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Published in: 50.50Pregnant, detained, and subjected to force in the UKPregnant women are being held in immigration detention by the British government, violating statutory legislation,...
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Published in: 50.50A child's transnational journey “to be someone”The number of child migrants to the USA continues to rise despite border militarization. Liz Kennedy teaches at...
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Published in: 50.50Women seeking asylum in the UK : have we lost our sense of humanity?
"Even when I came to this country I thought I would survive and make a good life for myself. It wasn’t what happened...
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Published in: 50.50Is migration studies failing to defend migrant rights?
With more than 3,000 post graduate students studying migration in Europe each year, a more holistic approach to...
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Published in: 50.50Migration and development: a question of barriers
Immigration policy should balance both the needs of the British economy and the developmental impact the policy will...
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Published in: HomeSyrian headlines: displacing the displacedDuring the first two hours of the military onslaught on Al-Tadamon nearly 5,000 people - mostly women and children -...
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Published in: Shine A Light'Migrant Hope' versus political distrust in the UK
Where do we stand when migrant children and young people in Britain cannot even secure basic access to justice?
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Published in: Shine A LightThe UK Border Agency's long, punitive campaign against children (helped by G4S and Serco)The appalling Rochdale sexual abuse scandal prompted long-overdue scrutiny of our children’s homes. Another national...
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Published in: 50.50Rick’s café: a microcosm of asylum today
The contrast between European wartime refugees and the ‘new’ refugees has been subjected to convincing critique. Two...
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Published in: 50.50USA: DREAMing comprehensive immigration reform
On June 15th, President Obama did what he called “the right thing”, announcing a two year reprieve from deportation...
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Published in: Shine A LightLife in limbo for UK’s irregular migrant children and families
The Obama administration’s recent decision to suspend deportations and grant renewable residence permits to young...
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Published in: 50.50Death at the global frontier
More than 16,000 people have died at the borders of Europe since 1993, but who is responsible? Leanne Weber explores...
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Published in: HomeThe human fighting machine
In the amorality of capitalism, the alternatives for an emigrant are virtually reduced to cynicism or melancholy.
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Published in: 50.50The invisible migrant man: questioning gender privileges
Gendered approaches to migration often emphasise the experiences of female migrants, at times privileging their...
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Published in: 50.50UK migration: a hierarchy of injustices
The social cohesion and inclusion debate does not even begin to touch the lives of those invisible migrants who toil...
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Published in: 50.50The stalled lives of young migrantsYoung migrants to London are keen to start their lives in the metropolis, but find that they are blocked by the...
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Published in: 50.50Gender and destitution in the UK
The real migration scandal in the UK are the people forced to live without any recourse to public funds. Migrant...
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Published in: 50.50Unfair, unsafe and undignified: the treatment of women seeking asylum in the UKIn breach of the government's pledge to make the asylum system sensitive to the needs of women, officials are asking...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of belonging in Britain
'There is no opposite to belonging’: Nira Yuval-Davis in conversation with Jenny Allsopp on religion, migration and...
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Published in: 50.50Forced marriage in the UK: hidden from view
Plans by the government to criminalise forced marriage in the UK will put women and girls at even greater risk of...
