Refugees

Sunak ‘plans to stop deportation appeals’ for people who reach UK in small boats
Home Office reportedly proposed two options to try to prevent those crossing Channel from claiming asylum
Tom Ambrose
04, Feb, 2023 @11:47 AM

Baby among nine dead from cold and thirst on boat in Mediterranean
Survivors tell Italian authorities vessel carrying about 50 people lost its way trying to cross from Tunisia
Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo
03, Feb, 2023 @5:42 PM

How Not to Drown review – a child asylum seeker’s brutal true story
Kosovan refugee Dritan Kastrati looks back at the struggles of his arduous journey and his troubling experiences in London
Arifa Akbar
03, Feb, 2023 @1:53 PM

Alf Dubs: Braverman calling refugees ‘invaders’ was low point of my career
Labour peer who fled to UK to escape Nazis says home secretary’s words ‘deeply and personally upsetting’
Peter Walker Political correspondent
03, Feb, 2023 @6:00 AM

Sunak tells Piers Morgan ‘biological sex matters’ – as it happened
Prime minister speaks in interview on TalkTV to mark his 100th day in office
Nadeem Badshah (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier)
02, Feb, 2023 @8:59 PM

No 10 warns public of ‘significant disruption’ tomorrow because of mass strikes – as it happened
Lecturers and university staff will walk out on Wednesday as teachers and train drivers also take action; ambulance staff to stage further strikes
Andrew Sparrow
31, Jan, 2023 @6:02 PM

Rishi Sunak’s migration plan ‘would have left 45,000 in permanent limbo last year’
Refugee Council warns tens of thousands who crossed Channel to UK in 2022 would have been detained indefinitely under proposals
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
31, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Ghosts of Moria: living in the ashes of Europe’s largest migrant camp – documentary
As Europe’s most infamous migrant camp burned to the ground on the island of Lesbos in 2020, two Syrian friends evaded police to stay
Florian Elabdi, Michael Graverson, Jesper Jack, Annie Kelly Ekaterina OchagaviaLindsay Poulton
30, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Home Office publishes details of £70m contract to house asylum seekers
Charities have criticised ‘warehousing’ centres, calling instead for better integration in society
Diane Taylor
29, Jan, 2023 @4:00 PM

Operator accused of ‘gross negligence’ wins $420m contract to manage Australia’s offshore processing on Nauru
Scandal-plagued US firm MTC will be responsible for ‘garrison and welfare’ of around 70 asylum seekers on Pacific island
Ben Doherty and Christopher Knaus
27, Jan, 2023 @2:00 PM

Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp as malnutrition numbers soar
MSF charity reports 33% rise in malnourished patients at giant Dadaab complex after influx from drought-stricken Somalia
Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi
26, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

EU toughens stance on non-EU countries taking back citizens denied right to stay
Campaigners say bloc’s plan to use development aid, trade policy and access to visas as ‘leverage’ fails to put human rights first
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
26, Jan, 2023 @5:00 AM
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