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Why 'stronger borders' don't work

Video        The Guardian        21 January 2020

Thousands of people die annually trying to cross borders.

It’s often argued stronger borders and more checks

would deter people from making dangerous crossings.

But how accurate is this?

Maya Goodfellow explores

what the current border regime means

for people seeking asylum

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRElERzygs

How does asylum in the UK work?

G    7 March 2017

How does asylum in the UK work?

Video    New Arrivals    The Guardian    7 March 2017

Britain’s asylum system

is a mixture of government bureaucracy

and private provision of housing.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GeSDuMVUXY

'Then the shooting started':

Afghan asylum seekers

on the moment they lost their family

G    1 March 2017

'Then the shooting started':

Afghan asylum seekers on the moment they lost their family

Video    The Guardian    1 March 2017

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuqg67cQYGw

asylum in the UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/
immigration

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/
rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/21/
hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-applies-for-asylum-in-britain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/mar/07/
how-does-asylum-in-the-uk-work-
video - Guardian video

migrant

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/07/
britain-anti-migrant-strategy-refugees-accommodation

asylum seeker

2024

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/
rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

2023

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/nov/15/
desperate-delusional-defeated-the-tory-right-are-coming-for-rish-after-rwanda

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/15/
what-does-supreme-court-rejection-mean-rishi-sunak-rwanda-policy

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/23/
conditions-at-manston-centre-for-asylum-seekers-unacceptable

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/21/
life-aboard-bibby-stockholm-asylum-seeker-barge-home-office-tour

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/07/
britain-anti-migrant-strategy-refugees-accommodation

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/05/
uk-secures-two-more-barges-to-house-asylum-seekers-says-sunak

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/30/
asylum-seeker-government-home-family

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/feb/03/
the-children-going-missing-from-home-office-hotels-
podcast - Guardian podcast

2022

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/apr/19/
will-the-uk-really-send-refugees-to-rwanda

2021

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/03/
lifeboats-right-migrant-crisis-rnli-donations-asylum-seekers

2020

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ZbRElERzygs - G - 21 January 2020

2017

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=Fuqg67cQYGw - Guardian - 1 March 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2017/mar/07/
how-does-asylum-in-the-uk-work-video

2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/
judge-blocks-deportation-flight-for-rejected-afghan-asylum-seekers

2014

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/08/
gay-asylum-seekers-humiliation-home-office

2013

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/30/
theresa-may-hunger-striker-ifa-muaza-asylum-uk

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/20/
asylum-seeker-human-beings-dying-muazu-hunger-strike

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/08/
deported-man-badly-beaten-claims

2003

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/oct/22/
schools.immigrationandpublicservices

unaccompanied child asylum seekers

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2023/feb/03/
the-children-going-missing-from-home-office-hotels-
podcast - Guardian podcast

people seeking asylum

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=ZbRElERzygs - G - 21 January 2020

people seeking safety in Britain

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/07/
britain-anti-migrant-strategy-refugees-accommodation

refugees > International Rescue Committee UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/
rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

asylum centre / asylum processing centre

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/nov/09/
what-scandal-manston-asylum-centre-says-
about-migration-system-
podcast - Guardian podcast

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/03/
manston-asylum-centre-not-operating-legally-
concedes-minister

Manston centre for asylum seekers

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/
manston-asylum-centre

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/23/
conditions-at-manston-centre-for-asylum-seekers-unacceptable

asylum vessels > barges

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/21/
life-aboard-bibby-stockholm-asylum-seeker-barge-home-office-tour

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/18/
uk-migration-bill-to-become-law-as-government-sees-off-lords-challenge

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/05/
uk-secures-two-more-barges-to-house-asylum-seekers-says-sunak

asylum vessels > barges > The Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/03/
how-migration-really-works-by-hein-de-haas-review-home-truths

apply for asylum in Britain

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/21/
hong-kong-activist-nathan-law-applies-for-asylum-in-britain

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/
hong-kong-london-uk-eu-china-asulum

claim asylum

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/apr/19/
will-the-uk-really-send-refugees-to-rwanda

grant asylum

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/apr/24/
nigerian-mother-afusat-saliu-fight-asylum-fgm-daughters

be granted asylum

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jan/14/
afghan-atheist-uk-asylum

 immigration minister

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/03/
manston-asylum-centre-not-operating-legally-concedes-minister

migration system

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/nov/09/
what-scandal-manston-asylum-centre-says-about-migration-system-
podcast  - Guardian podcast

deportation

deportation letter

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/22/
rwanda-deportations-bill-passes-parliament-sunak

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