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The illegal immigration bill has generated endless controversy on its way to becoming law. The bill, which effectively bans asylum seeking in the UK, has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of children, its approach to modern slavery victims and other provisions that are likely to breach international law.

Content warning: this article describes outdated and potentially offensive terminology when referring to First Nations people.

In the 25 years since the Good Friday agreement was signed, paramilitarism in Northern Ireland has remained ever-present in some communities. Of the 3,260 instances of paramilitary violence meted out since Northern Ireland achieved peace, 349 have involved children.

Lord Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK when he was just six, branded Suella Braverman's controversial Illegal Migration Bill "hostile" to asylum seekers and said peers would continue pushing to improve it

MPs held 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned

The former Prime Minister told MPs that Suella Braverman's callous Illegal Migration Bill would "consign more people to slavery" - but this wasn't enough to convince enough Tories to vote against the Government

MPs spent more than three-and-a-half hours holding 18 votes in the Commons that saw several amendments made by the House of Lords overturned.

Immigration minister considering launch of Homes for Afghans scheme similar to that offered to Ukrainians

The new legislation will be devastating for survivors of modern slavery, says a survivor of sex trafficking

The state-of-the art International African American Museum opened last month – can it effect radical change?

In the same week that the Dutch king apologised for the Netherlands' part in the slave trade, France's top appeals court dismissed a claim for compensation by the descendants of people enslaved under the French empire. As the latest developments illustrate, a new willingness in Europe to admit the crimes…