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Seeking refuge on Samos

By Emma Taylor On a pine covered island in the eastern Aegean, surrounded by a sea of blue, enough to make any holidaymaker’s eyes glaze over, sits the jungle –…

Let asylum seekers work

Asylum seekers were given the right to work in the UK in 1986, a move introduced by the Conservative government. In 2002, the Labour government revoked this right. A small…