‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status

Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary Protective Status Aung* was finishing his studies in New York when Myanmar’s junta tried to conscript him into the civil war raging in his homeland. Terrified by the idea, Aung applied for Temporary Protective Status (TPS) in the United States, hoping that by the time he finished his degree the conflict might have calmed. Instead, the war has only escalated. Continue reading...

“Lawless” Britain: Rhetoric and reality

“Lawless” Britain: Rhetoric and reality

Politicians in Westminster are always falling all over themselves to sound tough on crime. But with so-called “low level” crimes like shoplifting and phone snatching now at record levels, the rhetoric on “lawless” Britain has been growing ever louder. This week, host Patrick Baker has been to Dagenham in outer London where the Labour MP […]