Only 39% of EU national children in care or young adults who have recently left the system have applied for settled status, according to charity The Children’s Society. EU national children in care risk becoming undocumented in the UK’s...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the arrest of a 36-year old Turkish lorry driver accused of smuggling 16 migrants out of the UK. Officers from Surrey Police and the Metropolitan Police Service apprehended the driver off the M25 on a slip...
A recent report published by Focus on Labour Exploitation (FLEX) and Fife Migrants Forum (FMF) showcased the risks of the UK’s Seasonal Workers Pilot (SWP) and the increased risk of human trafficking since the scheme began in 2018. FLEX and FMF...
The UK government has refused to reinstate the overseas domestic worker visa and received significant backlash from campaigners for failing to protect migrant domestic workers from abuses. With the support of MP Jess Phillips, the Voice of Domestic...
Yesterday The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) published a report regarding the detrimental effects of the No Recourse to Public Funds policy on migrants during the pandemic. The report outlines the disadvantages migrants face and...
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...