Why some refugees appear to be more welcome than others
Are some refugees more welcome than others? It has not been long since a great many people, not least the British government, seemed perfectly happy to allow refugees fleeing war…
Why people believe right wing propaganda
In his book, Drums in the distance – journeys into the global far right, Joe Mulhall describes his experiences of far right movements around the world. He watches these movements, often from the…
No Room At The Inn
No Room At The Inn, a poem by Tanweer Dar Between the bombs and the bullets The endless misery and despair Brought by foreign hands To these forsaken lands And…
Citizens and refugees targeted in new Bill
Refugees trying to reach the UK will face increasing hardship and dangers under Nationality and Borders Bill, while UK citizens may also lose rights
Whistleblower: UK Failure In Afghanistan
A Whistleblower has revealed a level of UK failure in Afghanistan that far exceeds anything we suspected as we watched in horror as desperate people scrambled for safety at Kabul…
At least 31 refugees drown in ‘open sky graveyard’
Update: French officials have now updated their figures to suggest that 27 people have drowned. Yesterday at least 31 refugees drowned in the Channel while trying to cross from France…
Student Angels save refugees
At 5.30 pm one August, as they do every day 365 days a year, a team of Lighthouse Relief Volunteers monitoring the Aegean sea from a look-out point on the…
Reasons to be optimistic Part 2
In the UK and around the world we have seen a lot of change over the last two years. Many of the changes we have experienced have been negative. Not…
Afghanistan Betrayed: after the shame the blame game begins
Afghanistan was betrayed by Britain and the USA because they knew their withdrawal would hand it back to the Taliban. And now, to hide their shame, the blame game has…