Why send economic migrants to Rwanda when Britain needs them?
It's not just immoral — we're paying Rwanda to take working-age people that our ageing population needs.
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How refugees strengthen democracy and solidarity
Those who have had to flee their countries can be architects of political repair, both in their host societies and…
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The Conservatives’ disregard for Ukrainian refugees is shameful
Rather than helping those fleeing violence and tyranny, the Tories are worried about losing votes to Nigel Farage.
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Government confusion exposed by Ukrainian refugee crisis
Under pressure to issue more visas to people fleeing the Russian invasion, Boris Johnson’s government is risking its moral authority…
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Britain has a world-losing refugee policy
Why have only 50 Ukrainian refugees been accepted when so many British people want to help?
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Dispatch from the Ukrainian border: “Does anyone need a ride?”
More than a million Ukrainians have fled in one week of war and, so far, neighbouring countries have welcomed them.
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Public is against Priti Patel’s Ukrainian refugee restrictions
The bungled Home Office response is causing disquiet among Conservative MPs and runs counter to the wishes of British voters.
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“We’re lacking real leadership”: Rory Stewart on Ukrainian refugees
The former UK international development secretary explains how a global refugee coalition would allow the West to show moral leadership.
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Borders bill would treat Ukrainian refugees “as criminals”, ministers are warned
MPs have been briefed that the war could create five million refugees, while peers prepare to oppose legislation that may…
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Exclusive: leading UK charity heads condemn the Nationality and Borders Bill as “overtly racist”
A letter opposing the legislation has been signed by 100 civil society figures, including the CEOs of the Runnymede Trust…
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Scrapping our human rights is Brexit 2.0 for Raab and Johnson
The government’s attack on the Human Rights Act is a betrayal of those Conservatives who helped create it.
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Inside the UK hotel that became home to 150 refugees
The Koofi family were airlifted to safety in August 2021. This is their story – and that of thousands like…
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My dad fled Lebanon for a new life. He found dry land, but others aren’t so lucky
After another tragedy in the Channel, I was reminded of my dad's voyage from Beirut on a small boat carrying…
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Humanity, not hostility, will solve the migrant crisis
Boris Johnson’s government could prevent Channel crossings with wit and moral imagination, but it has neither.
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Every person trying to cross the Channel is somebody’s lover, or child, or friend
The narrative treats them as a problem, or a symptom of distant crises but we must remember: they are people.
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Priti Patel’s French snub suits everyone – except the people caught in the middle
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron’s row may solve the political problem – but not the human one.
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Why the language we use to talk about the refugee crisis matters
In the media there is something distinctly racist about the double standards with which we apply the word “migrant”.
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Dispatch: Migrants freeze as Belarus pursues its cold war with the EU
The Polish border is the setting for a dangerous game of brinkmanship, and migrants are paying the price.
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