Immigration
Locking people out to drown or starve is our rulers' rotten response to climate change
07 February 2017Campaigners were set to meet in central London on Saturday to discuss climate change and refugees.
Tories’ immigration system is a racist hell for refugees
31 January 2017If people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen arrive in Britain without the right visa they risk deportation or detention.
Protests against Trump's Muslim ban erupt across Britain
31 January 2017Towns and cities across Britain erupted in protest tonight, Monday, against Donald Trump’s ban on immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries.
‘We’re here to stay,’ say EU migrant workers as Tories look to end freedom of movement
24 January 2017Nick Clark spoke to migrant workers about how they’re organising to defend their freedom of movement
Second death in weeks at immigration jail
17 January 2017Also: refugees drown trying to reach Italy
'We support the free movement of labour' - trade unionists speak out
17 January 2017Free movement of labour has become a key debate. Workers currently have the freedom to travel across the European Union (EU) under current rules.
EU abandons refugees to freeze to death
10 January 2017Refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos had their thin summer tents covered in snow this week, as a deadly cold spell swept across Europe.
No to retreat on freedom of movement
10 January 2017Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn made a dangerous and serious concession to anti-migrant racism on Tuesday.
Migrants—part of our class
10 January 2017As left wing figures claim that bringing down immigration is a working class question, Dave Sewell argues the choice is between workers uniting or turning on one another
Labour-dominated parliamentary group calls for crackdown on migrants
06 January 2017A group of MPs and Lords largely run by Remain-campaigning Labour big beasts has called for a vicious new regime of internal immigration controls.
No more backsliding on defending migrants
03 January 2017It’s no surprise that 2017 begins with attacks on migrant workers. But it’s disappointing that so many come from members of the Labour Party.
The Brexit that we want
03 January 2017There are specific demands around Brexit that the whole working class movement needs to unite around. Alistair Farrow sets out Socialist Worker’s contribution to an urgent debate
Labour, Ukip and workers
13 December 2016Labour politicians claim the party has to be ‘tougher’ on immigration—or risk losing workers to Ukip. Nick Clark argues that aping the racist party will only fuel its success
The single market is a tool for the bosses
06 December 2016Ordinary people are told that it is in their interests to support the European Single Market. In reality the single market was designed to nurture and protect giant corporations.
Britain is segregated - between rich and poor
06 December 2016Racists have seized on a new report on segregation in Britain.
Yarl's Wood detainees speak out during protest in solidarity with refugees
06 December 2016A big protest in defence of refugees made links with detainees locked up at Yarl’s Wood, reports Freya Blake
Labour must defend migrants—not attack them, says Diane Abbott
24 November 2016Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has slammed calls for Labour to oppose immigration.
Racist NHS passport rules will kill
22 November 2016Some patients are being forced to show their passports before receiving NHS treatment—and the attack could spread to other areas.
A thousand more refugees drown this year than in the whole of 2015
22 November 2016A series of mass drownings has brought the number of deaths in the Mediterranean this year to 4,700—20 percent more than the total for 2015.
Labour needs clarity, not slippage, in defence of migrant workers
22 November 2016So much of what’s said about the supposed economic damage caused by migration is driven by xenophobic fantasy that has nothing to do with any genuine evidence
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