Jul 16, 2023
In today's episode, we speak with freelance investigative journalist Nicola Kelly about two important articles she wrote this year for the Guardian newspaper.
The first concerns the UK government providing £3m to the Turkish border guards to stop people on the move at the country's border with Iran.
The second article we discuss is about asylum seekers being abused and intimidated by staff at Home Office hotels.
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Follow Nicola on Twitter here: @NicolaKelly
You can read the articles we discussed in this episode here:
UK provided £3m to Turkish border forces to stop migrants: bit.ly/46NVviG
Asylum seekers ‘abused and intimidated by staff in Home Office
hotels’: bit.ly/3pImJ9T
Since we recorded this interview, Nicola has written the first in
her mini-series of 'Lost at Sea', which follows those who have gone
missing in the Channel. Read that here: bit.ly/46NVLOG
Nicola mentions a far-right protest outside a hotel housing asylum
seekers in Knowsley, near Liverpool. You can read more about that
here: bit.ly/46UcwaT
Check out this interview with anti-fascist activists who were at
the protest: bit.ly/46Ttmaa
And more about the aftermath here: bit.ly/3XX7bf8
For more on the UK, check out episodes 11, 17, 21, 32, 38, 39, and 40 of The Civil Fleet podcast
Ben mentions an Al Jazeera infographic on refugees, host countries and routes. Check that out here: bit.ly/3XQ2F1T
Nicola mentions that child asylum-seekers have gone missing from a
hotel in Brighton. You can read about that here: bit.ly/3Ddwm3k