Migrants

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca
Books

Top 5 books about migration and personal journeys, chosen by Gosia Buzzanca

Books that document the power of human journeys

Labour won’t reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration
Louisa Thomas

Labour won’t reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration

A reduced move-on period for refugees and barriers to undocumented people being unable to regularise their immigration status means that homelessness will remain a prevalent social issue in the UK, writes Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London’s Louisa Thomas

Digital ID cards aren’t progressive – they’re tools of state control
Munya Radzi

Digital ID cards aren’t progressive – they’re tools of state control

There is nothing progressive or patriotic about digital ID cards. It’s just authoritarianism with a side helping of racism, says the founder of Regularise

Rachel Reeves’s budget will need to be a feast of financial alchemy
Paul McNamee

Rachel Reeves’s budget will need to be a feast of financial alchemy

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’
Reform UK

Reform UK’s plan to ban benefits for migrants is ‘an attack on the backbone of this country’

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This iconic music venue is helping Manchester’s young migrants find their voice
Gavin Sharp

This iconic music venue is helping Manchester’s young migrants find their voice

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers
Letters

Letters: It’s anti-migrant ‘protesters’ that make me feel unsafe – not asylum seekers

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?
UK riots

Is it too late to prevent anarchy in the ‘Yookay’?

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we’re still treated like we don’t belong

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: ‘Don’t deny children their rights’
Poverty

Thousands of Brit-born children with migrant parents face destitution: ‘Don’t deny children their rights’

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

‘I was dying in silence’: How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers’ rights
Dr Dora-Olivia Vicol

Keir Starmer is booting migrants out of his vision for workers’ rights

Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’
Immigration

Migrant care worker left homeless after being ‘exploited’ UK employer: ‘It’s a national scandal’

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

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled
Employment

Home Office visa delays leave thousands of migrants in limbo – and job vacancies unfilled

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’

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

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

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
Helen Ball

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz
Books

Top 5 Desi books – chosen by Indi Deol, founder of British Asian magazine DESIblitz

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’

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I’m fighting to make life better for others like me

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Labour asylum blitz ignores lessons of UK riots and could harm migrants, experts say
Immigration

Labour asylum blitz ignores lessons of UK riots and could harm migrants, experts say

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face
Dan Davison and Sacha Marten

Why Labour is giving us the hostile environment – just with a human face

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

We protect migrants and their rights – now we’re being targeted by the far-right
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

We protect migrants and their rights – now we’re being targeted by the far-right