Immigration

Be confident that a new age of Enlightenment is possible

The principles that opened the door to modernity were great in 1784 and remain great in 2025

If Farage starts deporting ‘illegals’, ‘legals’ better watch out

In a climate of fear, everyone is at risk of mistreatment – just look at the States

Can’t stay, can’t return: thousands of Afghans stuck in limbo in the UK

As Home Office asylum refusals rise, Britain’s lack of diplomatic relations with the Taliban puts the would-be refugees in a catch-22 situation

Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual violence debate

Women’s Safety Initiative harnesses myth of evil migrant man in narrative that bolsters far right

Lucy Connolly is no hero, but her words shouldn’t be a crime

Lionising a woman who stirred up racial hatred is a moral failure of the right

How Epping lit the fuse on migrant hotels crisis

Nationwide protests fizzle out after few answer the call in the wake of legal ruling

Take tougher line on asylum human rights, judges told

Ministers will set out guidance on how judges use Article 8, which protects the right to family life

The Epping injunction is a gift to Labour’s opponents

An asylum hotel ban may not be replicated elsewhere. It’s still bad news

Mass deportations force Afghans into the arms of the Taliban

Millions have settled in Pakistan and Iran over the past 50 years. Now they are being sent back

The never-ending fear that haunts Jersey’s troubled migrant workers

Synonymous with affluence, the Channel Island has rules that critics say legitimise a form of modern servitude

Arrests made in clashes outside London asylum hotel

The Met said they made nine arrests during protests in Islington, while similar anti-migrant demonstrations were held across the country

The Observer view: digital ID cards a useful policy tool

Britons want Labour to stop the small boat crossings, and digital identification could be the answer

Demonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling populations

‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing

Immigration now trumps economy for UK voters

As fears grow of a backlash against asylum seekers and a summer of disorder, polling shows a change in people’s priorities

‘Why I left my family home in Alum Rock behind’

Writer Kasim Ali is one of the few members of the community he grew up with in Birmingham’s Alum Rock to have left – and his family can’t understand why. He attempts to explain

He says he swam all the way to Jersey – now he’s high and dry in jail

David Law is due for deportation for illegal entry to the island, but no one knows where to deport him to

The long walk to freedom

Pious Keku escaped forced labour in Ghana and human traffickers in the UK only to spend the next three years in detention

Ali Smith: ‘Refugee Tales is a small bright spot in dark times’

In 2015 the novelist Ali Smith was invited to tell the story of a former detainee. Ten years on, she explains why the project is more necessary than ever