Andreea Dumitrache, chief executive of the3million, the largest grassroots organisation for EU citizens in the UK, writes about why the Home Office's plan to control immigrants through Digital ID cards cannot work The post Digital ID cards: Why control and surveillance are not the answer to Britain’s immigration problem appeared first on Big Issue.| Big Issue
Up to 50% of refugees in the UK are to some extent digitally excluded. It means they can't integrate or get on with life, writes Screen Share UK's Isaac Costley The post Refugees aren’t given phones or iPads by the government, but here’s why they should be appeared first on Big Issue.| Big Issue
The Trump Administration is using the Alien Enemies Act to seize Venezuelans and ship them to a notorious prison El Salvador without due process. What can be done to protect and uphold the rule of law and human rights in the face of the Trump Administration's rejection of them? What are some means of legal and political resistance when human rights are being violated? [ dur: 58mins. ] Jennifer Selin is Associate Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State Uni...| The Scholars' Circle
There were outraged protests outside the Bell Hotel as the ruling to evict its asylum seekers was overturned.| New Statesman
This might be the first fashion designer to engage in philanthropic sex work.| Out Magazine
A shocking video has dramatically captured the "surreal" moment when around a dozen Moroccan migrants arriving by speedboat on a Spanish holiday beach were chased, tackled and detained by furious locals.| The Daily Sceptic
The Red Cross is paying for the families of hundreds of migrants granted asylum to relocate to Britain. Confronted about this by the Telegraph, Yvette Cooper blamed the Tories. Shock!| The Daily Sceptic
Nearly a million NHS HC2 certificates have gone to asylum seekers in the last five years, granting them free prescriptions, dental care, eye tests, wigs and even help with travel costs.| The Daily Sceptic
The increasingly opaque path for protection adopted by Trump leaves those who fled their homeland with little hope.| capitalandmain.com
U-Report On The Move was created to provide a safe, multilingual space where they can speak up, find answers, and feel less alone in their journey. The vision was always about more than just delivering information—it was about building trust, empowering participation, and making sure that these young people could shape the solutions intended for them.| CLEAR Global
The German Asylum Seekers’ Benefits Act allows applicants to be deprived of funds in excess of €200. Baden-Württemberg wants to extend this and is modelling itself on Denmark. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Justice wants to focus more on deterrent measures when taking in refugees. This includes the widespread confiscation of valuables, as State Secretary of […] Der Beitrag Ripping off refugees: German federal state wants jewellery from asylum seekers erschien zuerst auf Matthias Mo...| Matthias Monroy
In official letters to asylum seekers already recognised in Greece, the German Federal Office for Migration states that their second application in Germany will probably be rejected. The communication is dubious for various reasons. The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) is currently sending out letters to asylum seekers who were previously recognised […] Der Beitrag Federal Office in Germany advertises return to Greece: Letters cause panic among refugees erschien zuers...| Matthias Monroy
Many are fighting to keep their court cases open so that they can still request asylum.| capitalandmain.com
Amid the rise in Reform UK voters and Westminster's grasp on immigration policy, is Wales' ambition to be a nation of sanctuary realistic?| Big Issue
Today, Australia marks the National Sorry Day to remember the Stolen Generations—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people forcibly removed from their families. It is also a time to honour survivors and reflect on the ongoing journey of healing and reconciliation.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Hear from Hannah and Glenda, our Footscray and Dandenong Foodbank volunteers, on why volunteering at the ASRC is probably one of the best decisions ever made.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
At the ASRC we believe that access to healthcare is a human right, not a privilege. Our Health Program exists to provide vital, compassionate healthcare services to people seeking asylum who are often locked out of mainstream healthcare systems.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) welcomes vital funding announced in the 2025–26 Victorian State Budget, which continues the Victorian State Government’s commitment to the safety, dignity and wellbeing of people seeking asylum.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Voters at this Federal election decisively rejected fear and division. The Albanese Government now enters a second term with an increased mandate and a renewed opportunity to lead with humanity.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Voters have acted with compassion and it’s time for our elected representatives and political leaders to reflect this in the incoming Parliament.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Standing against discrimination and racism is one of ASRC’s core values. From the racist undertones in the rhetoric about refugees and people seeking asylum, the recent racist agenda evident in the Government’s harsh migration bills, to systemic racism suffered by our First Nations people and violent racist attacks on refugee rights activists, ASRC has consistently been calling out racism and dispelling dangerous stereotypes and myths.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
On the third Thursday in March every year, Australia marks the National Close the Gap Day when communities across Australia come together to highlight the issue of health equality and life expectancy for First Nations people as a fundamental right. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people still live, on average, 10-11 years less than non-Indigenous Austraians. Closing the life expectancy gap is a national issue in which every individual and organisation in Australia can and must play a ...| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
This International Women's Day, ASRC hosted a celebration for the women members of our community. The event focused on honouring the successes - both big and small - and uplifting the aspirations of the ASRC women.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
The 2025 Feast for Freedom is open for registrations until March 31, with events to be held by April 30.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
The 2025 Feast for Freedom is open for registrations until March 31, with events to be held by April 30.| Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Newly-recognised refugees will now have 56, rather than 28 days, to find new accommodation after getting leave to remain.| Big Issue
"We have already witnessed the harm that 30-day limits have inflicted on adult migrants without children," reads a letter signed by nearly 50 elected officials.| City Limits
While New York City must propose a balanced budget in January for the coming fiscal year, some say Adams’ approach to closing the gap is a blunt instrument, and not the only option.| City Limits
City Limits recently spoke with several families about what it was like to live at the Floyd Bennett Field shelter. All complained about the cold inside the tents, the remoteness, and inaccessibility.| City Limits
Some 36 families—among the tens of thousands of asylum seekers currently in the city’s care—were on the list to be moved from an emergency shelter in Long Island City on Friday.| City Limits
As fascists descended on Bristol, hundreds of community members gathered to protect a local hotel housing asylum seekers.| Huck
Immigrants share stories from their community Not long ago, I was contacted by an immigrant from a developing country that I’ll call “Pangea” who had seen one of my articles republished on a Canadian housing subreddit. This person, whom I’ll| Population Institute Canada
The Coalition for the Homeless reached a settlement with the City of New York Friday, adding new emergency terms to the 1981 decree that paved the way for the city’s unique right to a shelter bed.| City Limits
While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months—what officials say is an effort to manage more than 168,500 new arrivals since 2022, 69,000 of whom remain in the city’s care—Tuesday’s evictions were the first to apply to families with children.| City Limits
The initial registration period for eligible Venezuelans who do not have TPS opened on Oct. 3 and will run through April 2, 2025.| City Limits
In the coming days, the city will start notifying asylum seekers of the new time limit, starting with single adults who’ve been in the city’s care “for a significant amount of time,” Adams said.| City Limits
While migrants can receive mail at the city's shelters, many have struggled to track down important correspondence, according to legal service providers and advocates—especially after the city restricted the length of stays for both adults and families with children.| City Limits
By Farrah Hassen Photograph Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Public Domain President Biden once pledged to adopt more humane immigration policies than his predecessor. But in practice, as immigrant rights advocates have documented, his administration has escalated the attack on the legal right of people facing life-threatening conditions to seek safety. Even though […]| Information Clearing House.info
Nathan Hennebry discusses the Erskine hotel demonstrations of the past year and how deprived communities can fight for their living standards.| YCL
The ultimate the "bad guy" here isn't really the local authority, the devolved administration or even the outsourcers — it's the Home Office. But their demonstrable badness only adds to the vicious cycle of rival nationalisms.| Source
In the UK we have almost become accustomed to seeing headlines in (mostly) right wing and conservative media about refugees and people seeking asylum that have famously included ‘The Swarm in Our Streets’ and more recently focussed on government plans to ‘stop the boats’. But do these messages, and the values that underpin them, truly […]| CC Foundation