asylum seekers

Hope Is Around The Corner

If you terrorise children, we have nothing in common

Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side

Nikesh Shukla
Nikesh Shukla

Voices

Illustration of a family sitting on a bed in a hotel room, with protesters outside the window.

At home with refugees

Mike Jempson
Mike Jempson

Edition 41

Bristol: City of Sanctuary?

Colin Thomas

Edition 41

Refugee Women of Bristol: Bridging Cultures

Susannah Eley works with Citizens Advice and has come to know the women of Refugee Women of Bristol. Here, she reflects on what the charity means to them: the community they’ve built, and their strength in the face of a hostile immigration system

Susannah Eley
A wooden sign reading welcome in English and other languages hanging on a brick wall.

Edition 41

Easton Family Christian Centre: A sacred space reimagined

Begonya Miranda
Begonya Miranda

Voices

‘I didn’t come to the UK for some dream – leaving my country became the only option left’

Shakuntala Sumanasekera

Reports

‘I’m not taking any more asylum seekers’: Stagecoach ‘urgently’ investigating discrimination claims

Asylum seekers who are being temporarily housed at a remote Holiday Inn near Bristol Airport have complained of racial discrimination at the hands of bus drivers on the one route connecting them to the city.

Joe Skirkowski

Edition 29

The budget hotels where asylum seekers live in limbo

Bahara is one of hundreds of asylum seekers who live in small rooms in budget hotels on the edge of Bristol. She has no money and no idea when she will be moved, or where she will be sent.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Coronavirus in Bristol

Bristol council and organisations demand equal vaccine access and end to healthcare ‘hostile environment’ for migrants

The national campaign says a recent government announcement isn't enough to protect individuals and help the wider effort to tackle coronavirus.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Features

Lockdown gave a safety net for Bristol’s hidden homeless… But many remain on the street this time round

Bristol's response to the Everyone In scheme offered a lifeline to people with no recourse to public funds (NRPF), but those who have become homeless since the first lockdown haven't had the safety net this time around, despite calls from homelessness charities to provide for rough sleepers.

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Voices

Bristol Free Voice: A refugee media project

Tired of the misrepresentation of refugees and asylum seekers in the media, Bristol Free Voice is tackling the issue head on. Founded earlier this year,...

Josie Thum

Reports

“Justifiable” discrimination: 500% fee increase for asylum appeals

“A Dafuri man claiming asylum has been trying for two years to bring his wife here. If he can’t afford to even go to court and appeal...

Koel Mukherjee
Koel Mukherjee
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