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An investigation conducted by VICE World News has revealed that British MPs have used a UK immigration hotline to report violations 151 times during the coronavirus pandemic. The investigation has raised questions over whether MPs are reporting their own constituents. VICE World News uncovered the data from a freedom of information request.   The figures have sparked fears that MPs are sharing information about their constituents who have sought help over their UK immigration status. Charities have warned that vulnerable constituents may avoid seeking help for fear of being detained. UK immi...

The Quietus , January 20th, 2021 10:24 The ending of visa-free travel for artists threatens the livelihoods of many musicians, especially in the underground. Yet while fighting for change to these Brexit rules, we must consider the wider implications for those beyond the EU, and how attitudes to migration reflect Britain's colonial history, argue Fielding Hope, Mariam Rezaei and Stewart Smith The recent rejection of a visa-free work permit for touring UK-based artists and industry professionals in Europe, either by the hand of the UK government, or by the EU (depending on which account you t...

UK government accelerates “hostile environment” against immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers The Conservative government’s “hostile environment” policy for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers went into overdrive in the run up to Britain leaving the European union (EU) on December 31. Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was authorized to enforce deportations of asylum seekers before the end of the Brexit transition period. According to research based on freedom of information requests conducted by the Independent, “£2.3m was spent on forcibly removing 225 people to Eu...

More than 100 public figures in Britain, including former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the acclaimed poet Benjamin Zephaniah, have signed a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel demanding that the deportation of 22-year-old Jamaican Osime Brown be rescinded. Brown, who has autism, was convicted of a theft while still in his teens and sentenced to five years in prison. Under current UK legislation, any foreign national sentenced to more than a year is liable to automatic deportation. But Brown, who left Jamaica as a young child, has no relatives in the island and would be extrem...

Ways of doing this that are not catch and release, that are not amnesty. they continue to try to find a path that includes only detention. hire some more immigration judges, expedite hearings, the problem is fixed, it's a lot cheap and her just as effective. >> good to hear a voice of experience from a former i.c.e. official. thank you very much, john, for being with us. coming up, hostile environment. embroiled epa chief scott pruitt getting an earful at a washington restaurant. stay with us on "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. i'm alex trebek here to tell you