Articles on Hostile environment
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The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
In the five years since the Windrush scheme was set up, the scandal of how British people have been treated by their own government has only worsened.
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
The Nationality and Borders Act could damage the UK’s ability to identify and support vulnerable people.
Amid rising inequality and social tensions, measures must be taken to protect refugees from the backlash and help them settle instead
The human rights act dictates that the UK is obliged to protect asylum seekers. So why is the home secretary ignoring it?
It’s other people who label somebody a migrant – and it’s a label that sticks.
This is a system that will likely become even worse given the impact of Brexit and the backlog of cases created by the pandemic.
It’s feared many of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in southeast England were Vietnamese. What else could be done to prevent another such tragedy from happening again?
Doctors in the US and UK are being urged to act as immigration officials. But doctors are resisting.
The right to rent scheme has been found by the high court to breach human rights. What’s more, it doesn’t work, and can prevent society’s most vulnerable from finding a home.
Civil society groups continue to fight against the creeping demands of the UK’s immigration system.
Britain’s system of internal immigration enforcement is not working.
It is important that consideration is given to the role played by individuals working within departments, not just the government.
The looming prospect of a long stay in the cave has increased fears for the boys’ mental health.
Two murders of a disabled asylum seeker and a disabled refugee in Bristol showed how precarious life has become for people on the margins.
A new poll suggests there has been a shift in positive opinion towards immigration, which started in 2015.
The UK’s general grounds for refusal of highly skilled migrants – explained.
Where to start dismantling the UK’s hostile environment policy on immigration.
A culture of disbelief for asylum seekers is endemic in the British immigration system.



















