Immigration and asylum

"I think it's quite good not to sweep it under the carpet," he said. According to Bond there's no duty for writers to explore difficult subjects, but authors should be "aware of them, and aware that life isn't easy for someone who's left their country and can't go back". … [Read more...] about Paddington Bear faces questions on asylum status

Speaking from the balcony in SW1, Assange claimed that the Met had come close to storming the embassy late last Wednesday. Britain sent a letter to Ecuador last week stating that it believes it is entitled to arrest Assange inside the building under the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987. The claim has enraged the government in Quito, which says the 1961 Vienna convention protects its – and others' – diplomatic territory. … [Read more...] about Julian Assange takes aim at US as diplomatic row deepens

The leaked minutes of the G20 meeting also revealed Mr Erdogan mocked the European leaders. ‘So how will you deal with refugees if you don’t get a deal?,’ he said, asking rhetorically if Europe will ‘kill the refugees’ if it does not get its way. … [Read more...] about Our ships in the Med will take migrants BACK to Turkey, says Fallon: Defence Secretary escalates response to the crisis

Yet the undeniable truth, the sad, sick, unvarnished truth, is that migration is off the media’s central agenda for two reasons. Firstly, it is no longer a political issue. With the pro-Brexit vote having been achieved, there is no need to keep on injecting the same poison into public debate. Job done. … [Read more...] about Migrants are off the agenda for the UK press, but the damage is done