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15 May 2018
Police handing over crime victims to immigration enforcement
A BBC report has put police handling of migrants back into the spotlight. The report, which asked police forces around the UK “if they referred victims and…
15 May 2018
Highest recorded number of suicides in detention last year
Close to 500 people tried to kill themselves in detention last year – the highest recorded number since the government started keep self-harm statistics in 2007. The…
15 May 2018
Roma, Gypsy and Traveller discrimination in Europe
Roma, gypsy and traveller communities have long been a target of systematic discrimination and marginalisation in Europe. Government agencies across countries – including the UK – practice…
15 May 2018
London gangs database is discriminatory and violates human rights
The gang-mapping database used by the London Metropolitan Police racially discriminates against BAME youth and seriously violates rights of individuals. Amnesty International published a damning report of…
15 May 2018
Community Life Survey: Focus on Diversity
The publication highlights some of the key measures collected through the 2016/17 Community Life Survey and compares responses between various demographic groups. The survey is helpful for…
15 May 2018
Who’s coming to London?
According to a new briefing by the Centre for London, National Insurance Number (NIN) registrations by people coming to London from overseas to work dropped over a…
8 May 2018
Imagining a world without borders
by JILNA SHAH “Imagine that Martin Luther King never had a dream. Imagine that instead of thinking outside of the narrow confines of his time and place,…
8 May 2018
An APPG meeting for the ages
by RITA CHADHA Last week’s Runnymede APPG meeting on Race and Community was without doubt one of the best Parliamentary meetings in recent memory. It brought together…
8 May 2018
‘Highly skilled’ migrants face deportation over tax mistake
#HomeOfficeAtax is a new campaign launched by a collective of 400+ migrants who have been refused the right to settle in the UK because of tax discrepancies.…
8 May 2018
Local elections and place-making for migrants
by RITA CHADHA It has become common practice for the migration sector to look to elections as ‘game changer’ moments that can press reset on an otherwise…