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The Government’s Rwanda Plan is a Relic of a Colonial Age
Britain’s historic hostility towards migration – by politicians of all stripes – has laid the groundwork for Priti Patel’s controversial plan to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda, says Thomas Perrett
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The Rwanda Scheme: The Human Rights Concerns Around Government’s Transportation Deal
The plan to send people seeking asylum who arrive via ‘irregular’ routes in the UK to Rwanda has raised numerous human rights concerns – not least for LGBTIQ people and pregnant women
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The Rwanda Scheme: Electoral Racism to Policy Racism
Decades of shifting political racism have created a rich reservoir of racialised attitudes for Boris Johnson’s regime to exploit, says Martin Shaw
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Government Turns Blind Eye to Offshore Migrant Processing Problems Faced by Australia and Israel
The policy of sending people seeking asylum to camps and centres ‘offshore’ has led to criticism and human rights abuses – but the UK Government is doing it anyway
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Open Arms to Russian Wealth, Cold Shoulder to Asylum Seekers
Migration statistics show that 347 Russian citizens have been granted asylum since 2008 – compared to nearly 2,600 ‘golden visas’ for Russian millionaires in same period
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Stuck in Limbo: UK Asylum and Immigration System in Post-Brexit Turmoil
The UK’s floundering border arrangements offer little solace to desperate Ukrainians fleeing war, reports Sam Bright
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Only 30 Successful UK Asylum Applications Granted from Ukraine Since 2014
As Putin’s forces invade Ukraine, the UK Government is being urged to do more to help refugees – while the Nationality and Borders Bill risks making it harder for them to come to Britain
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Lifting Ban on Asylum Seekers Working Helps Economy – Government Plans Expensive Immigration Deterrents Instead
A new report estimates plans laid out in the Nationality and Borders Bill could cost £2.7 billion a year – but allowing people seeking asylum to work could boost UK economy
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“Performative Cruelty”: Asylum Accommodation Conditions Exposed in Shocking Report
Vulnerable people are still being kept in cold, cramped, makeshift facilities, Sascha Lavin reports
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The Empathy Deficit: How the Government Has Marginalised and Demonised Asylum Seekers
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin consider how successive administrations have tried to stop the nation from seeing asylum seekers as humans
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‘History Will Judge this Shabby Government’ and its Weaponisation of Refugee Lives, Says Lord Alf Dubs
The Labour peer – who fled the Nazis and came to Britain as a child refugee in 1939 – told Byline Times that Priti Patel’s plans “to penalise people for the way they reach safety is absolutely unheard of in the history of refugees”
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British Voters Reject ‘Cruel’ Asylum Policy
New polling from Refugee Action shows even Conservative voters are rejecting a tiered asylum approach, as Byline Times shares an exclusive interview with two Afghan refugee families
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In Limbo: Understanding the Painful, Human Existence of Asylum Seekers
While Priti Patel and the tabloid press seek to protect our borders from those who need protection, one film has broken the mould, writes Deborah Shaw
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The Child Asylum Seekers Accused of Faking their Ages by the Home Office
The Government has committed to resettling 5,000 Afghan refugees this year – but will they be met with the same culture of disbelief that has led to children seeking asylum struggling to get help?
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Only 13% of Afghan Children Granted Asylum Since 2009 Were Girls
Data analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals that most Afghan people seeking asylum in the UK are young men and boys – as charities call for an asylum system that works for everybody and fears continue about what Taliban rule will mean for women in Afghanistan
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Priti Patel, Nigel Farage, and the Fake News Around Asylum Claims
The numbers of people seeking asylum and refugee resettlements in the UK don’t match the rhetoric coming from Government or the Right, finds the Byline Times Intelligence team
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Only 12 Vulnerable Children Resettled Under Asylum Scheme in 11 Months
Only a dozen child refugees have been resettled in the UK while conflicts rage across the globe, reports Sam Bright
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Asylum Seekers Have Been Deliberately Set-Up to Fail
The brutal portrayal and treatment of asylum seekers has been used to foment nationalist grievances, contends Maheen Behrana
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Food Parcels and £8 A Week: The Reality of Life for Asylum Seekers in Temporary Accommodation
Sian Norris reports on the photos shared by a charity which expose the struggle of people seeking asylum living in temporary accommodation
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Beyond Bullying: Home Office Renews Hostile Environment for Asylum Seekers
David Hencke exposes a highly critical parliamentary report describing the ‘aggressive and hostile’ stance by Priti Patel’s department during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Fact-Free Farage: UK Sees Fall in Asylum Applications
New Government figures show the Brexit Party Leader’s asylum ‘invasion’ for what it is: a myth
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How Did You Earn Your Passport? Asylum Seekers Are Being Denied Human Rights by Narrow-Minded Nationalism
The architects of COVID-19 chaos are sacrificing asylum seekers to cover up their own mistakes, argues Isobel Ingham-Barrow
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The Human and Economic Cost of the UK’s Asylum Animosity
Treating asylum seekers like foreign invaders isn’t about saving money or protecting their wellbeing reports Sam Bright
