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Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley among celebrities urging UK not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to security

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025

Charities take Home Office to court over ‘prison-like’ overcrowded migrant hotels

Government accused of forcing trafficking and torture survivors to share rooms with strangers in case that comes amid growing criticism over sweeping plans to overhaul UK’s asylum system

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025

Ex-soldier: Paying Taliban to take migrants ‘vile perversion of Britishness’

Reform UK’s deputy leader this week indicated the party would consider paying the Taliban and the Iranian government to take deportees from Britain.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025

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‘Asylum seekers feel hunted amid scenes of hate on UK streets’ as protests go on

Campaigners said some of the public’s valid concerns about hotels being used for asylum seekers are ‘being hijacked by a violent minority’.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Mass detention of refugees will exacerbate the suffering of torture survivors

Letter: Sonya Sceats says that the ‘one in, one out’ scheme will reopen deep psychological scars in many of those detained

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

UK party leaders urged to end ‘pernicious currents’ of hatred fuelling anti-migrant protests

More than 200 refugee groups, charities and unions sign letter calling for action after weeks of protests outside asylum hotels

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

Fear has ‘never left’ asylum seekers after last summer’s disorder, warns charity

Conversation Over Borders said many are ‘still stuck in the same unsafe hotel system that became sitting targets for racist violence’.

Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2025

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Call for protection to stop parents being ‘punished’ over Channel crossings

The endangerment offence as part of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has been described as ‘ill-defined’.

Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2025

Changes blocking refugees from gaining citizenship ‘counterproductive’, MP warns

Home Office guidance updated this week now says that an applicant having entered the UK illegally will ‘normally’ result in a refused citizenship.

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

Paul Gordon obituary

Other lives: Psychotherapist, author and campaigner determined to improve people’s lives

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

Chelsea flower show hosts garden designed to help survivors of torture

Charity that challenged UK’s Rwanda policy helps create space designed to evoke happier memories of homelands

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

UK starts detaining asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda

Government expects to deport 5,700 people to Rwanda this year, but rights groups ready to mount new legal challenge.

Al Jazeera · May 1, 2024

Rwanda’s sacking of footballer adds to fears over UK’s ‘immoral’ asylum seekers plan

The suspension of a Congolese player for a gun gesture referring to conflict in DRC raises questions over government’s refugee policy

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2024

Facing discrimination for being gay should not justify asylum in UK – Braverman

The Home Secretary will use a speech in the US to suggest that being discriminated against for being gay should not warrant refugee status.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

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The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

Norwich man cycling 50 miles a day from London to Glasgow for charity

Matt Ludford is cycling around 600 miles over 12 days between five Freedom From Torture centres.

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

Campaigners call for ‘compassion’ in asylum policy following Channel deaths

Opposition MPs said the tragedy highlighted the need for action to prevent dangerous crossings being made.

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Lee Anderson’s ‘f*** off back to France’ remark risks making Tories ‘even nastier party’

Backlash builds as deputy Tory chairman branded ‘fascist’ and ‘pound shop Enoch Powell’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

We knew it and thank God judges agree: Suella Braverman’s ‘cash for humans’ plan is immoral – and illegal

Every day we hear about the fear and trauma this dirty deal has caused among vulnerable people, says Sonya Sceats, chief executive of Freedom from Torture

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The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Man cycles around London in heart shape for Refugee Week

Tom Hashemi, 35, mapped out his route in advance before embarking on the ‘hot, busy, trafficky’ three-hour ride.

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2023

Protesters target Suella Braverman's office with brutal 'wrong side of history' plaque

Charity Freedom from Torture fixed a mocked-up blue plaque declaring that the Home Secretary had 'closed the door' on refugees as her Illegal Migration Bill comes under fire in the House of Lords

The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023

Court of Appeal to hear challenge against plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

People from countries including Iran, Iraq and Syria are aiming to overturn High Court rulings made in December.

The Conversation · Apr 11, 2023

'It’s like you’re a criminal, but I am not a criminal.' First-hand accounts of the trauma of being stuck in the UK asylum system

Warning: this story contains graphic descriptions of violence. Pseudonyms are used to protect the interviewees’ identities.

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2023

Braverman criticised for shutting out Guardian and BBC from Rwanda trip

Home secretary accused of rewarding favourable coverage on visit aimed at reinforcing government’s migration plan

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2023

Government prepares to unveil new powers to ‘stop the boats’

The legislation, promised as part of Government efforts to tackle illegal migration, could come as soon as Tuesday.

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023

Watch in full as Suella Braverman tells Holocaust survivor she won’t apologise for migrant rhetoric

Home Office asked charity Freedom From Torture to take down edited video show Home Secretary’s response

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