Over the last few weeks we’ve seen some very visible signs of the Government’s “hostile environment” crusade. There have been vans out on the streets with threatening slogans and, reportedly, non-white people being visibly stopped and searched.

‘Most wanted man on Earth’ leaves Moscow airport for secret safe house after agreeing to stop leaking US information

Kevin Rudd's draconian and controversial plan has already outraged human rights campaigners

Many are sceptical that government-led effort will make area habitable again

Tragedy comes days after prime minister changed refugee policy so that people who arrive by boat will no longer be allowed to settle there

Former prime minister attacks new policy as ‘an abdication of our basic humanity’

United Nations officials say war crimes and crimes against humanity are 'the rule' in Syria today

A US citizen has been sentenced to a decade behind bars for lying about her role in the genocide that killed more than 500,000 people in her native Rwanda.

More than 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town near the border, continuing an influx that is stretching humanitarian resources.

If you read the tabloids you might think the UK is full of asylum seekers lazing about in Hampstead council mansions

Kevin Rudd signals tougher measures to stop illegal immigrants feigning refugee status

It’s been a rocky month for Ikea. The flat-packer’s flat-packer-in-chief – founder Ingvar Kamprad – left the company at the beginning of the month, a few days after British customers had been complaining in their droves (well, 50) about the firm’s spooky gnome advert.