Labour promised to scrap the Rwanda policy. But its new approach aims to be just as tough on asylum seekers: Home secretary Yvette Cooper has started to lay out the government's migration policy plans. Number 10/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND Migration policy has always been an ideological headache for the Labour party. Caught between the party’s labour …
Suella Braverman warns of ‘unmanageable’ numbers of asylum seekers – the data shows we hardly take any: A migration “hurricane” is coming, Suella Braverman has warned. Speaking at the Conservative party conference, the home secretary claimed that without action by the Conservatives, millions more people will come to Britain, “uncontrolled and unmanageable”. The idea that …
Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter – if the government really is planning to do it: Shutterstock/Alexander Trybushny As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – …
Many people think it’s impossible to be LGBTQ+ and religious – this ‘homosecularism’ is dangerous for asylum seekers: gnepphoto/Shutterstock The UK government’s plan to send refugees and asylum seekers to Rwanda has been controversial from the start. For LGBTQ+ people seeking asylum in the UK, it remains a frightening prospect. The government has insisted that …
The government’s plan to remove asylum seekers will be a logistical mess – and may not deter people from coming to the UK: Migrants rescued by Border Force after crossing the English Channel. Sean Aidan Calderbank/Shutterstock In its new illegal migration bill, the UK government has introduced some surprisingly radical proposals designed to discourage people …
LGBTIQ+ migrants and asylum seekers in South Africa: major new study identifies a diverse, wide-spread community: South Africa is the only African nation to formally extend refugee protection to LGBTI+ people. Luca Sola/AFP via Getty Images Since 1998, South Africa has recognised persecution based on gender and sexuality as legitimate grounds for asylum. This makes …
Manston holding facility: does the UK’s treatment of asylum seekers violate the law?: A woman held at the Manston holding facility in Kent is taking legal action against Home Secretary Suella Braverman. The asylum seeker claims that she was held unlawfully in “egregiously defective conditions” at the centre. Her case is supported by the organisation …
Job Seekers More Likely to Gain Employment when Using a Reference Letter.: In a tough employment market, with youth unemployment in South Africa at an alarming 66 percent, job seekers need to use all the tools at their disposal to ensure that they have a chance at securing that dream job. Now, a recent study …
The UK’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda raise four red flags: British Home Secretary Priti Patel (left), and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, seal asylum seeker deal with a handshake. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to …
How the UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is 21st-century imperialism writ large: In announcing his plan to partner with Rwanda to manage migration, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed, on April 14 2022, that the UK is “a beacon of openness and generosity”. He lauded the great British tradition of offering sanctuary to …
Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK: A group of migrants are guided up the beach after being brought into Kent on a lifeboat. Photo by Gareth Fuller/PA Images via Getty Images The British media is awash with stories that Boris Johnson’s government wants to sign a deal with Rwanda to have …
Asylum seekers: why UK needs to change how it assesses the age of new arrivals: Lena Si / Shutterstock In the first week of January, the Home Office announced that it would set up a committee to advise on the use of scientific methods – such as x-rays and MRI imaging – to determine the …
Asylum seekers are not using Christian conversions to ‘game’ the immigration system: Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock In November, Emad al Swealmeen triggered a bomb outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital. When it became known that Al Swealmeen was an asylum seeker who had converted to Christianity, it was reported that the Home Office had accused churches of …
South Africa in the news: Leave No One Behind: We must urgently address vaccination of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers: We call on Acting Health Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to do the right thing and follow international guidelines to ensure the Covid-19 vaccination programme is inclusive. Without this we will fail to …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Excluding refugees, asylum seekers and migrants undermines an inclusive vaccine roll-out: Refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and undocumented people are estimated to make up four million, or 7%, of South Africa’s total population. But there is still no clarity on the process to register …: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa’s …
South Africa in the news: Issues around migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa are politicised, say experts: Discussions around migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in SA have been politicised, according to panellists and experts speaking on human rights and migration during the virtual annual Human Rights …: “South Africa” – BingNews Nathi Mthethwa …
Shipping asylum seekers offshore may boost Priti Patel’s hardline image, but Australian example shows it’s not a policy that works: PA/Steve Parsons It has been reported that the home secretary, Priti Patel, has been considering sending migrants who arrive in the UK via the English Channel to islands in the Atlantic. While Downing Street later …
Mayflower 400: were the Pilgrims asylum seekers or subversives?: Principled revolutionaries: the Pilgrim Monument at Provincetown, Massachusetts. TWA Photography via Shutterstock They were enemies of the state – religious malcontents and political subversives. This left England’s most radical puritans with just two options under Tudor treason law (besides execution, of course): either shut up or …