Immigration tagged articles - Bedford Independent

Monthly column: Britain’s legal immigration system needs fixing – Here’s how we can do it

Since being elected to Parliament in July 2024, one issue has come up again and again in conversations with people across Mid Bedfordshire: people feel Britain’s immigration system...

Review: ‘Dial 1 for UK’ links dreams of success to the stark reality of migration for some

Visiting Bedford's Place Theatre on a student visa is Uday Kumar - or UK for short - in a harrowing but charming one man play about one Indian man's hopes and dreams of escaping...

Monthly column: The Government has bet the whole house on red and lost

The Government’s flagship immigration policy lies in tatters as Suella Braverman’s “dream” to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was this week ruled unlawful by the UK Supreme Court...

Letters: 300,000 visas have been issued to people fleeing conflict and authoritarian regimes

I would like to address a few points made by Mr. Yasin in his column, starting off with the Illegal Migration Bill. The UK has a long history of offering refuge to those fleeing conflict. The government...

Call for volunteers to help people at Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre

In the run-up to the ‘Big Help Out’ on 8 May and Volunteers Week in early June, Beyond Detention is putting a call out for volunteers to join their team. Beyond Detention provide...

Immigration arrests made after police stop lorry in Elstow

Bedfordshire Police say they've arrested two people on suspicion of immigration offences after a lorry was stopped on the A421 in Elstow. Witnesses say eight police cars and a van...

Yarl’s Wood Befrienders receive £50K Lloyds grant for work with Bedfordshire Immigration Removal Centre

The volunteer visitors are often the only familiar faces people see that are not connected with the immigration service. They are a vital source of reassurance, comfort and help...

Former detainees return to Yarl’s Wood to protest 20 years of forced detainment

Former detainees of Yarl's Wood have returned to the immigration removal centre (IRC) in Thurleigh to protest its continued operation, 20 years to the day that it first became operational. Protesters...

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