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I’m disabled. Here’s why I am scared of the assisted dying bill

20 November 2024 @ 12:59 pm

The bill puts us at risk of coercion by family members, and doctors wrongly predicting that we are going to die

Migrants’ rights workers forced out of Tunisia in latest crackdown

18 November 2024 @ 11:18 am

Tunisian authorities have targeted civil society actors for ‘financial crimes’ and brutally deported refugees

Why it’s time for the UK to introduce a new law to allow assisted dying

18 November 2024 @ 10:30 am

Noel Conway wanted to die with dignity, yet he died slowly in pain. This month MPs can finally help others like him

Readers’ thoughts on what Trump’s win means for the world

15 November 2024 @ 2:32 pm

Plus, what does the Democratic Party need to do to win in 2028?

The wage slaves of the Kafala system

15 November 2024 @ 12:50 pm

Despite attempts at reform, the Kafala system in Gulf countries is still custom-built to exploit workers

Why I quit being a migrant farm worker in the UK

15 November 2024 @ 9:01 am

Nobody deserves to be treated like seasonal workers are, least of all the people keeping this nation fed

Did Brexit unleash new suffering on UK farms?

14 November 2024 @ 9:01 am

The seasonal worker visa made the UK’s migrant agricultural workforce more vulnerable to exploitation

EU migration strategy: treat migrants like the mafia

13 November 2024 @ 9:01 am

Deploying ‘anti-mafia’ tactics against migrants and those standing in solidarity with them is solving nothing

Immigration crackdown sees British modern slavery victims imprisoned

12 November 2024 @ 3:18 pm

Revealed: Former government’s anti-immigration laws have had horrifying consequences for modern slavery victims

The harsh reality of seasonal labour in Germany

12 November 2024 @ 9:01 am

Workers are coming from ever further afield to pick German crops, but what they see when they get there shocks them