The woman, who was trying to make the trip from Africa, was found lying next to two bodies and ‘in a bad state’, officials sayAbout 40 migrants are feared dead after rescuers recovered a lone woman clinging to an overturned dinghy that had been carryin…
Patel hints Afghans crossing Channel will be treated same as other migrants
Comments come as officials confirm visa requirements will be waived for some Afghan citizens ‘on compelling and compassionate grounds’Afghans seeking refuge in the UK who arrive on small boats from across the Channel will be treated the same as any oth…
600 UK churches sign up to welcome Christian arrivals from Hong Kong
We must not repeat the mistakes of the Windrush era, say clergyThe Church of England must not repeat its lack of welcome to the Windrush generation when thousands of Hong Kong Chinese people move to the UK in what could be the largest planned migration…
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route
Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never arrive At 6.30am on Friday 28 May, three fishermen at work four miles off the southern coast of Tobago …
Fleeing the Taliban: Afghans met with rising anti-refugee hostility in Turkey
As violence causes a fresh wave of desperate journeys, populist politicians claim their country has become a ‘dumping ground’It was a journey that had taken weeks, and there were times when the 65-year-old Afghan widow, who walks with the aid of a stic…
I visited the migrant detention centre in Dover. What I saw was unacceptable | Diane Abbott
At the holding facility for those who have crossed the Channel, I saw scores of vulnerable people being held in one small roomMigrants trying to enter the UK by crossing the Channel in small boats have created a huge political furore. To hear governmen…
Composer-pianist Max Richter: ‘Creativity is activism’
The German-British composer explains why his new album, Exiles, addresses the refugee crisis – and is played by an orchestra who break all the rules When Max Richter sat down to compose a new ballet score in 2015 he knew what he wanted to say. In April…
The Guardian view on Fortress Europe: a continent losing its moral compass
The increasingly draconian approach to irregular migration betrays the spirit of the 1951 refugee conventionSeventy years ago, the 1951 UN refugee convention established the rights of refugees to seek sanctuary, and the obligations of states to protect…