The government’s mantra when it comes to immigration and deportation has been a tough, ruthless, and inhumane approach to asylum seekers who need safety. Now, the Home Office is doubling down on this approach and legalising this ruthlessness through...
In 2015, the United Nations vowed to end modern slavery by 2030. The coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns could prove a heavy setback, but only in exposing the weaknesses and hostility at the heart of immigration policy. Modern slavery is a wide...
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...
Home Secretary Priti Patel promised in July to bring a new ‘fair, humane and compassionate’ approach to immigration policy, but many organisations are now dismayed by new rules and outlined plans that indicate her new approach seems to be really...
Priti Patel Dismisses Calls to End Migrant Welfare Curbs During Covid-19 Throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, MPs and campaigners alike have urged the government to reassess its restrictions on migrant welfare. Currently, a significant number of...
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced that automatic visa extensions will be granted to more migrant health and care workers who have been serving on the frontline in the battle against coronavirus. The automatic one-year visa extension will...
Conservative MP Steve Double addressed Parliament to say the coronavirus pandemic has “taught us” that ‘low skilled’ workers “are actually pretty crucial to the smooth running of our country”. Double called on the Home Secretary Priti Patel to...
Following the publication of the post-Brexit immigration rules earlier this week, it has become apparent that Home Secretary, Priti Patel, is making working class migrants her latest victim to the Brexit consequences. Young, enthusiastic European...
In her Conservative conference speech, the Home Secretary announced with a smugness so nauseating it would leave even the most egotistical of her counterparts wincing, that she has ‘a particular responsibility when it comes to taking back control’...