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5 things you can do to fight back against the hostile environment

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 27 April 2018
Campaigns: Migration

The recent scandal around the Windrush generation has exposed the true extent of the inhumanity underpinning the government’s immigration policy. Under the government’s Hostile Environment policy, people living here a lifetime have been harassed, sacked, arrested and even deported. But as well as demanding justice for the Windrush generation, we need to go further. Here are some steps you can take to do so.

Another blow for May’s hostile environment for immigrants

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 20 February 2018
Campaigns: Migration

In the space of just two weeks, two separate parliamentary select committees have issued two damning blows to the government’s policy to create a ‘hostile environment’ for immigrants.

The Syria police scandal shows it’s time to reclaim aid from the private profiteers

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 4 December 2017
Campaigns: Aid

Today UK aid is on the front pages again for all the wrong reasons. As today’s headlines peddle yet another story of aid misused by private contractors, this time in […]

These schools wouldn’t be good enough for kids in the UK, so stop promoting them overseas

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 22 November 2017

“Unsanitary learning conditions”, “unqualified teachers”, “poor quality education”, “unaffordable”. These are just some of the damning terms used to describe schools across Africa run by Bridge International Academies, a private […]

The tabloids’ aggressive response to Stop Funding Hate’s Paperchase victory shows they’re feeling the heat

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 21 November 2017

The last few days have seen the question of advertising in the hate-filled right-wing media back in the news after a partnership between Paperchase and the Daily Mail on Saturday […]

Pushing private education across Africa is about profits, not meeting peoples needs

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 4 May 2017

No one is any denial that there are huge challenges in many African countries in providing access to education. The question then is about how best to meet that need. […]

The EU-Turkey refugee deal – one year on, and still a disaster

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 13 March 2017

While global attention has been paid to Trump’s Muslim-bans and Mexican border wall, the governments of the UK and EU have managed to pursue their own equally draconian migration policies. […]

Seven things the government did in 2016 to devastate the lives of migrants and refugees

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 2 December 2016

If there is one issue that defines 2016, it is the issue of immigration. This has been the year of the anti-migrant headline. We’ve been warned of “migrant invasions” and […]

No one is fooled! The private security trade fair disguised as a social justice forum

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 11 November 2016
Campaigns: Trade

Europe’s security industry is gathering in London for a two-day summit next week. The event, hosted at the Tower of London, is trying to use a guise of promoting progressive […]

Standing with 90,000 people against corporate power

By: Aisha Dodwell
Date: 13 October 2016

Today a petition from over 90,000 European citizens will be delivered to decision makers across the continent. These tens of thousands of signatures are demanding that EU leaders take part […]

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