Asylum watch

Mind your language August 2011
James Simpson and Melanie Cooke look at cuts to English language provision for migrants

State-sponsored cruelty July 2011
The coalition government promised to end child detention in asylum cases. Instead it has hired Barnardo’s to help run a new detention centre. Richard Goulding reports

Seeking sanctuary May 2011
Tim Hunt explores a project that fosters local support and practical help for asylum seekers

Refusing to be silenced July 2010
Lauren Wroe and Hannah Berry investigate the impact of the asylum system on women

Enforced destitution December 2009
Frances Webber investigates the Home Office's policy of imposing poverty on those seeking asylum in Britain

Border stories October 2009
Frances Webber investigates the tabloid fantasies and desperate realities surrounding migrants in Calais

Asylum watch: Losing the plot August 2009
The treatment of 12 students branded as terrorists despite no evidence being laid against them has aroused widespread anger. A campaign on their behalf is gaining momentum across the country, writes Frances Webber

Into the abyss May 2009
Labour says it is planning to 'simplify' immigration legislation. Frances Webber argues that its real agenda is to subvert human rights and give more power to the state

Asylum watch: Now what? March 2009
Labour says it is planning to 'simplify' immigration legislation. Frances Webber argues that its real agenda is to subvert human rights and give more power to the state

A fake friend December 2008
Andrea D'Cruz looks at the truth about the International Organisation for Migration

Dead safe November 2008
The government insists that Iraqi Kurdistan is safe and is deporting hundreds of Kurdish and other asylum seekers to Iraq. By Amanda Sebestyen Mohammad Hussain was one of the best-known and loved members of the Kurdish community in the north of England, ‘a big man with a big heart’. Originally from Erbil, he had been [...]