Immigration news
Dan Fisher, editor-in-chief of Uncommon Ground Media, unpicks the isolationist approach adopted by Western countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, whereby governments have focused primarily on protecting those within their own borders. Few...
Migrants arriving in the UK now face quarantine for 14 days The UK Government has now said that all those arriving in the UK via an airport must quarantine at a private residence for 14 days, starting from June due to the Coronavirus...
Boats Carrying Asylum Seekers Intercepted During Bank Holiday in the UK Over the bank holiday weekend, around 140 boats carrying asylum seekers and migrants were intercepted in the English Channel. A spike in the number of those attempting to...
Unaccompanied child refugees in Greece are finally allowed to reunite with family members in the UK. Child refugees in Greece have been forced into destitution, living in squalor and danger at the best of times – even without COVID-19 as many...
Relocated Asylum Seeker Found Dead in Glasgow Hotel A Syrian asylum seeker has been found dead in a Glasgow hotel after being moved there as part of the Home Office’s COVID-19 response. The asylum seeker’s identity has now been confirmed as Adnan...
The Home Office faces a Legal Battle over a lack of asylum support The UK Home Office has become ensnared in yet another legal battle over the bitterly inadequate lack of support asylum seekers receive. Asylum seekers are suffering under the...
EU nationals are suffering in the UK from a lack of COVID-19 support The UK has come under fire from prominent MEPs for ‘discriminating’ against EU nationals as COVID-19 financial support packages from the Government only stretches to...
Malaysian authorities have been rounding up and detained hundreds of undocumented people in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, in a move which has been heavily criticised by the UN. According to statements from Malaysian officials, those who...
Migrants Suffer Under Hostile Environment During COVID-19 You would be forgiven for assuming that, in the midst of a global pandemic, the Home Office would automatically relax or entirely scrap its widely condemned hostile environment policies. Yet...
Spouse Visa holders told to rely on ‘savings’ to remain in UK, despite COVID-19 job losses The Home Office has advised migrants such as Spouse Visa holders in the UK to support themselves with “investments and cash savings” during the...
