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Philip Hammond's recent remarks on the situation at Calais are reckless and they are shameful, but sadly they're also all too familiar. Once again, a senior minister is cranking up the rhetoric and stoking up anxiety, careless - or...
David Cameron tells the UK : 'Our migrant communities are a fundamental part of who we are and Britain is a far richer and stronger society because of them.' Yes, Prime Minister! How right you are. I couldn’t agree more with you that...
Ibrahim was born in the 1980s in 'The Field' – the part of Eritrea that had been 'liberated' by those fighting for the independence of the country, from the murderous regime of Mengistu Hailemariam, dictator of Ethiopia. Many young...
'We are afraid. We are afraid that the abduction that happened to our parents might also happen to us.' Ipe Soco Ipe Soco's mother and grandfather were abducted from the car they were travelling in in 2006. They have been missing ever...
The situation at Calais is far from new. Calais has long been a place to which refugees and other migrants have come in the hope of getting to the UK. In 2002, it was mostly Iraqis and Afghans. Now there appears to be a wider range of...