Refugee

Refugees aren’t given phones or iPads by the government, but here’s why they should be
Isaac Costley

Refugees aren’t given phones or iPads by the government, but here’s why they should be

Up to 50% of refugees in the UK are to some extent digitally excluded. It means they can’t integrate or get on with life, writes Screen Share UK’s Isaac Costley

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain
Asylum hotels

What the Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling means for Britain

What does the High Court ruling on an Epping asylum hotel mean for Reform UK – and for internal divisions within Labour?

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls
Cat Linton

Scapegoating asylum seekers is not the answer to violence against women and girls

Safety for women and girls will not be delivered through deportation flights or court battles, warns Cat Linton of migrant charity Hibiscus

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics
Carenza Arnold

One year on from the riots: The real-world cost of anti-women and anti-refugee politics

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who’s really behind them?
Asylum hotels

Asylum hotel protests are spreading. Who’s really behind them?

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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

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

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

Cameroon and the refugee crisis you’ve probably never heard of
Hassane Hamadou

Cameroon and the refugee crisis you’ve probably never heard of

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

‘They united the public in opposition to hatred’: What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

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

Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: ‘I want to show the world that refugees can do anything’
Sport

Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: ‘I want to show the world that refugees can do anything’

‘We didn’t know where to go’: What’s it’s like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas
Refugee homelessness

‘We didn’t know where to go’: What’s it’s like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like
Ukraine

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post
Post Exclusion

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post

‘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

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

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
Afghanistan

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

‘This war broke our life’: Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes
Ukraine war

‘This war broke our life’: Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes

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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

Keir Starmer’s ‘golden opportunity’ on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
General Election

Keir Starmer’s ‘golden opportunity’ on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian
Refugees

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian

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