Section: Immigration and asylum
Latest articles
-
Left in limbo, displaced Gazans rely on volunteer counsellors for support
In Egypt, the only mental health support for Palestinians comes from an informal network of international counsellors and therapists — despite the severity of the trauma
-
‘Where should I go?’: staff at London’s Afghan embassy face uncertain future as it shuts its doors
Diplomats and consular staff must apply for asylum or risk their lives returning to Afghanistan, while Afghans in the UK could be left without passports and other documents when mission shuts on Thursday
-
Revealed: Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and Ukraine faced homelessness in UK last year
Afghan photographer who fled the Taliban was among those left with nowhere to stay after being kicked out of hotel accommodation
All articles
-
Ten years after the UK welcomed Syrian refugees, what happened to those who came?
To mark World Refugee Day, 20 June, three people resettled by the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme tell Hyphen how their new lives turned out
-
Safe but not secure: the Palestinian refugees facing an uncertain future in France
Since 7 October, France has facilitated the evacuation of 260 Palestinians from Gaza. Unlike the 70,000 Ukrainians it accepted in 2022, they can remain only if they agree not to return to Palestine
-
‘I’m starving, I’m scared’: the refugees forced from asylum hotels onto the streets
The government’s drive to ‘clear the backlog’ left thousands of vulnerable people homeless. Six months after the policy was reversed, little has changed.
-
‘Will my family still be alive when I wake up?’
Palestinians in the UK are calling for a way for loved ones in Gaza to join them here, as Afghans and Ukrainians have done
-
Germany’s new citizenship laws and the Muslim lives they will change
Legislation coming into effect this June will allow non-EU migrants to become citizens without relinquishing their birth nationality
-
On board Life Support, an NGO ship fighting to save migrants in the Mediterranean
Thousands of lives are lost here every year, and NGOs say the situation has worsened since Italy passed legislation that makes rescues more difficult
