“The magic of Liverpool is that it isn’t England. We are global and we have learned to tolerate and respect each other’s traditions. As such, we are a national asset.” – Margaret Simey, political activist, 1999 There is something special about...
The UK Government’s new immigration rules were published yesterday, 19 February, to the consternation of many who were holding out for an ‘Australian’ system – or any meaningful change whatsoever. If anything, the Home Office’s promising ‘new...
Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) released its research paper this February which assesses the current state of quality and accessibility of legal advice for those held under immigration powers in UK detention centres. The 20-page document...
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump: just how easy is this UK-US marriage going to be, one has to wonder? Riling up the majority of the country in his latest conference, the Prime Minister insulted the public as “juvenile anti-Americans”, jeering that...
With Brexit so closely associated with intolerance and xenophobia- and the desire for immigration to be reduced such a driving force behind the Leave vote- our departure from the bloc was always going to intensify the struggles of migrants. The...
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) finally unveiled its review into the proposed post-Brexit immigration rules earlier this week, and the results have since been met with mixed and rather polarised responses. While Migration Watch UK (MWUK) and...
ImmiNews’ reporter Maddie here investigates the advantages of the Erasmus scheme that millions of students and young people have enjoyed across the continent since its inception in 1987. Following a House of Commons defeat that would have...
ImmiNews has reported on the defeat to the Dubs amendment that would see child refugees’ rights enshrined in law and the devastating impact this will have on lone refugee children. The House of Lords may have put forward its suggestions...
The Conservatives’ proposals to introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system have been much pored over in recent months. The proposals intend for applicants to be awarded points in relation to attributes such as language...
As part of ImmiNews’ ‘Refugee Diaries‘, a series which centres and celebrates voices of current and former refugees and their relatives, Jan Karpinski here reflects on his father’s passage to the UK as a Polish WWII soldier in 1940 to...
