Episode 19 - Brian, Victor & Boukar- Activists & Campaigners speak out on Britain's Hostile Environment
Still We Rise4 Feb 2022

Episode 19 - Brian, Victor & Boukar- Activists & Campaigners speak out on Britain's Hostile Environment

Back in 2012, the then Prime Minister Theresa May, when setting out a remarkable new policy position on Border Enforcement, said, ‘ The aim is to create, here in Britain, a really hostile environment for illegal immigrants. This policy resulted in the deportation of British Citizens from the Windrush generation who came to this country to rebuild the NHS but could not provide paperwork to prove their legal status. This shameful policy and the legislation that underpins it has not been repealed, but rather its tentacles have within their grasp people who've come to this country to seek sanctuary. We speak to the people who are working to dismantle it. It's a challenging listen, Solidarity.

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(33)

Episode 31 - Frances Webber- Barrister and Author - The prosecution and conviction of Ibrahima Bah

Episode 31 - Frances Webber- Barrister and Author - The prosecution and conviction of Ibrahima Bah

Following last week’s episode on the criminalisation of seeking asylum, today we take a deep dive into the prosecution and conviction of Ibrahimah Bah.  Is he a scapegoat? Is he a victim of political ...

16 Apr 202459min

Episode 30 - Victoria Taylor- Border Criminologies- The Criminalisation of seeking asylum

Episode 30 - Victoria Taylor- Border Criminologies- The Criminalisation of seeking asylum

In this episode, we confront a disturbing reality unfolding, the criminalization of people seeking asylum, Britain of course is still a signatory to the Refugee Convention, a document it once champion...

2 Apr 202442min

Episode 29 - Dr Peter Walsh- Migration Observatory - The Illegal Migration Bill

Episode 29 - Dr Peter Walsh- Migration Observatory - The Illegal Migration Bill

The Illegal Immigration Bill will withdraw the UK from the international refugee framework established after the ravages of the Second World War and the Holocaust. Dr. Peter Walsh is candid and forthr...

5 Apr 202348min

Episode 28 - Dr Emilie McDonnell- Human Rights Watch- Offshoring Refugees, the Rwanda Plan

Episode 28 - Dr Emilie McDonnell- Human Rights Watch- Offshoring Refugees, the Rwanda Plan

This week we are joined by Dr. Emelie McDonnell, a human rights and refugee advocate, with experience and expertise in human rights, refugee, and international law more broadly. We look at Britain’s d...

27 Feb 202341min

Episode 27 - Nicola Kelly- Journalist- Inside the Home Office

Episode 27 - Nicola Kelly- Journalist- Inside the Home Office

Over the last few months Nicola Kelly, a former Home Office Staffer and now journalist focused on UK immigration and asylum policy and human rights, has been looking at what’s going on at the Home Off...

30 Aug 202244min

Episode 26 - Martha Spurrier- Director of Liberty- A Bill of RIghts for Britain?

Episode 26 - Martha Spurrier- Director of Liberty- A Bill of RIghts for Britain?

Bill of Rights Synopsis Dominic Raab has set Britain on a course of travel that indulges its worst Brexit excesses. He famously said he didn’t believe in social and economic rights and so it is no s...

15 Jul 202246min

Episode 25 - Maya Goodfellow-  Hostile Environment- How migrants became scapegoats

Episode 25 - Maya Goodfellow- Hostile Environment- How migrants became scapegoats

A Decade ago, the Former Prime Minister Theresa May introduced the most draconian internal border controls on people who she thought were living in Britain without permission. This onerous policy and ...

31 Mai 202257min

Episode 24 - Alba Kapoor- The Runnymede Trust- Deprivation of Citizenship

Episode 24 - Alba Kapoor- The Runnymede Trust- Deprivation of Citizenship

Clause 9- is the Deprivation of Citizenship. Who is a citizen in Brexit Britain or as we often hear, Global Britain? Well, Priti Patel has shown her hand and through the Nationality and Borders Act ha...

16 Mai 202241min

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
stopp-verden
dine-penger-pengeradet
nokon-ma-ga
rss-gukild-johaug
det-store-bildet
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
hanna-de-heldige
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
rss-ness
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk
aftenbla-bla
e24-podden
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-borsmorgen-okonominyhetene
unitedno