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Exclusive: Tories secret plans to deport children (7 Aug 2010, #2213)
A leaked document, exclusively seen by Socialist Worker, shows the government is terrified that ending child detention will give refugees more chance to launch community anti-deportation campaigns, writes Ken Olende

Victory as journalist is released from detention (21 Aug 2010, #2215)
African journalist Charles Atangana has been released from detention in Britain in a major victory for refugee rights campaigners

Join the protest for NUJ's Charles Atangana (14 Aug 2010, #2214)
Charles Atangana, currently detained in Dover Immigration Removal Centre, has a bail hearing on Thursday this week

Campaign stops deportation of NUJ's Charles Atangana (7 Aug 2010, #2213)
Campaigners in Glasgow were relieved on Monday after Charles Atangana won a temporary halt to his forced deportation

Kurd kills himself over asylum case (7 Aug 2010, #2213)
An Iraqi Kurd jumped to his death in Nottingham after hearing that he had been denied legal aid to fight his asylum case

Ban on snap deportations (31 Jul 2010, #2212)
Fast-track deportation of people refused permission to stay in Britain has been ruled unlawful by the High Court

Another attack on immigrants (3 Jul 2010, #2208)
Home secretary Theresa May has brought in an immediate cap on the number of workers able to enter Britain - and suggested that in future employers might have to get private health insurance for migrant workers

Britain is a nation of migrants (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
Our rulers have always tried to sow divisions among workers but there is a powerful history of class solidarity, writes Gary McFarlane

New report shows knowing immigrants lowers vote for BNP (24 Apr 2010, #2198)
“Living alongside migrants makes people less attracted to the BNP,” concludes a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research

Protests after deaths of Glasgow asylum seekers (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
Some 80 people demonstrated outside the UK Border Agency offices in Govan, Glasgow, yesterday after the deaths of three asylum seekers on Sunday

Immigration - the myths being spread to divide us (27 Feb 2010, #2190)
Ken Olende takes on the hysteria in the press and puts the case for working class unity

Is immigration destroying "British culture"? (13 Mar 2010, #2192)
Everything is changing

Do migrant workers drive down wages? (6 Mar 2010, #2191)
For many people it is common sense that migrant workers drive down wages

Unpicking the myths about immigration (14 Nov 2009, #2177)
Socialist Worker answers some of the questions people have about the issue

How media is distorting the facts about birth rates and immigration (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
New population statistics caused quite a stir in the press recently

The ‘cleansing’ of Calais (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Simon Assaf and Guy Smallman spoke to those left destitute as bulldozers demolished the ‘jungle’ refugee camp

Iranian refugees in Calais: ‘The Basij crushed my fingers’ (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
One activist agreed to take us to a secret location near Calais university, where a group of Iranian students were hiding

Refugee from Darfur: ‘I’m not coming for work but running from fear’ (3 Oct 2009, #2171)
Abu Jabr is not someone you would normally find among the Calais asylum seekers

Ten myths about immigration (12 Sep 2009, #2168)
Radical geographer Danny Dorling debunks the notion that migrants are a strain on the country’s resources

French authorities dismantle Calais refugee camp (26 Sep 2009, #2170)
French police took apart the refugee camp known as “the jungle”, outside Calais this week

Soas: Did bosses target their cleaners for deportation? (20 Jun 2009, #2156)
Were bosses of one of the most multicultural colleges in London complicit in an immigration raid that led to cleaners being deported to a country under a brutal regime?

Migrant workers: ‘We deserve to be treated like human beings’ (6 Sep 2008, #2117)
Simon Basketter traces the links between migration, exploitation and resistance

Playing the numbers game with immigration (13 Sep 2008, #2118)
“I’ll swap you one pensioner retiring to the Costa del Sol for one midwife from Nigeria

Unions need to build among migrant workers (2 Aug 2008, #2112)
To read the newspapers you would think that migrant workers were a new phenomenon – and a problematic one at that

Kenyan asylum seeker: ‘I fear for my life if I am deported’ (20 Dec 2008, #2132)
An asylum seeker living in Manchester, spoke to Ken Olende - his story shows the inhumane and illogical nature of the British government’s treatment of refugees

Rowntree report shows ‘Immigration is not the problem’ (26 Jul 2008, #2111)
Many people in Britain value the cultural diversity that immigration brings, according to a new report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation that disputes many assumptions that underlie recent government policy over immigration

Why we should defend migrant workers (5 Jul 2008, #2108)
Anindya Bhattacharyya challenges the media's myths and scare stories about immigrants

Migrant workers: why were two tube cleaners deported? (23 Aug 2008, #2115)
Thursday 3 July was no ordinary day for the mainly migrant workers at the contractors that supply cleaning services to London Underground

Report shows benefits of immigration into Britain (27 Oct 2007, #2074)
The right wing consensus that immigration leads to job losses and lower wages took a blow last week from a home office report

The economic roots of mass migration (10 Nov 2007, #2076)
In the first part of our series on immigration, Ken Olende looks at the dilemma immigration poses to capital

Welcoming migrants: Poles in 1940s Britain (17 Nov 2007, #2077)
In the second part of our series on immigration, Ken Olende looks at why the government had a contradictory policy after the Second World War

How Southall’s Asians fought against racism (24 Nov 2007, #2078)
In the last part of our series Ken Olende looks at the struggle of new immigrants to establish themselves

Migrants and wages (11 Nov 2006, #2026)
Simon Basketter debunks the myth that immigrants drive down workers’ wages, and outlines the socialist tradition of fighting for unity against racism and capitalism

Yarl’s Wood: asylum seekers are victims of the British authorities (14 Oct 2006, #2022)
A new inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers at Yarl’s Wood detention centre shows the effects of the government’s policies, writes Kelly Hilditch

Morrissey: sound and fury over immigration (8 Dec 2007, #2080)
Mark Brown considers the political contradictions of the controversial rock star

Exploding the myths of ‘segregated Britain’ (19 Nov 2005, #1977)
Far from heading towards deeper segregation, Britain is becoming increasingly racially and ethnically mixed, according to a new study released this week

The politics of migration (2 Sep 2006, #2016)
Our rulers see foreign workers as both a target for racist scapegoating, and as a source of cheap labour and easy profits, writes Ed Mynott

The Latino civil rights movement (13 May 2006, #2000)
Alessandra Moctezuma reports from California on the monster May Day demonstrations of immigrant workers across the US – and traces the rise of a ‘movement in the making’

Why does Labour give in to the racists? (8 May 2004, #1900)
Respect candidate for London and campaigning journalist Paul Foot investigates whether previous Labour governments were any better than Tony Blair's

Racist myths behind anti-immigrant scaremongering (27 May 2006, #2002)
Mark Brown looks behind the media's racist spin on immigration and asks why New Labour is joining in with the scapegoating

Polish migrants and unemployment (26 Aug 2006, #2015)
Alex Callincos unravels the myths about immigrant workers

Polish strawberry pickers strike in Hertfordshire (22 Jul 2006, #2010)
Some 500 Polish migrant workers protested against exploitation outside the S&A strawberry farm in Leominster, Herefordshire, on Monday of this week

Amnesty for “illegal immigrants”: freedom or trap? (1 Jul 2006, #2007)
Calls to free “illegal immigrants” from deportation threats seem attractive, but the reality should make us wary, writes Teresa Hayter

Organising among the abused and exploited (14 Jan 2006, #1983)
The plight of migrant workers, who perform essential work in Britain, but who are treated like second class citizens, could get even worse if the Bolkestein Directive is introduced

A community rallies to stop deportations (30 Jul 2005, #1961)
The government wants to send members of the Sajid family back to Pakistan

Don't fall for myths about migrants (10 Apr 2004, #1896)
Dean Ryan, Respect candidate for the London Assembly in the North East London constituency, argues why everyone should oppose the witch-hunt against immigrants

Another bogus health and immigration story from the Daily Mail (26 Feb 2005, #1940)
Amid the mounting press hysteria over asylum seekers and the NHS, GPs Gerard Reissmann and Ron Singer set the record straight

Freedom to spread hate? (11 Feb 2006, #1987)
The furore over the Danish cartoons shows the growth of Islamophobia, writes Alex Callinicos

Home Office report trashes Labour's lies (10 Aug 2002, #1812)
THE KEY myths about refugees in Britain have been trashed in a recent report that was commissioned by the Home Office

Some things we can learn from America (9 Aug 2003, #1863)
COLIN BARKER celebrates societies built by immigration

Is this sick enough for you, Mr Blunkett? (8 May 2004, #1900)
AFTER BOARDING a Lithuania Airlines aircraft to photograph celebrations marking the country's entry into the European Union (EU), I was absolutely appalled to find three Lithuanian women being deported in shackles

Policy to divide and then to exploit (28 Feb 2004, #1890)
A GRUBBY row has broken out among government ministers over immigrant labour from the Eastern European states that are set to join the European Union (EU) in May

A race to the bottom (7 Jan 2006, #1982)
Neo-liberal elites rely on racism to divide workers, argue Kerri Parke and Kevin Ovenden

New unity in the campaign against racist deportations (26 Nov 2005, #1978)
The campaign in Glasgow to defend refugees has helped bring refugees and people living on the housing estates, together and stopped a number of people from being deported

Home Office report trashes Labour's lies (10 Aug 2002, #1812)
THE KEY myths about refugees in Britain have been trashed in a recent report that was commissioned by the Home Office

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