Refugee
Britain’s border shame one year after Calais ‘jungle’ demolished
14 October 2017The humanitarian crisis caused by Britain’s border in France has been pushed out of sight—but it’s as bad as it’s ever been. Refugees trapped at Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk spoke to Dave Sewell about their lives. Pictures by Guy Smallman
Another death in detention centre - as judge rules hundreds have been wrongly detained
10 October 2017A Jamaican man detained at Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Lincolnshire died in hospital on Tuesday of last week.
Stand Up To Racism conference is a key event to help take on the racist right
03 October 2017Participants range from shadow ministers to trade unionists, campaigners, students and grassroots anti-racist activists. Dave Sewell looks at some of the reasons people will be there
Anti-racism round up
26 September 2017An imam was stabbed in the neck outside a mosque in Greater Manchester last Sunday. Police are treating the attack as a hate crime and have arrested two men.
As refugee crisis grows in Europe, we say - let them in
26 September 2017The refugee crisis has not gone away—if anything it is getting worse.
Thousands of protesters in Rome defend refugees after police attacks
29 August 2017Thousands of people marched through Rome last Saturday in protest at police violence against refugees.
European Union crackdown drives refugees to Spain on new dangerous sea route
15 August 2017The number of refugees crossing the sea to Spain has tripled in a year. And in other international news Israeli army officers have talked up the possibility of a new war on Palestinians
Nazi boat is blocked in Mediterranean ports, but refugees face other obstacles
08 August 2017A boat hired by far right activists to stop NGOs from rescuing refugees has been turned away from a series of Mediterranean ports.
Tory Brexit plan will make migrants more vulnerable
01 August 2017The free movement of people between Britain and the European Union (EU) is set to end with Brexit in March 2019, the Tories have decided.
New reports say Britain’s state has ‘failed’ child refugees - and makes others less safe
12 July 2017Britain’s government has let down refugee children in Europe, and patrols it supports in the Mediterranean have led to more deaths.
The death toll of the border grows
06 June 2017Days before the election Britain’s border controls killed again. Kim, a Vietnamese refugee, killed himself in a French hospital last Wednesday.
The Other Side Of Hope puts refugees’ struggles in a cold context
06 June 2017Well over a million people have been shoved through Europe’s “reception centres” since the refugee crisis began in 2015. Yet it’s remarkable how little impact this has had on the big screen.
Mobilise against racism after new refugee deaths
06 June 2017After a new refugee tragedy underlined the urgent need to challenge racist immigration laws, anti-racists are preparing to protest straight after the general election on Thursday.
Bring down the borders - and don’t capitulate to Tory racism on immigration
09 May 2017Theresa May this week reaffirmed her vow to cut net immigration by two thirds, to below 100,000 a year. That target eluded her as home secretary—despite law after law and raid after raid to create a “hostile environment” for migrants.
Iraqi family speaks out: ‘The way government treats refugees fuels racism’
02 May 2017A family of Iraqi refugees has compared their intimidation by racists on the streets to that by the Home Office.
Diffusion—Cardiff photography festival humanises tragedy and revolt
02 May 2017On 1 August 2016, 118 people were rescued from a rubber boat drifting in the Mediterranean Sea, 20 nautical miles off the Libyan coast.
Racist rules refuse NHS care to thousands of people due to their immigration status
18 April 2017Cruel immigration checks are putting vulnerable people off seeking the health care they need, writes Dave Sewell
Refugees clash with police after Grande-Synthe fire leaves hundreds homeless
18 April 2017Clashes with police erupted after the Grande-Synthe refugee camp was burnt down, and the EU has been blasted for turning a blind eye to refugees
Anti-racist march applauded in Croydon after horrific attack on asylum seeker
11 April 2017Alistair Farrow reports from Croydon anti-racist march, while Sadie Robinson speaks to migrants about the hell that is Britain's immigration system
Shock in Croydon as asylum seeker fights for his life after vicious attack
04 April 2017Anti racists held a vigil in south London this afternoon, Sunday, in the wake of a vicious attack on Friday night which left a 17 year old Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker from Croydon fighting for his life. Doctors say he is in a critical condition.
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