Migrant Workers

Immigration - The Game Changer of British Politics?

Oana Romocea | Posted 13.05.2013 | UK Politics
Oana Romocea

It is baffling how immigration has changed the game in British politics these days. There are more fundamentally important issues facing British society, most notably a stalled economy that has the country on the edge of a triple-dip recession. Yet, the immigration threat, and the supposed ills it has unleashed on Britain, has gripped the public imagination.

London Mayor Should Get His Facts Straight on Qatar

Nicholas McGeehan | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK
Nicholas McGeehan

Boris Johnson prefaces his 800-word hagiography on Qatar - 'We can't afford to ignore our dynamic friends in the East' - with an anecdote about camel ...

How Many Bulgarians And Romanians Want To Work In The UK?

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK

Update: 18:46, 24 April 2013 - possible immigrant numbers from bulgaria and Romania based on percentages Only a tiny percentage of Bulgarians and R...

Qatar's Exploited Migrants

Gary Spedding | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Politics
Gary Spedding

As ongoing unrest in neighbouring Bahrain rages, Qatar has been largely ignored by almost everyone. I feel some light should be shone on the not-so-perfect Gulf State to help people understand what life for migrants is really like out there in Doha City.

Where Does Your Salad Come From?

Andrew Wasley | Posted 24.07.2012 | UK
Andrew Wasley

Exploitation in the food industry is alive and well. That's according to the latest grim report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation which studied the experiences of some of the migrant workers (almost invisibly) toiling in our fields, factories and restaurants.

Olympics Sponsorship: Coca Cola Faces Questions Over Links to Controversial Orange Harvest

Andrew Wasley | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Sport
Andrew Wasley

As the opening ceremony approaches, a steady drip of 'sweatshop' and 'forced labour' allegations over poor conditions for workers manufacturing official Olympics merchandise have emerged.

Wisbech - A Town in Crisis?

Ellee Seymour | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK Politics
Ellee Seymour

I visited my family in Wisbech at the weekend - the very same town which "the Baltic Mafia is terrorising" - according to a sensational report in Saturday's Daily Mail. Driving through the town, I passed a coach with a Lithuanian number plate parked outside a factory. A new influx of migrant workers? Or potential drug dealers, as the Mail would have us believe.

Brits 'See Immigration As A Problem, Not An Opportunity'

PA | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK

More than two-thirds of Britons see immigration as more of a problem than an opportunity, a report has found. People in the UK were more pessimisti...

London Businesses 'Already Suffering' From Migration Caps, Business Group Says

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.02.2012 | UK

The London economy is far more reliant on overseas workers than many in government think, according to a report by the London Chamber of Commerce and ...

The Head Said London - But the Heart Went for Doha

Paul Hobson | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK
Paul Hobson

As a sports fan I was delighted London won the right to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. Another major athletics event so soon after the Olympics, another chance to use the impressive infrastructure, another opportunity to cement and build on the legacy. What's not to like?

NHS Patients At Risk From Undertrained Foreign Doctors

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK

The failure of the NHS to provide formal training for doctors and nurses from the European Union (EU) could be putting patients at risk, according to ...

Scandal of the 'Tomato Slaves' Picking Crops Destined for UK

Andrew Wasley | Posted 10.12.2011 | UK
Andrew Wasley

The grim collection of shacks I visited are home to some of Europe's so-called 'tomato slaves' - mostly migrants from impoverished west African nations, a few from Eastern Europe - trying to scratch a living harvesting the region's abundant tomato crop.