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Rwanda’s Human Rights Problem Makes it a Dangerous Destination for Migrants
Brian Latham reports on why human rights violations in Rwanda mean the Government’s deportation plans put vulnerable people at risk
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‘Unbelievably Callous’: Refugee Rights Experts React to Sunak’s Immigration Plans
Sian Norris reports on how plans to reduce migration and the asylum backlog ignore the realities of people fleeing war, persecution and violence – and the lack of safe routes open to people seeking asylum
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Little Evidence of Victims ‘Gaming’ Modern Slavery System, says Regulator
Claims made by successive Home Secretaries that victims are gaming modern slavery laws to avoid deportation are not backed up by the data, says the Office for Statistics Regulation
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Fast-Track Deportations of Migrants: Are ‘Safe’ Countries Really Safe Countries?
Media reports that people will face fast-tracked deportations to countries considered safe missed one big question: are these countries, in fact, safe? Sian Norris reports
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Why We Are Not ‘Albanian Criminals’ Arriving On Your Shores
Albanian citizen Gresa Hasa explains why she wants an apology from the UK Government
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REVEALED: No Government Help with Rising Energy Bills for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants
Households with ‘no recourse to public funds’ due to their immigration status will not be eligible for state help to alleviate rising costs
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The Identity Trap: No One Narrative Can Encompass the Different Dimensions of Diversity
As Britain welcomes its first Asian Prime Minister, Hardeep Matharu explores how our pluralistic society is reflected in the multiplicity of its migrant experience – as demonstrated by the different reactions to Rishi Sunak’s rise
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The Day Far-Right Hate was Normalised in the House
A debate on asylum accommodation and safeguarding echoed far-right online chat, in a worrying shift of the Conservative Party’s migration rhetoric, Sian Norris reports
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REVEALED: Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detainees Suffered in ‘Unacceptable’ Conditions During Record Heatwave
As the Home Office faces mounting criticism over its treatment of asylum seekers at Manston processing centre, a new investigation by Sascha Lavin for the Byline Intelligence Team paints a troubling picture of conditions at another notorious immigration removal detention centre this July
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‘Heightening Tensions from the Far-Right’: Braverman’s Dangerous Asylum Approach
Campaigners and experts warn that the Home Secretary’s rhetoric serves to undermine the human rights and safety of people in need
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Thousands of Children at Risk of Criminal Exploitation as Government Classifies Modern Slavery as an Immigration Issue
New data on children in need reveals the scale of criminal and sexual exploitation of children – so why does the Government see modern slavery as an issue for illegal immigration?
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Hundreds of Ukrainian Refugees Left without Welfare Checks
The second part of the Byline Intelligence Team’s exclusive investigation raises serious safeguarding concerns about the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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Homes for Ukraine Sponsor Relationship Breakdowns Put Vulnerable Refugees at Risk
An exclusive, three-month investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent of relationship breakdowns in the Homes for Ukraine scheme that has left refugees at risk of exploitation and homelessness, and local councils stretched
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Home Office Spends £76 Million on Legal Challenges Since Johnson Entered Downing Street
As the Rwanda plan is challenged again in the High Court, Sascha Lavin reveals the vast scale and cost of legal challenges against the department behind the controversial scheme
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What the Home Secretary’s Immigration Plans Will Mean for Vulnerable Migrants and Modern Slavery Victims
Sian Norris considers the implications of Suella Braverman’s potential plans for migrant people crossing the Channel, with insights from experts
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‘We Need to Hear This from Labour’: Asylum and Immigration Fall Off Party’s Agenda
As Home Secretary Suella Braverman says her ‘dream’ is to see refugees flown to Rwanda, Lauren Crosby Medlicott looks at Keir Starmer’s alternative
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‘Operation Red Meat’ Continues Despite Asylum Crackdown Failures
Sascha Lavin reports on how the Home Office is pursuing flawed migration policies to retain a base of reactionary support – no matter how ill-conceived
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The UK-Rwanda Partnership: A Timeline
The controversial Rwanda scheme has rarely been out of the headlines. The Byline Intelligence Team, in partnership with the Action On Armed Violence charity, takes a look at the story so far
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How Rwanda’s Stifling of the Press Prevents Proper Accountability for Asylum Scheme
When Iain Overton was denied a journalist visa to report on violence against refugees in Rwanda, he and the Byline Intelligence Team investigated press repression in the country
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Exclusive Investigation Reveals 13th Refugee Shot in Rwanda in 2018
The Byline Intelligence Team has uncovered the killing of an 13th Congolese refugee in 2018 – undermining Government claims that ‘no similar incidences had occurred’ since the shooting of 12 people earlier that year
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The Human Rights Gaps in the Rwanda Scheme Revealed
A four-part investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team exposes the human rights concerns over the Rwanda scheme – including repression of journalists and the killing of a 13th Congolese refugee in 2018
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‘Modern Slavery Victims have been Pawns in Government’s Anti-Asylum Seeker Campaigns’
Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to modern slavery experts to understand the impact of Priti Patel’s Home Office on victims
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‘The Myth of a Benign Brexit Immigration Policy’
Martin Shaw replies to economist Jonathan Portes’ recent Byline Times article, which argued that the Government’s post-Brexit immigration system is a ‘rare success’
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‘The Government’s Post-Brexit Immigration Policy is a Rare Success’
Jonathan Portes answers the criticisms of those who claim that what the Brexit campaign was really promising was lower levels of immigration
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Government ‘Undermining’ Asylum System by Rapid Removal of Albanian Migrants
A new deal with the Albanian Government will see Albanians crossing the Channel facing ‘fast tracked deportation’ – but campaigners warn this could undermine our asylum system
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‘Global Britain’, and its New Blue Passport, is Falling Behind
In terms of its access to the world, the UK is struggling to keep up with its peers, observes Professor Christopher Phillips
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Vulnerable Migrants Cut Out of Cost of Living Support
The ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition means migrant people who are destitute or on very low incomes will not be entitled to Government help
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How the Tabloid Press Misleads on Migration
The Byline Intelligence Team take a look at how media reporting on immigration and asylum can spread misinformation about the weaponised issue
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Government Can’t Say How Many ‘Serious Criminals’ Contributing to ‘Alarming Rise’ of Modern Slavery System Abuse
An investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team raises questions about the Home Secretary’s claims that criminals are ‘clogging up’ the system to support victims of modern slavery
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‘They Can’t Survive Inside Afghanistan’: The Vulnerable People Still Stuck Under Taliban Rule One Year On
15 August marks one year since the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan – but, after 12 months, some of the country’s most vulnerable still cannot apply to come to the UK
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The Identity Trap: Race, Representation and the Rise of Conservative Diversity
Rishi Sunak is in the running to be Britain’s first prime minister of colour – but the debate around whether this will be a good thing for ethnic minorities has laid bare conflicting ideas about the ‘individual’ and the ‘collective’, writes Hardeep Matharu
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Debunking Asylum Disinformation: The Mail on Sunday and Albanian Migrants
The Byline Intelligence Team dig behind the shocking stats to find the truth about who is crossing the Channel and why. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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People Crossing Channel from Countries With High Rates of Explosive Violence
New analysis shows how, for the majority of people crossing the Channel into the UK, home has become a place of bombs and shells
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The Women of Grenfell
The inquiry into the Grenfell fire ended on 21 July, more than five years after the disaster. But for survivors and next of kin, the grief is still raw and questions remain unanswered. Sian Norris reports
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Cruel Britannia and the ‘Global Britain’ Fallacy
The rhetoric and the reality of post-Brexit Britain are more distant than ever, notes Rachel Morris
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GP: ‘I was Grateful to Care for People in the Pandemic. Now Visa Delays Mean I Can’t Work at All’
As a new Parliamentary report slams Government inaction on NHS staff shortages, Sian Norris meets a trained doctor who has been waiting six months on the Home Office Tier 2 Visa Scheme
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Flagship Nationality and Borders Act Criticised by US State Department
The US State Department recommends that the UK Government does more to ensure trafficking victims are not criminalised – but experts warn that would require significant reform to brand new legislation. Sian Norris reports
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Vote Leave’s Immigration Hypocrisy
TJ Coles unpicks how Brexiters have approached immigration in office, after using it as a scare campaign for so many years
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How the Hostile Environment is Harming Public Health
In the wake of Byline Times’ exclusive investigation into charging migrant women for abortion, Sian Norris analyses the impact migration policy has on healthcare
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Migrant Women Charged £29,000 for Abortion Services Since 2017
In an exclusive investigation, Sian Norris reports how migrant women subject to NHS charges have had to pay to access abortion, while other family planning services are free
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Home Office Rwanda Plan Accused of Being ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
New research exposes the incoherence of declaring Rwanda a safe third country of asylum, Sian Norris reports
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Three Years of Patel’s Home Office Has Shifted Politics to the Right
The Home Secretary is not running for leader, but her hard-line policies on immigration and policing are being cheered on by the current candidates, Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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Government Spends £1.1 million in First Month of MoD Patrolling Channel
The policy of having the MoD monitor small boats crossing costs approximately £34,000 per day, Sian Norris reports
