After arriving on a Student visa, Telojo Emina had just two years post-graduation to find a sponsor — or leave the UK. This is her story of building a life caught between limbo and a ticking clock Text: Telojo Emina / The Bristol Cable Photos: Lottie Turner I […]
Human Rights
“I wasn’t taught about colonialism in school, so I taught myself”
Being white and British, I was often told how lucky I was growing up, but the conversation never went further to ask at whose expense that comfort was made possible. Olivia Hooper / Nadja* I grew up with everything that is supposed to make you feel safe and […]
“Borders for me are a geography of pain”: A Kurdish journalist’s path to Sheffield
Three years after arriving in the city, Aso Mohammadi reflects on his life in Kurdistan, making a home in the UK and his experiences of borders. Aso Mohammadi / Now Then* After the far-right riots against immigrants last summer in some British cities, many questions occupied my mind. […]
How local communities are rejecting media panic over immigration
While corporate headlines rage about “border chaos” and “migrant crises,” people on the ground tell a very different story. Dorset Eye* A new report from Best for Britain reveals that the supposed national obsession with immigration has little to do with the realities of local life. According to […]
Inside Iran’s expanding machinery of repression and control
In a context where human rights in Iran are under increasing pressure—from arbitrary arrests to structural violence against minorities and women—the country’s future hangs in the balance; these issues are brought to light in the second part of our conversation with Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur. Rola Zamzameh* […]
















