by Bernadette Meaden | Mar 8, 2023 | Briefing
THE UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has released the following statement on the Illegal Migration Bill, announced by the Home Secretary in the UK Parliament on 7 March. The statement reads: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is profoundly concerned by the asylum bill introduced...
by Bernadette Meaden | Feb 23, 2023 | Commentary
MAYOR SADIQ KHAN’S decision to provide free school meals for every primary school child in London for a year has been met with relief and praise from organisations campaigning against child poverty. Mr Khan said he hopes the UK government sees that, “if...
by Bernadette Meaden | Jan 6, 2023 | Commentary
AS MANY COUNTRIES MOVE TOWARDS a more enlightened and evidence-based approach to drug policy, with good results, the UK sadly clings to the harmful and unwinnable ‘War On Drugs’. Indeed, the current government shows signs of doubling down and becoming even more...
by Bernadette Meaden | Dec 23, 2022 | Commentary
WITH THREE PRIME MINISTERS, a disastrous budget, a cost of living crisis and a wave of strikes, 2022 has been a year of unprecedented political failure. Understandably, few people now look to elected politicians for hope or inspiration. But in communities across the...
by Bernadette Meaden | Nov 22, 2022 | Commentary
IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, addressing a gathering of young people in Assisi, Pope Francis said: “As long as our system ‘produces’ discarded people, and we operate according to this system, we will be accomplices of an economy that kills.” Urging young people...
