An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It’s Been Reversed by Lynsey Addario

Wealth, 23, from Benin City, on March 25. After spending 15 months in captivity in a run-down brothel in the Italian city of Torino, Wealth finally saw her chance to escape. The 23-year-old Nigerian had scraped together nearly 50 euros in tips from a couple of regulars and so one winter afternoon, with her madam …

No Tears Left to Cry: Being Deported Is a Distressing Nightmare by Luke de Noronha

Hear the voices of the British people who were recently deported to Jamaica on a charter fligh A fishing beach in rural Jamaica. Photo by the author A fishing beach in rural Jamaica (Photo by the author) On the 7th of September, 2016, 38 men and four women were forcibly removed from the UK to …

May’s immigration policy seen as ‘almost reminiscent of Nazi Germany’ by Ben Quinn

Comments from ex-civil service chief Sir Bob Kerslake increase pressure on PM as row over Windrush-era citizens continues Comments from ex-civil service chief Sir Bob Kerslake increase pressure on PM as row over Windrush-era citizens continues The hostile immigration environment Theresa May set out to create when she was at the Home Office was regarded …

Homelessness, exploitation, failure: The price of May’s anti-migrant project By Luke Butterly

Border control: The hostile environment places immigration enforcement requirements on landlords The standard operating procedure of the May government is to outsource immigration enforcement to the public, embedding borders in all sorts of different aspects of our day-to-day life. One of the chief ways it does this is through the 'right-to-rent' scheme, which is a …

Meet Monica Osagie, the lady involved in the OAU sex-for-mark scandal by Segun Adewole

Miss Monica Osagie has been identified as the lady in the OAU sex-for-mark scandal. An audio recording surfaced online last week which ‘revealed the voice’ of Professor Richard Akindele asking Miss Monica Osagie for five rounds of sex before she can pass his course. A panel of inquiry constituted by the school authority to investigate …