Section: Immigration and asylum
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Revealed: asylum seekers placed in housing that poses ‘imminent safety risk’
Data from Home Office and local councils reveals dozens of critical hazards found in ‘dispersal housing’ that is run by private firms for profit
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Revealed: asylum seeker was stabbed 16 times in Home Office accommodation
Attack in 2023 followed alleged warnings about violent housemate, and is among cases where asylum seekers in ‘dispersal housing’ have come to harm
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Why Spain is legalising hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants
As much of Europe tightens immigration policy, Spain has opened a one-off regularisation scheme. Ahead of the 30 June application deadline, here’s who qualifies and how it works
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Hundreds of Bangladeshis left stranded by Italy visa fraud scheme
Workers paid thousands of euros for jobs that didn’t exist after obtaining visas linked to fake work contracts
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How Muslim professionals are reshaping a Swedish city
A mosque in Södertälje has grown from 100 to 300 families in a decade as skilled Muslim workers move to the Swedish city for jobs at companies like Scania and AstraZeneca
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18,000 Home Office immigration staff still haven’t done Windrush training
It is six years since the department accepted a recommendation from the Windrush Lessons Learned review that ‘all immigration officials’ be trained
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The Syrian refugees who changed Germany
In 2015, Germans opened their doors to a million Syrians fleeing civil war. We meet five who made a profound difference in the decade since
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How Europe failed Afghanistan’s women
When the Taliban retook Afghanistan, the EU promised to protect women. Four tell Hyphen of their experience trying to take up that offer
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Italy’s tough citizenship rules to remain after low referendum turnout
Italians Without Citizenship strikes defiant tone — but result is a blow to many Muslims in a country that does not recognise Islam
