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Far from the four-star treatment some critics claim people are receiving, the reality is appalling

Systemic racism in the asylum housing system

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Patel: Responded to deaths by placing blame exclusively with illegal smugglers

Priti Patel: How many lives will it take before you change course?

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Protests at Sydney Town Hall against the detention of asylum seeker children to the offshore processing centres of Manus Island and Nauru in 2016.

Australia dishonoured itself by offshoring asylum – now Britain looks set to do the same

The Australian approach did incalculable damage to its international standing. And yet Britain still intends to emulate it.

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Refugees and migrants wait to board buses after their arrival at the port of Lavrio, south of Athens. Countries across Europe are adopting draconian measures towards asylum seeker.

Week in Review: Brain-dead and heartless response to asylum boats sums up No.10

These proposals are not just stupid, they are morally illiterate.

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A young girl from Syria, who is on the run with her family, looks out of a tent in the Turkish border town of Edirne, near the Pazarkule-Kastanies border crossing, last spring.

Europe is illegally forcing refugees away from its borders

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A young child is rescued from a boat by the crew of the Alan Kurdi rescue ship, operated by German charity Sea-Eye, in December last year.

Five years later: How we forgot the lesson of Alan Kurdi

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Farage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland, US. The former MEP acts as a transmission agent for nationalism.

The refugee crisis is fake. The culture war isn’t.

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Surviving on £5.39: Home Office maintains punishing asylum conditions even under covid

Surviving on £5.39: Home Office maintains punishing asylum conditions even under covid

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Covid in the camps: Refugees need urgent help

Covid in the camps: Refugees need urgent help

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Displaced: Vulnerable in Europe left behind in covid response

Coronavirus: Displaced people are being left without help

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Isolated: UK policy prevents family reunification

Govt blocks refugee children being reunited with parents

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Govt U-turns on no-deal threat to refugee service funding

Govt backs down over no-deal Brexit refugee funding betrayal

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Refugee fund in the balance after no-deal announcement

Govt no-deal announcement cuts vital services for refugees

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Priti Patel leaves Downing Street after being made home secretary

Beyond the boats: Britain’s asylum system needs fixing now

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Members of the Kent Anti-Racism Network hold a vigil in Ramsgate to welcome refugees.

Dead trying to reach Britain: Legal routes would prevent tragedy on the Channel

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Priti Patel starts a police recruitment drive after being made home secretary.

Priti Patel appointment sends message of intolerance

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'Major incident': The trickle of boats triggered an overblown political response

All at sea: An open letter to Sajid Javid

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Hiding the shame: 2019 is going to get a lot worse before it gets better

Week in Review: 2019 is the year of the laughing stock

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A Rohingya refugee cuddles her children in the camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Copyright: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Abused and forgotten: Time for UK govt to fight for the Rohingya

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