US’ immigration system on the brink of collapse According to a New York Times report, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is seeking financial help from Congress in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. This comes...
Home Office Policy Under Review After Trafficking Victim Unlawfully Detained Each year, hundreds of victims of trafficking and other forms of modern slavery are detained under the UK’s hostile detention policy – despite this being...
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...
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...
Nigel Farage breaks lockdown to film anti-migrant rant Brexit Party leader, Nigel Farage, broke nationwide lockdown rules on Tuesday to film an anti-migrant Twitter rant about asylum-seekers arriving in dinghies in the UK. This article has been...
Today, Tuesday 28th April, is International Workers’ Memorial Day; a day dedicated to those killed, disabled, injured or who have been made unwell due to their work. This year, perhaps more so than ever, the day feels especially poignant. With too...
The government’s Environment Secretary George Eustice has urged millions of furloughed employees to help pick fruit and vegetables during June’s harvest season. The agricultural sector is highly reliant on migrant labour during the summer...