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US-Mexico border wall, May 2007.

Biden’s border crackdown

Henry Cockburn, Tale of Ahmed, Introduction Nelofer Pazira-Fisk (O/R Books 2024), 238pp.

Tale of Ahmed – book review

Suella Braverman shaking hands with Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. Source: UK Home Office – Flickr / cropped form original / shared under license CC BY 2.0

Not another Tory drama

Secret Lecturer

The Old Oak poster. Source: IMDB

If The Old Oak is Ken Loach’s last

The Tories are a criminal gang – Counterfire freesheet September 2023

Rishi Sunak visiting Border Force in Kent, June 2023. Photo: Flickr/Simon Dawson

We can’t win the argument over refugees without talking about class – weekly briefing

Bibby Stockholm at Portland Port. Photo: Ashley Smith / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tory racism and the Portland barge

Refugees in camps in Tunisia. Source: Mohamed Ali MHENNI – Wikicommons / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY-SA 2.5

Tunisia and the collective expulsion of migrants

Aerial view of flood damage shot from an helicopter during humanitarian assistance efforts in the southern Pakistan region. Source: DVIDSHUB – Flickr / cropped from original / shared under license CC BY 2.0

Grim Milestones in the Climate Crisis

LÉ Samuel Beckett (Irish Naval Service) rescues 299 migrants during Operation Triton Search & Rescue Operations at 38 Nautical Miles NE of Tripoli /Irish Defence Forces/

Compare and contrast: migrant and billionaire search and rescue