why
Legal aid

The asylum legal aid crisis is costing taxpayers more than you think. Here’s why

My family has waited five years for an asylum decision. Here’s how it strips your dignity
Miguel

My family has waited five years for an asylum decision. Here’s how it strips your dignity

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women
Asylum seekers

‘I came here for safety and I’ve come into danger’: The grim reality of life in asylum hotels for women

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway
Prisons

Everything Labour must do to fix broken prison system as early release scheme gets underway

Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: ‘It’s degrading’
Immigration

Asylum seeker still waiting for decision from Home Office after 16 years in limbo: ‘It’s degrading’

‘This is not human’: UK asylum system pushing refugees into ‘homelessness and danger’, report finds
Asylum system

‘This is not human’: UK asylum system pushing refugees into ‘homelessness and danger’, report finds

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down
UK riots

Here’s the truth about asylum seeker hotels – as rioters try to burn them down

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

What safe routes? Britain’s broken system forcing refugees to take dangerous journeys, report finds
Migrant crisis

What safe routes? Britain’s broken system forcing refugees to take dangerous journeys, report finds

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?
Rick Henderson

The homelessness crisis cannot continue: Are the major parties’ promises enough to tackle it?

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers
MAYA ESSLEMONT

We took the Home Office to task for lying on modern slavery. We still don’t have answers

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell
Homelessness

Home Office drops plan to arrest homeless people if they smell

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness
Homelessness

Home Office whistleblower reveals ‘shame’ of working on ‘crackpot Tory’ plan to criminalise homelessness

‘Helpless’ UK residents call for Home Office to help get families out of Gaza: ‘We feel betrayed’
Israel-Gaza war

‘Helpless’ UK residents call for Home Office to help get families out of Gaza: ‘We feel betrayed’

I lost 200 members of my family to war in Gaza. I feel betrayed by the UK government
Israel-Gaza war

I lost 200 members of my family to war in Gaza. I feel betrayed by the UK government

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I spent 40 days homeless sleeping behind Tesco while seeking asylum. Here’s what the system taught me
Omer

I spent 40 days homeless sleeping behind Tesco while seeking asylum. Here’s what the system taught me

Barges and military bases more expensive than hotels for asylum seekers: ‘Another bad policy’
Immigration

Barges and military bases more expensive than hotels for asylum seekers: ‘Another bad policy’

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see
Immigration

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here’s how that could be much better spent
A modest proposal

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here’s how that could be much better spent