Articles
Holly Barrow
Content Writer
United Kingdom
English lit graduate writing on politics & culture
United Kingdom
English lit graduate writing on politics & culture
Articles
Over the course of the past year, it has become increasingly clear that the British public faces more than a health crisis. Through the enforcement of lockdown measures, the government has attempted to police its way out of the pandemic, granting sweeping powers to officers under the Coronavirus Act 2020.
While almost everyone has been affected in some way by this vicious disease, it would be untrue and unfair to suggest that we have all weathered the same storm. For those with disabilities and underlying health conditions, the pandemic has regrettably reinforced and exacerbated long standing issues.
At a time when people's right to protest is being challenged, we've a fascinating read from Holly Barrow, Political Correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service, exploring the use of surveillance to suppress dissent.
We are delighted to have Holly Barrow, a political correspondent from the Immigration Advice Service, write this guest blog for our website. This is a topic close to our hearts as we witness this first-hand with the clients we support.
While climate-induced displacement is no new phenomenon, we are currently witnessing the critical role it plays in migration. Thousands of homes in Australia have been ravaged by bushfires, with residents forced to evacuate as a result. Unprecedented temperature highs have led to an overwhelming increase in heatwaves and droughts, preceding the tragedy we see today.
With the majority of British people in favour of reducing immigration to the UK, and a government largely following punitive policies that lead to detention for ayslum seekers, is it any wonder that the UK is ranked as one of the worst countries for those looking for shelter.
Upon its closure in 1972, Wards Corner - an Edwardian department store building in Tottenham, North London - was transformed into a bustling market led by local Latin American migrants. Since then, it has become warmly referred to as Pueblito Paisa - or Latin Village - and described as the core of the UK's Latin ...
"We will send you back" was the threat dominating headlines in August after the current Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, promised that the UK would refuse entry to migrants making the treacherous journey across the Channel. Such callousness comes as a result of the Calais crisis being hurled into the spotlight once again, prompting allusions to ...
In his poignant and strikingly insightful novel of 1956, The Lonely Londoners, Samuel Selvon shapes his narrative through the eyes of Caribbean migrants (now commonly referred to as the Windrush generation) upon their arrival to London post-World War II.
Three years have passed since the referendum that brought about Britain's imminent departure from the European Union. Predictions on trade, employment and business continue to dominate the Brexit narrative. But a factor often overlooked is the threat to human rights legislation, and particularly LGBTQ rights.