Stansted 15: The Home Office’s brutality must end
On 28thMarch 2017, a group of 15 immigration activists successfully stopped a charter deportation flight from Stansted Airport in an act of non-violent protest. Today, the group face the end…
Windrush: immigration centres and morality
Immigration is one of the most divisive issues we face today. The Windrush Scandal has highlighted the major issues with the Home Office’s dealings with immigration and the anti-foreigner sentiment…
America has lost its grip on morality
I’ve had quite a few drawing room debates recently about whether Trump can reasonably be compared to Hitler. The more relaxed amongst us constantly reassure me that I’m overreacting to…
Windrush: Are we moving towards a resolution?
On the 21st June 1948 HMT Empire Windrush docked in Port Tilbury. It was carrying West Indian migrants who had travelled to the UK at the request of the British government…
The US can’t ignore the caravan, they helped cause it
On October 13th, in the city of San Pedro Sula in Honduras – the crime capital of the world for two years running – a caravan full of people desperate…
Trump must be held responsible for his fear mongering
When living abroad, news from home doesn’t seem to travel so fast. It may take days to hear of what the States’ administration is up to now, and it can…
Why immigration is the EU’s Achilles’ heel
Since German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s controversial decision to throw the doors of Europe open to millions of migrants in 2015, a growing minority of pundits have postulated migration will be the…
Trump’s immigration U-turn highlights his hypocrisy
Donald Trump, a man who really likes to say he got the job done, has seemingly taken a U-turn in immigration policy this week. Congratulations are in order for the…
When it comes to immigration, low skilled labour is high value
At an event focusing on Brexit and immigration this week, I was sat across from a woman from the Scottish Government’s immigration office. Arms crossed and smirking, she flicked her…
Immigrants and refugees shouldn’t have to prove their worth
A couple of weeks ago, the name Mamoudou Gassama meant nothing. The Malian migrant, living undocumented in France, had survived the treacherous journey via boat to Europe and was struggling…
Mamoudou Gassama is a hero; Emmanuel Macron is not
The story of Gassama, a Malian migrant in France, heroically rescuing a small child hanging from a fifth story balcony has caught international attention. And rightfully so. Gassama showed exceptional…
The government is high on anti-immigration, but this is its final hit
Stories of the Windrush generation living ‘illegally’ in the U.K have dizzied the media this week. These people have lost jobs, been denied access to the NHS and benefits, and…