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Revealed: Dozens of vulnerable asylum seekers have died in UK Home Office housing since 2020
Jun 28, 2022 14:28New data obtained in a joint investigation by the Observer and Liberty Investigates has found at least 107 deaths of asylum seekers who were provided with Home Office housing between April 2016 and May 2022, far more than officially admitted, eighty-two have died since January 2020.
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Boris Johnson dodged a COVID reckoning. Now he’s doubling down on deportations
Jun 01, 2022 10:48The U.K. is not a significant haven for refugees: the country holds 1 percent of the world’s total population and accepts fewer than 0.1 percent of the world’s refugees each year.
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Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (2)
Apr 30, 2022 15:05The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
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‘Homes for Ukraine’ whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’
Apr 28, 2022 04:57A whistleblower working on Britain’s 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme has revealed that he and his colleagues “don’t know what we’re doing”, and says the scheme has been “designed to fail” in order to manage numbers entering the UK.
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Joe Biden detained tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in the last year (1)
Apr 27, 2022 18:59The US president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
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Offshoring in Rwanda isn’t a ‘dead cat’ to distract from Partygate, it’s just plain inhumane
Apr 21, 2022 01:41In England, two in five people believe that “democracy is not working”, citing a “loss of trust” and “corruption” as the biggest factors. Only 28% trust the national government to look after their interests. Polling in Scotland and Northern Ireland records similarly dismal levels of confidence in the UK executive.
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Rich Britain sending refugees to Rwanda isn’t ‘burden-sharing’. It’s shameful exploitation
Apr 18, 2022 15:31There are longer-term solutions to solving the world’s ongoing refugee crises, such as addressing the root causes that endanger people’s lives and livelihoods. But a fundamental principle of any morally functioning government is to uphold the human rights of people to seek safety, and not shift that responsibility to states with less developed asylum systems.
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Madeleine Albright: A war refugee who created countless war refugees
Mar 28, 2022 09:08Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as the US secretary of state, died on Wednesday (Mar. 23) at the age of 84.
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One year into Biden’s administration & its poor record
Jan 26, 2022 06:48The crisis of the supply chain of basic goods, which has been evident on occasions such as Thanksgiving or the New Year, has played a large part in the Americans’ negative view of President Joe Biden’s poor economic performance.
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A year in, Biden hasn’t fulfilled promise to repair refugee resettlement program
Dec 30, 2021 17:14On June 20, 2020, World Refugee Day, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden made his most sweeping statement to date on how his administration would differ from his predecessor’s on the rights of migrants.