Asylum hotel won’t let mum cook for her sickle cell daughter
Hotel has refused charity’s requests, leaving 16-month-old Zarah with only baby food that she won’t eat
Lauren Crosby Medlicott
‘Night and day we cry’: A family’s year in an asylum seeker hotel
As a new report labels asylum accommodation ‘de-facto detention’, a mother details her family’s struggle
Whistleblowers pay the price for speaking up. A new law could protect them
People who speak out about wrongdoing in the workplace can often face blacklisting, harassment and legal action. Proposed legislation aims to change that
‘It left a scar on me’: Locked up in the UK’s women-only immigration centre
A year after Derwentside detention centre opened, one woman reveals the impact that being held there had on her
A crisis in a crisis: How charity workers are struggling to make ends meet
Those responsible for helping the UK’s most vulnerable say they are having to turn to food banks
‘What else can we cut out?’ Parents struggle with crippling childcare fees
Parents in England tell openDemocracy of remortgaging homes or taking on second jobs to pay for rising childcare fees
Exclusive: Crisis in legal aid system as asylum seekers unable to find lawyers
More than 40% of asylum seekers may be unable to access legal aid, despite the vast majority needing such support