Refugees

Housing refugees properly benefits everyone in society – here’s how
Lauren Aronin

Housing refugees properly benefits everyone in society – here’s how

The Retreat Housing project adopts a community-led approach to support settlement and integration of refugees within the community

Labour can’t out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack
Stephen Walcott

Labour can’t out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack

It was good to see our government finally calling out racism. But this is utterly disingenuous, given what followed

How government inaction is radicalising Britain
John Bird

How government inaction is radicalising Britain

When people lose the sense of their own security, and that of their family, they can turn away from liberal thinking and become reactionary

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like
Osman

I wish people like Tommy Robinson could see what life in asylum accommodation is really like

I know all too well what it means when men like Donald Trump say that torture works
Kolbassia Haoussou

I know all too well what it means when men like Donald Trump say that torture works

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I’ve been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body
Mohammed Aklouk

I’ve been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body

Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move ‘guaranteed to increase homelessness’
Homelessness

Home Office halves time for new refugees to find a home in move ‘guaranteed to increase homelessness’

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity
Memory

Refugees living in the UK are terrified. Please stand with us in solidarity

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope
Volunteering

When the world seems polarised, volunteering has a way of unifying people and rebuilding hope

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates
Refugees

These refugees came to Britain for safety. They found roller skates

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn’t go far enough, campaigners say

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

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’

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
Asylum accommodation

Social services threatened to take refugee’s newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

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

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?

Britain’s embrace of Vietnam’s ‘boat people’ is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on
Refugee Week

Britain’s embrace of Vietnam’s ‘boat people’ is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on

I’m a gay asylum seeker – the UK’s immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me
Immigration

I’m a gay asylum seeker – the UK’s immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
John Perry

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives
Lynn Perry

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives

Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it’s a lifeline
Awssan

Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it’s a lifeline

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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

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

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

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Jeff Goldblum and his keys to life

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees