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Construction workers wait for a bus after a shift on Al-Adaid Street in West Bay. Doha, Qatar, February 1, 2014 Credit: Alex Sergeev

4 Jan 2023 3 minute read

Out of the shadows

Our new columnist Rosebell Kagumire illustrates the dangers faced by migrant workers in the Gulf States.

A worker wraps an iceberg lettuce at a lettuce plantation in Pulpi, near Almeria, southeast Spain February 13, 2017. Picture taken February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

26 Apr 2020 4 minute read

This article is more than three years old.

The plight of Spain’s migrant workers

Many in Southern Spain's migrant workforce have long been alleging systematic exploitation from employers. Clare...

24 Oct 2019 5 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Don’t call the Essex 39 a ‘tragedy’

The British state is complicit in their deaths, argues Jun Pang.

10 Dec 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Stansted15: ‘To be found guilty of a terror-related charge is devastating’

On Human Rights Day, migrant rights activists have been convicted under anti-terror legislation. Lydia Noon...

Two recipients of sanctuary scholarships outside SOAS in London

12 Jan 2018 6 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Sanctuary scholarships in a cold climate

A groundbreaking project seeks to get migrant students into university. Hazel Healy reports.

29 Jun 2017 6 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Migrants who make it convince others not to risk it

How Senegal is trying to involve the diaspora to curb emigration. By Sofia Christensen

2 Sep 2015 5 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Migration and the European push-factor

For decades we have exported a Western consumerist dream to the Global South; little wonder migrants now want to share our...

29 Jul 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Contradictions at heart

Natalie Sharples on migration, international development and Britain’s shame.

23 Jun 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Dominican Republic continues forced expulsion of citizens of Haitian descent

The current ‘migrant’ crisis fails to paint a full picture of the story, writes Neda Tehrani.

30 Apr 2014 4 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Britain’s draft Modern Slavery Bill does not go far enough

When will the government take action to protect migrant domestic workers? asks Tony Mckenna.

1 Apr 2014 1 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Sleep in for St George

Lydia James gives a heads up on a pro-migrant campaign seeking to reclaim the Turkish-born saint.

12 Feb 2014 2 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Take a day off for St George!

England’s patron saint is also one of the country’s most famous immigrants. Aliena Amicus explains the...

18 Jan 2014 4 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Another undignified death in detention

The revelation that an 84-year-old migrant due for deportation died while handcuffed is shocking – but it should come as no...

1 Jan 2014 2 minute read

This article is more than nine years old.

Tough Guide to the world's immigration detention centres

A satirical round-up of the insalubrious accommodation awaiting travellers from the Global South.

16 Oct 2013 4 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Stuck in the middle

Kim Bryan reports on migrants trapped in limbo in the Spanish fortress of Ceuta.

1 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Racists, go home

Chris Coltrane is unimpressed with Britain's Racist Vans.

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