Is there a different way to fix the small boats crisis? As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomes The Guardian - UK · Oct 11
Reform government would prosecute refugee charity workers for ‘helping illegal migrants’ Care4Calais warned the announcement ‘serves only to encourage escalating intimidation’ against frontline charity workers The Independent UK · Sep 25
‘Mega dinghy’ carrying record number of migrants crosses the English Channel Refugee charity Care4Calais warned that the Channel crossing route is becoming ‘more and more dangerous’ The Independent UK · Jul 24
The EU's words on World Refugee Day shows its contradiction WHEN I read the European Commission’s statement ahead of World Refugee Day, something felt off The National (Scotland) · Jun 21
‘You’re not welcome in our country’: The far-right agitators travelling to Calais to abuse small-boat migrants SPECIAL REPORT : Anti-migrant activists are increasingly making trips to northern France to harass migrants and charity workers. Holly Bancroft examines this disturbing new trend The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025
Public and politicians left in dark about true impact of migration on Britain because of gaps in data, report finds The government does not know how many people are in the country unauthorised - with policymakers unable to make informed choices about asylum claims and ECHR, experts warn The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2025
France to approve new plans to halt small boats crossing the Channel Keir Starmer has urged French authorities to intervene before asylum seekers board vessels heading for the UK The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025
More than 150 lawyers and refugee NGOs report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters At least two groups supporting UK asylum seekers have closed their offices after credible threats to their safety The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Home Office bans asylum seekers from buying luxury goods and services Purchase of snowmobiles, timeshares and furs prohibited, despite asylum seekers receiving only £9.95 a week The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2025
Women working for refugee charities facing ‘disgusting’ sexual comments from far-right agitators Charities have warned staff not to wear lanyards and ID badges, and have had to provide workers with additional security The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
Mixed reaction to Starmer’s migrant deal as charities add to calls for clarity Some welcome a plan for a legal route to the UK but others worry about how people will be selected for deportation The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2025
Dinghies at dawn and a determination to arrive: on the French coast waiting to cross to UK Around Gravelines and Dunkirk there is danger, profound squalor and a human spirit that overpowers the politics The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2025
French plans to stop small boats will lead to more deaths, says charity French charity to challenge new Channel migrant interception plans in European courts The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025 UK taxpayers face extra costs as France plans Channel small boat interceptions French government braces for legal challenges to new tactics, involving extra police, boats and drones
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2025 Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024
The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2025 Migrants unlawfully housed at government’s flagship asylum site Wethersfield Refugee charity Care4Calais calls for RAF Wethersfield to be shut down
The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2025 Refugees ‘at risk of destitution’ and struggling to access services after eVisa switch, charities warn Exclusive: One Sudanese refugee is facing eviction from Home Office accommodation but has no eVisa to prove his immigration status
The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2024 Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils Exclusive: ‘Frightening acceleration’ of refugee homelessness in some parts of the country, figures reveal
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024 ‘We can live or die, but we are going to the UK’: the Calais refugees clinging desperately to a dream Seventy-five people have died or gone missing trying to cross the Channel in small boats this year. What keeps them coming, despite the ever harsher attempts to deter them?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024 ‘Inhumane’ treatment of migrants rounded up in UK’s failed Rwanda plan revealed Testimonies from Home Office and security staff show repeated use of force on distressed detainees
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26, 2024 Urgent protections needed for asylum seekers in hotels, say refugee groups Exclusive: Post-riots letter urges Home Office to ensure evacuation protocols are clear, and to house people in communities instead
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2024 ‘Some threatened to kill us’: asylum seekers left fearful by far-right mobs Extremists have targeted their hotels since 2020, but the recent escalation in violence means few feel safe
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024 Life inside Essex’s ‘prison-like’ asylum seeker site Wethersfield Exclusive: Residents at the Wethersfield asylum site in Essex speak to Holly Bancroft about the mental health crisis unfolding inside
The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024 ‘I will kill myself on arrival’: Syrian asylum seeker fears Rwanda will not be safe Khaled is waiting to be deported from the Colnbrook centre where, he says, many are struggling to cope with what lies ahead