Home Office organizes three immigration raids a month on average, with 190 nursing home raids occurring between 2015 and 2019, according to Freedom of Information request data supplied to The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants. These...
Osime Brown, the 22-year old Jamaican-born UK resident, is at the centre of an ongoing dispute regarding unjust deportation. Despite being classified as a vulnerable adult with severe autism, the Home Office plans to send Mr Brown to Jamaica on his...
On the 9th of February, the Home Office announced its decision to abandon expansion plans for Yarl’s Wood asylum accommodation on the immigration detention centre site. In a message to Yarl’s wood consultants, Deborah Chitten, the Home Office’s...
On the 1st of February, the military once again took control of Myanmar, declaring a year-long ‘state of emergency’ and detaining high-profile political figures, leaving citizens fearful of going ‘back to the dark age’. The...
Income inequality has increased significantly during the pandemic, as the UK’s unemployment reached 5%, which is 1.2% higher than the previous year. Many are struggling to provide for themselves and their families, and have turned to often insecure...
In December 2020, the first official COVID vaccine was administered in the UK. Since then, 4 million people have received the first jab, with the elderly and some key workers being prioritised. However, migrants rights campaigners claim that unequal...
The sound of another weekly clap echoes down hospital corridors where migrant NHS workers battle subsequent pandemic waves, struggling with the lack of security of their status under the hostile environment and its extension to those from the EU as...
In 2020, over 8400 migrants crossed the English Channel to seek refuge in the UK, four times more than the previous year. Overall there was actually a fall in the total number of people seeking asylum in the country but the issue arguably received...
Despite the announcement of an official agreement between the UK government and the European Union on the 24th December, there are still some unresolved issues which will lead to ongoing negotiations. Michael Barnier, the European’s Commission Head...
With less than ten days until the Brexit deadline, the dangers of a last-minute deal have come to the forefront. This includes comments from The Parliamentary Group which warned ministers about the implications of the “very, very late”...