Immigration
The opera shining a spotlight on Trump’s travel ban
Centre stage politics — After being banned from entering the US, British-Iranian composer Soosan Lolavar is taking on immigration, borders and racism with her new show ID, Please.
Written by: Briony Cartmell
A young mother commutes from Mexico to the US
Huck Film: Mitad Y Mitad — Karla Nutter commutes every day from Juárez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas, straddling a line that her husband is barred from crossing. Her story is shared in Mitad Y Mitad (Half and Half), an original Huck film.
Written by: Andrea Kurland
The young filmmakers showing a personal side of immigration
The Shortest Nights — In Tough, Journey of a Stateless Man and Calling Home, promising young filmmakers show three different sides of immigration – ranging from a mother-daughter conversation to the experience of being stripped of your identity.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Could immigration detention centres in Britain finally be shut down for good?
Brick by brick, wall by wall — Up to a thousand protestors descended on Yarl's Wood Detention Centre on Saturday to demand the closure of prisons that lock up asylum seekers indefinitely. The calls are growing louder, could their demands soon become a reality?
Written by: Michael Segalov
Cyclists surround immigration removal vans to stop racist raids
On yer bike! — Border enforcement raids have become a regular fixture in Britain, taking to your bike to provide an alternative escort is just one effective way of protecting our communities.
Written by: Briony Cartmell
The travel guide for undocumented immigrants trying to enter the USA
A different type of travel guide — Cuban photojournalist Lisette Poole spent 48 days documenting the journey of two Cuban women migrating to the United States. Now, Marta and Liset's story of resilience becomes an unlikely travel guide.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Inside the unlikely hip hop scene taking root in Italy
Brothers in the barrios — On the outskirts of Milan, a divided city rife with tension, photographer Roberto Ramirez has uncovered a stigmatised community bonding over the power of rap.
Written by: Cian Traynor
No Jeremy Corbyn, Labour must not become UKIP-lite
From Where I Stand — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn today attempted to attack the government's Brexit plans, but it looks as if he missed, hitting EU migrants instead. There's no space for vague language when the security and safety of so many people living in Britain hangs in the balance, argues Wail Qasim.
Written by: Wail Qasim
Twenty-one non-white writers on life in Britain today
The Good Immigrant — What is it really like to be a person of colour living in modern Britain? Twenty-one writers discuss this reality, and share what it means to them in a new crowdfunded anthology fittingly titled The Good Immigrant.
Written by: Tenelle Ottley-Matthew
The poet and the photographer who discovered Brexit Britain in 2006
Destroying the Laboratory — Magnum photographer Mark Power collaborated with poet Daniel Cockrill to document the rise in English nationalism in between 2006 and 2010. With hindsight, the project appears like an eerie map of Brexit Britain.
Written by: Alex King