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A destroyed car sits on a now barren road. Photo credits: Mehdi Shojaeian/Wikimedia Commons

Lebanon after the Beirut Explosion

n the early days of August 2020, after years of improper fertiliser storage, Warehouse 12 in Lebanon’s port of Beirut exploded. Over two years later, the aftermath of that fateful August day remains remembered in the hearts and minds of people everywhere.

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Read more about the article The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis & the UK: Another Reminder of Britain’s Long-Standing Inhumane Treatment of Asylum Seekers
Members of a Ukrainian family wait for paperwork to be completed at the ferry terminal in Calais, France CREDIT: PA MEDIA

The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis & the UK: Another Reminder of Britain’s Long-Standing Inhumane Treatment of Asylum Seekers

Olusegun Akinfenwa writes for London Immigration Lawyers and Immigration Advice Service, UK-based law firms offering global immigration services and legal representation for refugees and asylum seekers. You can find Olusegun…

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Our Response to the UK Government’s Proposed Asylum Reforms

Last week, Home Secretary Priti Patel announced reforms to the UK asylum system, which she called “the most significant overhaul in decades”. Under the new reforms, asylum claims will be judged not only on the danger an asylum seeker faces in their home country, but on how they arrived in Britain. We at Migrateful are taking a stand against such inhuman reforms.

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Racial Discrimination Targeting Migrants in the UK

It is the UN Week in Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination. Here at Migrateful, many of our chefs are directly impacted by the discriminatory immigration policies in the UK, otherwise known as The Hostile Environment. We wish to take this opportunity to share some of the racialised consequences that have resulted from these policies.

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