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4 Feb 2014 3 minute read

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The promise to end child detention in the UK – and how it was broken

Tom Sanderson is frustrated with Barnardo's refusal to terminate its involvement in ‘state-sponsored cruelty...

27 Jan 2014 2 minute read

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Campsfield's troubled history

Lydia James runs through the last 20 years of Campsfield detention centre...

18 Jan 2014 4 minute read

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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...

7 Jan 2014 3 minute read

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‘We are not immigrants, we are EU citizens’

Ylenia Gostoli gathers opinion from Romanians in London following media hysteria of an impending migrant...

1 Jan 2014 8 minute read

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Does making immigration detention more humane make it more widespread?

Academic Michael Flynn and advocate Michelle Brané go head to head.

1 Jan 2014 12 minute read

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Why are we locking up migrants?

Detaining foreigners is costly, inhumane and on the rise. Time to turn the tide back, says Hazel Healy.

1 Jan 2014 6 minute read

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Meet the firms cashing in on imprisoning foreigners

Outsourcing detention to private companies is a recipe for a disaster, says Antony Loewenstein.

1 Jan 2014 2 minute read

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Tough Guide to the world's immigration detention centres

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

30 Dec 2013 5 minute read

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Darcus Howe: ‘All I want to do is mobilize the people to stand up for their rights’

The Black Panther-turned-broadcaster and writer talks to Subi Shah about his past struggles and future dreams...

2 Dec 2013 7 minute read

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Britain’s immigration debate stoked for political advantage

The tabloid hysteria ignores historical, social and cultural imperatives, says Horatio Morpurgo.

29 Nov 2013 1 minute read

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A catalogue of brutality: Atlas of Migration in Europe book launch

Published in English for the first time, the Atlas provides a critical analysis of political asylum and immigration...

19 Nov 2013 3 minute read

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‘The blood of Ethiopians cries out for justice’

The recent Saudi clampdown on migrant workers has brought campaigners onto the streets. Chris Matthews was...

15 Nov 2013 4 minute read

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What about the rights of undocumented migrant children?

The EU must stop prioritizing immigration control over this vulnerable group, says Michele LeVoy.

30 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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Don’t underestimate working people’s solidarity

Don Flynn remembers when ordinary people refused to be divided into nationalistic tribes.

29 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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Internationalism is about justice – and the World Cup too

The international development agenda needs to be reclaimed as a struggle for global justice argues Jean Grugel...

18 Oct 2013 3 minute read

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PHOTO ESSAY: For Eritrean migrants, there is more dignity in death

Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod capture the painful goodbyes of the survivors of the recent...

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