With a general election looming, Safe Passage has published a plan for a new, humanitarian and achievable policy on asylum. Its five guiding principles are that it: • saves
James Cleverly, the third home secretary in under two years, has signed an agreement with the Rwandan government hoping that it will allow asylum seekers to be sent to the
Home office policy now evicts new citizens from their existing accommodation with only seven days’ notice. Previously, they were granted 28 days to find a new home. This is itself
The government claims that the Bibby Stockholm is a cheaper way of housing asylum seekers than placing them in hotels. However, a recent report by Corporate Watch, an independent research
Alf Dubs, the Labour peer and former child refugee, has called for the creation of a resettlement scheme for Palestinians with family connections to the UK and those with medical
The Home Office has informed asylum seekers that they must return to the barge on October 19th. It justifies the move as a cost-saving measure. However, an Investigation by iNews
The number of asylum seekers awaiting a Home Office decision on their claims has now risen to 175,457. This is the highest figure since records began in 2010. Over the
The following letter appeared in the Guardian this week: “A week after the devastating fire that consumed Grenfell Tower in June 2017, I joined a march of silence from the
All 39 asylum seekers have been removed from the Bibby Stockholm after the Health Security Agency discovered legionella in the water. The harmful bacteria can cause legionnaires’ disease, a potentially