Hostile Environment

Opinion

‘Rwanda is just one part of the government’s latest attack on asylum seekers’

Bristol Refugee Rights outlines the stark impact of the Nationality and Borders Act on asylum seekers – from dodgy age assessments to going underground.

Tom Daly
Tom Daly (Bristol Refugee Rights)

City

Bristol rallies to save beloved Big Issue seller Jeff Knight

Priyanka Raval
Priyanka Raval

Reports

The council pledges to not cooperate with Home Office targeting of migrant rough sleepers

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Reports

Local politicians, unions and organisations reject Government’s new ‘anti-refugee’ immigration law

The mayor and dozens of other local voices have spoken out in an open letter against the proposed Nationality and Borders Bill.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn

Coronavirus in Bristol

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

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn
Immigration stops

Investigations

Revealed: Fresh concerns over potential racial profiling of British citizens by Home Office prompt renewed calls for change

Luke Butterly Adam Cantwell-Corn
Luke Butterly and 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

Reports

A morning with activists taking direct action against immigration enforcement

The group said the action was in response to the "institutional racism of the government's hostile environment policy".

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Ideas and Action

Ken Macharia not detained after asylum refusal

60 supporters accompanied him to his monthly check-in at Bridgewater police station.

Samar Khan

Investigations

Revealed: Evidence of racial profiling of thousands of British citizens by Home Office

MPs call for change as British citizens are being stopped in their thousands for immigration crimes, Cable investigation finds.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Adam Cantwell-Corn and Charles Boutaud

Bristol and Beyond

Every week in Patchway, dozens of people face the long arm of the hostile environment

At a drab police station on the outskirts of Bristol, people of all backgrounds face a routine of fear with some standing in solidarity by their side.

Adam Cantwell-Corn
Georgia Edwards and Adam Cantwell-Corn

Interviews

Person being escorted on to a uk border agency coach

Interview: Kingswood man facing controversial deportation

In the wake of the Windrush scandal, the deportation flight has been criticised by politicians and campaigners.

Joe Lo
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