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The English Channel, a body of water separating the south coast of England and the north of France, is the source of huge political controversy at Westminster. Fears about illegal immigration have fuelled not one but two bouts of legislation from the Conservative government. The first, the Nationality and Borders Act, passed last year, is designed to make it harder for people to stay in the UK illegally, and speed up deportations. The second, the Illegal Migration Bill, is currently making its w...

Despite thousands of boats bringing illegal migrants to Britain, the government only managed to charge 82 people smugglers last year.

Despite thousands of boats bringing illegal migrants to Britain, the government only managed to charge 82 people smugglers last year.

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children would be treated as adults if they refused to consent to having their age assessed using scientific methods

The UK failing to help people from Sudan is no surprise given its historic refusal to create a safe route for LGBTQ Sudanese people.

Dame Sara Thornton said there could potentially be a conflict of interest with the Home Office being in charge of appointing someone to the post.

From the UK to Italy to the U.S., the declarations by politicians that they only want to stop illegal immigration becomes meaningless if there are virtual no ways to request asylum before leaving home and arriving in a foreign country.

AHAMMED HUSSAIN writes ahead of a demonstration in London from a coalition of BLM and anti-racist groups against the recent wave of reactionary and dangerous legislation

Perhaps the real reason we face a permacrisis is that some people benefit from it, including the politicians who like to present complex and nuanced issues in this simplified way – as problems that they can offer to "control", Rob McNeil writes.

A government asylum age assessment body that the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has urged practitioners not to take jobs with has started work.