Wed, Jan 20 2021

The Independent employs over 100 journalists around the world to bring you news you can trust. To support truly independent journalism, please consider making a contribution or taking a subscription. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been locked in a…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency are deeply saddened by a tragic shipwreck off the Libyan coast yesterday (19/01), the first of 2021 in the Central Mediterranean, which claimed the lives of at…

The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 establishes a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, keep our families and communities safe, and better manage migration across the Hemisphere President Biden is sending a bill to Congress on day…

You feel belittled because you clean toilets, but if I don't do my job properly, they all get sick. It's a public health job – I'm freeing up the NHS from a lot of sick people. If I do my job right, I'm keeping things safe. We need to create…

The Guardian

A former Kent army barracks being used to house asylum seekers has been locked down – preventing its 400 residents from leaving – after scores of people tested positive for coronavirus. The private contractors who manage the site at…