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Two Years On, NHS Hospitals Are Still Demanding Some Patients Pay Upfront for Life Saving Treatment

Hostile environment policies have been widely condemned as racist and brutal, with the upfront charging of migrants - including people with cancer and pregnant women - at NHS hospitals considered one of the gravest injustices of all. Yet two years after the policy was introduced, and despite the Windrush scandal, vulnerable people are still dying after having been denied life saving treatment, writes medical student Izzi Whelan.

Now We Have Your Attention

James Butler is joined by Jack Shenker to explore the new politics: from grassroots trade unionism to migrant solidarity, and the gradual transformation of the Labour Party.

Tired of Being Ignored, Refugees in Calais Are Learning to Do Their Own Press

Refugees in northern France say too often western volunteers are asked to speak for them, or journalists push their own agenda. That’s if their situation is reported on at all. By mobilising and upskilling they hope to finally change this.

State Neglect and Police Violence: The Forgotten Refugee Crisis in Calais and Dunkirk

In northern France hundreds of refugees are being neglected by the state, abused by the police and exploited by smugglers. With large charities refusing to get involved and journalists staying away, grassroots groups are still trying to plug the aid gap. But volunteers say there is only so much they can do without adequate resources – and when the only real solutions are political.

The Global Refugee Crisis is at Our Shores, and We Need to Take It Seriously

As Sajid Javid calls migrants crossing the Channel a "major incident", it’s easy for the left to want to dismiss his reaction as hyperbolic. But with thousands risking death to reach Europe each year this clearly is a crisis-level situation, and we must be making bold arguments for how the global response should be reconfigured.

“Our queerness never dies”: The Battle Against Far-Right Violence in Greece

The murder of prominent LGBTQI+ activist Zak Kostopoulos in September has reignited fears that the battle against far-right violence is being lost. Alex King takes a look at what the response to recent murders in Greece can teach those confronting fascism across Europe.

Why Migrant and BAME Groups Are Protesting the IHRA’s Definition of Anti-Semitism

Over eighty groups representing migrants and BAME communities (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) have signed a letter urging Labour to not adopt the full IHRA definition of anti-semitism for fear it will silence critique of Israel.

The NHS Should Be for Everyone – And That Includes Migrants

On the 70th birthday of the NHS, Dr Joanna Dobbin argues the government’s quiet scrapping of visa restrictions for overseas doctors while denying free healthcare to patients from abroad shows how our health service is only international when it suits the Home Office.

Doctors Send Spoof ‘Go Home’ Van Around Westminster to Protest the Hostile Environment

Doctors, nurses and midwives gathered outside the home office to demonstrate against the Tories’ attempts to force NHS workers to carry out immigration enforcement duties, as part of an action by charity Doctors of the World, which helps migrants denied access to healthcare.

Yarl’s Wood Hunger Strike: 120 Detainees Refuse Food in Protest Against Home Office

Demands include an end to indefinite detention and charter flights, an amnesty for people who have been in the country for more than ten years and for those who arrived as children, decent food, better access to healthcare, and that LGBT asylum-seekers are believed and treated with respect.

Solidarity Can Melt Ice: Students and Migrants Occupy a French Château

As temperatures plummeted across France, students in Nantes occupied an art school to provide shelter for migrant rough-sleepers. The occupation moved to a university-owned château and has so far avoided eviction, despite threats.

Surround Yarl’s Wood: We Must Keep On Demanding an End to Immigration Detention

We went to the 12th surround Yarl's Wood demonstration outside the immigration removal centre in Bedfordshire. But despite a recent abuse scandal, an increase in detention deaths, and a charter flight the day before, the turnout was small and the mood different to past protests.

The Bitter Fruit of Andalucia

Visible from space, the vast concentration of plastic greenhouses in Almeria supply more than half of Europe’s fruit and vegetables. An economic boom in this previously poor region of Andalucia has come at the expense of the African migrants who work in these greenhouses, under slave-like conditions. Approximately 200 workers live there during peak season. […]

Sugar-Coating Fascism: Defend Europe and the Changing Face of the Far Right

Defend Europe may have failed in their attempt to obstruct migrant rescues in the Mediterranean last week, but their actions must be recognised as part of a dangerous shift in the far-right’s tactics.

3 Reasons to Retract Your Child’s Nationality Data From the School Census

Over the weekend, a number of adverts appeared at bus stops and on tube lines across London calling for a boycott of the school census. Here are three reasons to retract your child’s nationality data from the census by 18 May.

The Casey Review Into Integration is About Humiliating Migrants, Not Unifying Society

A government-backed review into how to fix a divided society recommends making immigrants swear an 'integration oath' and placing more focus on British history in schools. Enda O'Riordan argues that it is unclear how this is anything other than a show of force, designed to humiliate, and ultimately likely to alienate, ethnic minorities.

London Councils Are Failing Migrants Under Section 17

New information obtained through Freedom of Information requests by Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth reveals the devastating inadequacy of housing support provided by London councils, particularly for migrant families.

Calais Migrant Camp: The State So Far

Calais's migrant camp is under attack. The French and British states have been failing the people living there for years, so why is this happening now?