Immigration

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power
Documentary

Everybody to Kenmure Street: Immigration protest film tells a remarkable story of people power

Five years on from the protest that stopped Glasgow, new documentary Everybody To Kenmure Street has lessons for the precarious present
Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope
Letters

Letters: Big Issue's Changemakers showed that in dark times it's important to have hope

A new kind of politics is coming our way
John Bird

A new kind of politics is coming our way

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth
Immigration

Sir Jim Ratcliffe says immigrants are 'colonising' the UK. Here's the truth

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

The Qatar World Cup sparked calls for boycotts. Where's the uproar about the United States in 2026?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 
John Bird

Reform and the anti-immigration lobby need a history lesson 

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?
Migration

What happens to undocumented migrants not lucky enough to be like Paddington Bear?

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline
Islamophobia

'A Muslim is someone who strives for peace': How this young imam is challenging Islamophobia on- and offline

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof
protesters surround a police van
Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan

The message that non-white people are unwelcome in the UK got louder in 2025 – here's the proof

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like
Ala Sirriyeh

Could Santa be a refugee? This is what his Christmas asylum journey would look like

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need
Dr Krish Kandiah

No room at the inn for refugees? Many Brits are happy to welcome strangers in need

Labour's immigration shake-up is like the hostile environment on steroids
National Demonstration for Migrant Workers’ Rights protest in Birmingham
Munya Radzi

Labour's immigration shake-up is like the hostile environment on steroids

I'm a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal to be controlled and broken
Malachi

I'm a vulnerable migrant. The Home Office treated me like an animal to be controlled and broken

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact
Prime minister Keir Starmer
Duncan Shrubsole

Labour’s homelessness strategy is a good start. It will take the right leadership to have an impact

Labour's immigration changes could cost £11bn due to 'significant loss' for UK workforce
Immigration

Labour's immigration changes could cost £11bn due to 'significant loss' for UK workforce

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'
Habib from Afghanistan explained that people are only crossing the Channel in small boats because they're desperate
Asylum seekers

UK asylum system delays and inefficiencies found to be 'wasting public funds' and 'harming lives'

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me
Letters

Letters: I'm all for sorting immigration – but people's evilness is beyond me

The government's new immigration 'shake up' will only punish torture survivors like me
Kolbassia Haoussou

The government's new immigration 'shake up' will only punish torture survivors like me

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change
British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood. The Five Country Ministerial 2025 held in Central London
Ravishaan Rahel Muthiah

Shabana Mahmood's asylum crackdown is enough to make Scrooge blush – but it's not too late to change

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for 'outsiders' – and it's dividing the community
Heywood

This Greater Manchester group patrols schools looking for 'outsiders' – and it's dividing the community

Labour won't reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration
homeless tents
Louisa Thomas

Labour won't reduce homelessness until they understand how it links to immigration

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why we need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain
image of union jacks
Kieran Connell

Why we need a new commission on the future of multicultural Britain

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack
Nigel Farage
Stephen Walcott

Labour can't out-Reform Reform – it needs to change tack

Digital ID cards aren't progressive – they're tools of state control
Munya Radzi

Digital ID cards aren't progressive – they're tools of state control

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life
Mockup of BritCard by think tank Labour Together
Chloe Coleman

'BritCard' digital ID risks shutting millions of people out of everyday life

Celebrate 35 years of Big Issue with a 6 month digital subscription for just £35

Access each new weekly issue and over 150 back issues of Big Issue for just £35.