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Published in: Shine A LightLost childhoods: age disputes in the UK asylum system
Children seeking asylum in the UK are regularly disbelieved about how old they are and can end up facing harmful,...
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Published in: 50.50The aid crisis for Syrian refugees
As the war is prolonged, families are exhausting their savings. Without a massive re-thinking of how aid is...
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Published in: 50.50Lampedusa: Never again
The terrible migrant deaths off the Italian island have evoked horror across the continent. In a small camp in...
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Published in: Shine A LightA crisis of harm in immigration detention
A young Guinean woman has become the sixth victim in three years of ‘inhuman and degrading treatment’ in UK...
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Published in: 50.50One year on from the 'Go Home vans' flop: has the Home Office learned anything?
The UK government seems immune to criticism of its hostile approach to immigration, but the decision to return home...
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Published in: 50.50UK Detention Inquiry: a step in the right direction
A parliamentary inquiry, launched today, will hear from people directly affected by immigration detention. Will the...
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Published in: 50.50'Don't even talk to them': Tunisia's forgotten refugees
When international organisations declare a crisis over and refugee camps are closed, what happens to those who...
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Published in: 50.50Fleeing FGM: Bodies on the frontline
The UK’s commitment to protecting the rights of women and girls cannot be limited to international aid; it must...
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Published in: Shine A LightA call to action in memory of the woman I never knew
At least 20 people have died in immigration detention in the UK: how many more must die before the UK changes its...
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Published in: 50.50Seeking safety in Algeria: Syrian refugee women’s resilience
For many Syrian women in Algeria, the gendered experience of violence and displacement has been compounded by the...
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Published in: 50.50Knitted Together: Crafting a culture of welcome for refugee women
A group of women in the UK have created a piece of art to challenge the detention of refugee women. Craft can be a...
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Published in: 50.50Due diligence for women's human rights: transgressing conventional lines
On international human rights day, Yakin Ertürk discusses the new vulnerabilities faced by women, including refugee...
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Published in: 50.50Journeys of great uncertainty
Asylum seekers arriving in the UK are dispersed to make their own way to major cities in remote regions to be...
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Published in: 50.50Belonging in Northern Ireland: portraits of the individual migrant
A new art project is challenging Belfast’s reputation as the ‘race hate capital of the UK’, revealing an important...
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Published in: 50.50Mazí Mas, “with us”
Women have played a seminal role in keeping food cultures all over the world alive. Nikandre Kopcke discusses her...
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Published in: 50.50Law or compassion? The deportation of teenagers
In the past 5 years, over 500 young people who migrated as lone children have been removed after spending their...
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Published in: 50.50Taking the mask off: Asylum seekers in Israel
‘In this land, rights are determined by being part of an ethnic tribe, not the human tribe’. In interview with Zina...
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Published in: 50.50Government in the dock: destitution and asylum in the UK
In a landmark legal case, Refugee Action is taking the British government to court next week to challenge policies...
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Published in: 50.50Deported from Japan: until death do us part
February will see the final judgment in the case of Abubakar Awudu Suraj, a Ghanian national who died whilst being...
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Published in: 50.50Black, male, care leaver, seeking asylum: access to higher education in Britain
Despite their determination and aspiration, many young asylum seekers are being barred from higher education by...