Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Thursday, October 22, 2026
United Kingdom
According to Oxfam, refugees living in camps are sharing one tap between up to 250 people and many have less than 3.5 square metres of living space per person – smaller than the average UK bathroom – which will make it extremely difficult to contain a coronavirus outbreak. The […]
Len McCluskey the general secretary, of Unite the union, has written to the government and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) demanding the safety regulator ups its game, to ensure that workplaces remain safe and enforce social distancing rules during the coronavirus crisis. Workers from a large number of […]
The current crisis must not be used by tax avoiding companies to get government assistance. If the wealth concealed by these companies and individuals had been properly taxed the world could have been better prepared for this pandemic. Ordinary people were forced to bail out the financial system after 2008, this time they must start paying their dues.
GFI has produced a report analyzing the shocking loss of wealth occurring through just one trade mechanism: invoice mispricing. Some of the highest levels of missing tax revenues affect the smallest countries. Effective international co-operation is needed for countries to grapple with sophisticated globalized tax avoidance and wealth concealment.
The time for action to prevent a catastrophe is running out. If Europe and the United States say that, for them, the worst is yet to come, imagine the immeasurable tragedy that Africa will suffer. Already, the economic consequences of the current pandemic are felt on every level, and this […]
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