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An Afghan refugee shows scars on his back, which he says were caused by the violent force used by Croatian border police to deter him from making a crossing from Bosnia. Credit: Michele Amoruso

8 Jul 2021 5 minute read

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Beaten back

The vicious game of hounding asylum-seekers in Europe continues in defiance of international law, Katie Dancey-Downs...

24 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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Solidarity on Glasgow’s south side

Conrad Landin reports from a vigil in memory of Stanislav Tomas, a Roma man who died following a brutal...

Migrants and refugees arrive by dinghy behind a huge pile of life vests after crossing from Turkey Migrants and refugees arrive by dinghy behind a huge pile of life vests after crossing from Turkey to the island of Lesbos Greece, Sept. 10, 2015.

21 Aug 2020 6 minute read

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Boat migration 'push-back' will never be the asylum solution

Barney Cullum speaks to the young survivors of Somali terrorist cells and sectarian violence who are...

Two recipients of sanctuary scholarships outside SOAS in London

12 Jan 2018 6 minute read

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Sanctuary scholarships in a cold climate

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

Musa Fata's social media feed shows a life of ease and abundance.

8 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Kids at work: a migrant in Italy

Sophia Seymour and Daisy Squires shine a light on Musa Fata, a Gambian...

23 Jun 2017 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

‘The borderless Republic’: Sheffield celebrates migration

Britain’s largest festival about refugees and sanctuary is more relevant than ever, writes Lydia Noon.

27 Oct 2016 7 minute read

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The last days of the Calais ‘Jungle’

Harriet Paintin and Hannah Kirmes-Daly spent a week at the refugee camp during its last...

30 Oct 2015 7 minute read

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Asylum seekers squat empty buildings while waiting for Netherlands approval

The northwestern European country expects to take more refugees but important questions remain, reports Lyn Drummond...

10 Jul 2015 4 minute read

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Is Cambodia refusing to protect persecuted Christians?

Deep in the Cambodian jungle, Clothilde Le Coz meets Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum.

26 Mar 2015 8 minute read

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Britain’s disbelieved dream of better futures

Unaccompanied children seeking asylum are often accused of lying by those who should be helping them, reports Heenali...

10 Jul 2014 3 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Australia’s government is gutting progressive legislation

Adam Long despairs at the increasingly extremist bent of the Tony Abbott administration and its open disdain...

4 Dec 2013 4 minute read

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Campsfield: 20 years too long

One of Britain’s largest detention centres has denied the civil liberties of 30,000 people in the past two decades, writes...

18 Oct 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

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...

16 Oct 2013 4 minute read

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Stuck in the middle

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

29 Jul 2013 3 minute read

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Refugees challenge Tunisia on human rights

Residents from the closed Choucha refugee camp are fighting for resettlement, not ‘local integration’.

18 Jul 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Deportation of Tamils helped the Sri Lankan state

Britain’s expulsion of ‘target population’ asylum-seekers has been valuable to Sri Lanka’s ‘counter-insurgency’ campaign,...

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