This year, more than ten pupils at Surrey Square Primary School are in the process of acquiring British nationality, an expensive and difficult process. Seeing the strain this puts on families, the school and its community have started speaking out about the high price of citizenship and other severe British immigration policies.
When Wilson Mukerjee, his wife Ruth and his son Charles reported to the British Home Office on April 4, they thought it was for a routine check-in. In fact, it was the beginning of a nightmare for this family, who are all asylum seekers from Pakistan.
Asylum Link Merseyside is a charity in Liverpool, England, that helps migrants, asylum seekers and refugees navigate life in the United Kingdom. It seeks to fill a gap by assisting undocumented migrants who are trapped in an endless cycle of poverty.
On May 3, 2016, British police opened the back of a truck where Bryar K. had been hiding for seven hours. The 30-year-old Iranian stepped out into the light, his feet touching British soil. Later, he would describe the moment as spiritual. His long journey was over.
Brenna Daldorph, a journalist at InfoMigrants, first met Kurdish refugee Hema* and her daughter Jana* at the "Jungle" migrant camp near Grande-Synthe in France in 2015. Two years later, they found asylum in the United Kingdom. While Jana and her new baby sister Mina* are flourishing, Hema is struggling to adjust to her new life as a refugee in the UK.