In January of this year, 178 people tested positive for Covid-19 at the Napier army barracks in Kent where asylum seekers are being held. The following month, an inspection was carried out by the Independent […]
End inhumane asylum evictions during the pandemic
Few sectors of society have been as badly impacted by COVID-19 as the homeless population. Rates of COVID-19 are higher amongst homeless people than in the general public, and they are also more likely to […]
When the Water is Safer than the Land: Voyeurism and the Fantasy Migrant Crisis
The cyclical nature of migrant moral panic has once again reared its ugly head – this time the script was seemingly straight out of Black Mirror season 6. In their coverage of events, BBC and […]
Sanctuary Scholarships Set to Launch
The University of Leeds was recently pleased to announce that it will be offering Sanctuary Scholarships for forced migrants to the UK, in an effort to make a university education more accessible for asylum seekers and […]
LGBTQ+ Asylum Seeking: An Unrecognised Struggle
The rights afforded to us as citizens in one of the leading countries in the Western world, the UK, are often taken for granted. We forget that rights have not been afforded to us since […]
Features | Students show support for struggling refugees
The UK government, this year, refused to raise asylum support rates, meaning they have not been changed since 2011 and leaving many refugees unable to provide for themselves and their families. To tackle this, University […]
Interview | Matthew Neil – Meet and Travel Together
While coming in contact with international students is a daily occurrence for many of us, meeting Asylum seekers is less common. Asylum seekers are people who have fled their home, who arrive in another country […]
Comment | The sad plight of asylum seekers
The past few weeks have seen further crack downs on illegal immigrants, along with a tightening of restrictions on access to public services. From ‘go home’ vans to fining landlords who rent to illegal immigrants, […]
Students to sleep outside for STAR
Students are spending a night sleeping outside the Union to raise awareness of homeless asylum seekers. The sponsored ‘sleep out’, organised by Amnesty International and Student Action for Refugees (STAR) are raising money for Positive […]