by Sasha Abramsky | Mar 10, 2026 | AfD, Alternative for Germany (AfD), Asylum, Asylum Seekers, Deportation, Deportations, Europe, far right, France, Germany, immigration, Iran, Israel, Italy, Nigel Farage, Op-Ed, Reform U.K. Party, Refugees, Spain, UK
Earlier this week, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran intensified, U.K. Reform Party leader Nigel Farage doubled down on his anti-immigrant and anti-refugee stances. If, he declared, refugees start leaving Iran in large numbers, they will have to be housed in the Middle East; Britain simply can’t take in any more. Farage spoke about the U.S.-Israeli operation in Iran in glowing terms.
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by Sasha Abramsky | Feb 6, 2026 | Asylum, Asylum Seekers, elections, far right, immigration, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, Nigel Farage, Op-Ed, Reform U.K. Party, Trump Administration, UK
In recent months, as the anti-immigrant Reform U.K. Party surged to the top of the polls, the U.K.’s Labour government has sought to make it harder for immigrants to get “indefinite leave to remain” — essentially a British version of the U.S. green card — as well as restrict access to benefits for immigrants. Currently, immigrants can seek “indefinite leave to remain” after five years in the…
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