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As Yarl’s Wood is mired in an abuse scandal, Ken Olende looks at the scale of detention centres in Britain and what life is like for people locked inside them

A last minute decision halted an attempt to deport the main witness to alleged sexual abuse at Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre. 

The racist billboard vans telling “illegal” immigrants to “go home” are being permanently withdrawn.

The Tories have scrapped their much heralded plan to force some immigrants to put up a bond of £3,000 before coming to Britain.

The government's new bill aims to create a "hostile environment" for illegal migrants. Alan Gibson looks at the measures in the proposed law and how it will target all migrants and serve to stoke up racism.

Stories claiming that Britain is swamped by migrant ‘health tourists’ who drain the health service are dishonest propaganda for the Tories, argues Sarah Ensor

Hundreds of protesters marched through London’s Chinatown on Tuesday of last week against immigration raids. 

The government blames migrants for most of society’s ills, saying they come to use the health service or undercut wages. Raymie Kiernan spoke to four people who have come to Britain to find out the real reasons why they live and work here

Eight eastern European countries joined the EU in 2004—the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. 

The Tories’ new Immigration Bill returned to Parliament for a second reading on Tuesday of this week.

The Movement Against Xenophobia has called a protest outside parliament during the second reading of Theresa May’s draconian new Immigration Bill next Tuesday.

New measures will endanger lives and undermine liberties—and it’s all based on a lie, reports Ken Olende