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Asylum seekers

Barges and military bases more expensive than hotels for asylum seekers: 'Another bad policy'
Immigration

Barges and military bases more expensive than hotels for asylum seekers: 'Another bad policy'

'Shocking' racial violence outside Liverpool asylum hotel proves why politicians' words matter
Knowsley, asylum seeker hotel protest
Immigration

'Shocking' racial violence outside Liverpool asylum hotel proves why politicians' words matter

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments
UK Jamaica policy
Rwanda bill

Modern slavery survivors face being sent to Rwanda after MPs vote down deportation bill amendments

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

'I thought I was going to die': The reality of life on controversial asylum barge Bibby Stockholm

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent
Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly have been trying to get the Rwanda scheme off the ground
A modest proposal

Rwanda asylum plan could cost taxpayer more than £500m. Here's how that could be much better spent

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in 'never-ending limbo' by Home Office, think tank says
Immigration

50,000 asylum seekers trapped in 'never-ending limbo' by Home Office, think tank says

'An amazing U-turn': Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing
Asylum seekers risked being left
Immigration

'An amazing U-turn': Home Office drops bid to allow asylum seekers to live in unsafe housing

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel
asylum seekers
Transport

Missed dental appointments and hours-long freezing walks: Why asylum seekers need free bus travel

5 reasons why Sunak's 'British homes for British workers' social housing plan is doomed to fail
Rishi Sunak is hoping to prioritise social housing for Brits in his 'British homes for British workers' plan
Social housing

5 reasons why Sunak's 'British homes for British workers' social housing plan is doomed to fail

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week's notice
Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week's notice

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help
asylum backlog, new horizon, london
Immigration

This is what 'clearing' UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause
Immigration

'Irreversible harm' done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog
Immigration

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent
Rishi Sunak
A Modest Proposal

UK's doomed Rwanda plan is costing taxpayers £290m. Here's how that money could be better spent

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre
Wethersfield
Immigration

Asylum seekers 'setting themselves on fire' due to conditions at Wethersfield immigration centre

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn
Rwanda deportation flights protest
Immigration

Human rights and rule of law under threat in UK after Rwanda bill vote, charities warn

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Bibby Stockholm: Death of asylum seeker on barge is devastating but 'not surprising', charity says

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change
Politics

James Cleverly replaces Suella Braverman as home secretary – but don't expect any real change

Shadow minister slams 'chaotic and incompetent' Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis
Mike Amesbury
Exclusive

Shadow minister slams 'chaotic and incompetent' Home Office over refugee homelessness crisis

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