Lawyer’s tweets as another Jamaican deportation flight looms
Public law solicitor Maria Thomas took to Twitter as the British government plans to deport more people to Jamaica: Here we go…
Tag: Hostile Environment
Glasgow says ‘No Pasaran’ to the Hostile Environment
by Robina Qureshi, Director Positive Action in Housing Glaswegians are in a jubilant mood after hundreds of protesters successfully resisted the UK Border Agency’s attempts to remove two asylum…
The heartaches of UK spousal visas
After the news that the wife of British wrestling champion Muhammad Mokaev was twice refused the UK visiting visa, many on Twitter have shared their experience with the Home Office’s inhumane policies. Cryton Chikoko writes about the heartaches and burden on migrant communities by UK spousal visa policies.
Mandatory Self-isolation Law Overlooks Vulnerable Migrants
If we are to eradicate all hiding places for the virus, the government has to be bold and dismantle the hostile environment brick-by-brick…
May Immigration Policy be Sensible and Sensitive: An Interview with The Frustrated Immigrant
In July 2020, The BaRE UK spoke to “The Frustrated Immigrant”. The Frustrated Immigrant arrived in the UK in 2013 with her husband, 2 kids, dog and horse. She came to the UK on a Tier 1 entrepreneur visa. In the interview, she speaks of her struggles with her first visa agent, her experience of the “hostile environment”, her views on the shortcomings of the current immigration system and what she would change about it.
An Open Letter to UK Home Office on Boat Crossings
by Trainee Immigration Solicitor Caitlin Alexander Dear Home Office, I refer to your video posted on Twitter last week with the caption: “Small…
Invisibility and Silence: Hate Crime Against East/ Southeast Asian Migrants in the UK
In order to create a safe society for all, my community and I have a role to play – in support and solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement – we must become more vocal about our experiences to bring diverse narratives of racism that are not much spoken out about, writes Mariko Hayashi
Ethnic Minorities are Disproportionately Dying in the Pandemic. The UK Home Office Must Take Some Blame.
There are thousands of migrants in the UK whose daily lives have been systematically ruined by cruel visa decisions and inhumane policies of the Home Office and the virus is just taking advantage of the vulnerabilities perpetuated by the state , writes Cryton Chikoko.
How do you prove to the Home Office something you’ve spent your life trying to hide?
By Caitlin Alexander There is also the western assumption that being gay or bisexual is only convincing when you have a same-sex partner….