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'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?
UK riots

'They united the public in opposition to hatred': What have we learned six months on from UK riots?

Last year's rioting was not caused by people simply swayed by anti-immigration rhetoric, say new reports
Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue's Changemakers of 2025: Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

This woman's asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here's how we can stop failing refugees
Counter-protesters react to a far-right protest outside an asylum seeker hotel
Emine Yoca

This woman's asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here's how we can stop failing refugees

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025
Bridget Young

Here's how Labour can dismantle the hostile environment and end refugee homelessness in 2025

I faced oppression as an LGBTQ+ man in Syria. We need to keep fighting for a brighter future
Syria

I faced oppression as an LGBTQ+ man in Syria. We need to keep fighting for a brighter future

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Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: 'I want to show the world that refugees can do anything'
Refugee boxer Cindy Ngamba
Sport

Olympic boxer Cindy Ngamba: 'I want to show the world that refugees can do anything'

'We didn't know where to go': What's it's like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas
Refugee homelessness

'We didn't know where to go': What's it's like being pregnant, a refugee and homeless at Christmas

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like
Ukraine

Refugees still flee war-torn Ukraine every single day. This is what their journey to safety is like

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post
Post Exclusion

Refugee brutally attacked after HIV-positive status revealed due to unsafe access to post

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds
Asylum seekers risked being left
Asylum system

'This is not human': UK asylum system pushing refugees into 'homelessness and danger', report finds

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me
Changemakers

I arrived in the UK on a small boat. Now, I'm fighting to make life better for others like me

'My heart burns': Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
young afghan women Maryam and Saghar
Afghanistan

'My heart burns': Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

'This war broke our life': Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes
Ulyana Travola alongside her husband and children, who are still in Ukraine
Ukraine war

'This war broke our life': Children left stranded in Ukraine without parents due to UK visa changes

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee
Refugees

This is the moment I discovered I was born a refugee

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further
Bibby Stockholm
Bibby Stockholm

Campaigners welcome closure of Bibby Stockholm asylum barge – but Labour faces calls to go further

Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister
Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria stand on the steps of Number 10 Downing Street
General Election

Keir Starmer's 'golden opportunity' on immigration – but doubts remain for new prime minister

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian
Refugee Week ambassador Nico Ndlovu
Refugees

I endured homelessness and a decade in UK asylum system to become a stand-up comedian

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza
gaza protest
Israel-Gaza war

Call for MPs to support new Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians trapped in Gaza

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I'm searching for ways to survive in Palestine
gaza/ mohammed
Israel-Gaza war

I used to dream of being a doctor in the UK. Now I'm searching for ways to survive in Palestine

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival
gaza/ roba
Israel-Gaza war

My family faced hell on earth in Gaza. Leaving was their only option for survival

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza
Gaza/ Ahmed
Israel-Gaza war

My cousin was killed in front of his six-year-old son. I need to get my family out of Gaza

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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

Ex-child refugee says UK is going backwards on migrant rights: 'Politicians have blood on their hands'
gulwali passarlay, refugee, afghanistan
Immigration

Ex-child refugee says UK is going backwards on migrant rights: 'Politicians have blood on their hands'

I'm a refugee who fled hate and torture. UK's cruel Rwanda plan has thrown me back to square one
Rwanda: Rishi Sunak
King

I'm a refugee who fled hate and torture. UK's cruel Rwanda plan has thrown me back to square one

2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box
UK Jamaica policy
Immigration

2024 is a chance to reject politicians' migrant blame game at the ballot box