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Immigration

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong
social care crisis sees care workers experiencing low pay
Munya Radzi

Migrant workers are holding Britain together – but we're still treated like we don't belong

The message from the government to migrant workers is chilling: you can be used, but not supported
Yes, James Gunn's Superman is an immigrant story. Just as it always has been
Superman in the 2025 film Superman
Film

Yes, James Gunn's Superman is an immigrant story. Just as it always has been

The housing crisis isn't a competition between helping 'our own' and supporting others
A housing estate in England
Nosheen Malik

The housing crisis isn't a competition between helping 'our own' and supporting others

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say

Why we need more migrants in political office
Lara Parizotto

Why we need more migrants in political office

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Deliveroo delivery person on a bicycle
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here's what he's not telling you
Conservative MP Robert Jenrick
RENTING

Tory MP Robert Jenrick says mass migration to blame for rising rents. Here's what he's not telling you

Will Reform's Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a 'giveaway to the rich'?
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Reform UK

Will Reform's Britannia Card really help low-income households – or is it a 'giveaway to the rich'?

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I'm a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned
Reform UK leader and Clacton candidate Nigel Farage
Renaud Foucart

Copying Nigel Farage gives him a credibility he hasn't earned

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'
Morteza Ehsani, Sammi Ghaderi and Navid Hjyani.
Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers share their dreams for future: 'I want my children to have a safe life'

Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
A stock image of a baby's foot
Asylum accommodation

Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK
Asylum seekers

Cut off and uncared for: This is what life is like for asylum seekers in the UK

Wales wants to be the world's first 'nation of sanctuary' for asylum seekers. Is it possible?
Welsh Refugee Council event at the Senedd, Cardiff Bay for the Nation of Sanctuary
Asylum seekers

Wales wants to be the world's first 'nation of sanctuary' for asylum seekers. Is it possible?

Britain's embrace of Vietnam's 'boat people' is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on
Refugee Week

Britain's embrace of Vietnam's 'boat people' is a lesson in how we welcome refugees, 50 years on

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me
immigration and refugeee rights protestors hold up placards reading:
Immigration

I'm a gay asylum seeker – the UK's immigration system is designed to dehumanise people like me

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
a homeless person on the street
John Perry

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives
Children survey the ruins in Khuzaa, Gaza, in 2015.
Lynn Perry

Refugee children deserve our compassion – and a chance to build safe, happy lives

Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it's a lifeline
A Refugees Welcome sign on a fence
Awssan

Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it's a lifeline

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights
Marissa Begonia

If Labour really wants to protect women, it must restore domestic workers' rights

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves leaves No 11 Downing Street, to deliver her Spending Review
Immigration

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
A refugees welcome sign painted on the ground
Homelessness

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families
Immigration

'I was dying in silence': How childcare becomes a daily battle for survival for migrant families

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn't turning Britain into an 'island of strangers'. Here's why
Tim Naor Hilton

No, Keir Starmer, immigration isn't turning Britain into an 'island of strangers'. Here's why

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

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