Immigration

The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’
PM For The PM

The Apprentice’s Tim Campbell: ‘I’d make degrees free. We should treat education as infrastructure’

The first winner of The Apprentice is hired at No 10 for an afternoon and he’s got big plans

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London
Modern slavery

How a British man was pulled into modern slavery working at a food court in the heart of London

Referrals of UK nationals to the National Referral Mechanism – the UK’s framework for identifying victims of modern slavery – have reached record levels. Some victims, like Christopher, are in places you would least expect

Women can’t be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping
Ella Tritton

Women can’t be left out in the cold if we are to end rough sleeping

Miriam spent years living in the shadows as a woman with no recourse to public funds. Without acknowledging the link between homelessness, immigration status and gender inequality, no government will ever succeed in ending rough sleeping

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t work
Housing crisis

Right-wing parties keep promising to ban foreigners from social housing. Here’s why it won’t work

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them
Essay

Migrants are twice as likely to work nights than Brits. The care system would collapse without them

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Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now
Stephen Walcott

Why Britain needs an anti-racism strategy right now

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’
Immigration

Asylum seekers face repaying £10,000 accommodation costs: ‘Another example of performative cruelty’

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?
Politics

Keir Starmer has resigned. What is his legacy on the biggest issues in Britain?

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials
Cost of living

I had virtually nothing when I became a mum. I needed help from a baby bank to get the essentials

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?
social housing

Do settled migrants really get ‘immediate access’ to social housing?

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?
asylum

Is pretending to be gay an easy route to claim asylum?

Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?
Reform UK

Reform UK wants to put migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas. Is it legal?

Labour’s hostile asylum policies are a dangerous waste of money
Asylum

Labour’s hostile asylum policies are a dangerous waste of money

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed
Immigration

Home Office pilot saved 1,000 refugee families from homelessness. Then rules changed

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope
Letters

Letters: Big Issue’s Changemakers showed that in dark times it’s important to have hope

A new kind of politics is coming our way
John Bird

A new kind of politics is coming our way

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are ‘colonising’ the UK. Here’s the truth
Immigration

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are ‘colonising’ the UK. Here’s the truth

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where’s the uproar about the United States in 2026?
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where’s the uproar about the United States in 2026?

Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 
John Bird

Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?
Migration

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?

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The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here’s the proof

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like
Ala Sirriyeh

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need
Dr Krish Kandiah

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need

Labour’s immigration shake-up is like the hostile environment on steroids
Munya Radzi

Labour’s immigration shake-up is like the hostile environment on steroids