I looked into the restrictions on the “right to work” for asylum seekers in the UK for The Lead.
The skilled workers the Home Office doesn’t want you to know about
This was a great project to work on, looking at the impact of ransomware on private companies. The content comprised a long read, three short features and a stats package.
Interview with Khadija Abdalla Bajaber, author of The House of Rust
Posted: July 28, 2023 in UncategorizedFor the London Magazine, I interviewed Khadija Abdalla Bajaber whose debut novel The House of Rust won the Greywolf Prize.
The Race Equality Foundation and UCL have done some excellent research and analysis together on how the pandemic affected communities of colour in the UK and the lessons to learn. I helped them write that raw research up into a report that will be used to influence discussions, including the Covid-19 inquiry.
Tomislav Tomašević was elected on a grassroots reform wave, I interviewed him and spoke to people around him about how his history of youth and environmental activism has informed his administration.
I wrote this joint article with Dr Carrie Hamilton, an academic and activist, exploring the debates around sex worker rights in Green Parties across Europe.
For the Green European Journal, I tackled the tricky topic of where European Green Parties are at following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia and how this sits with their histories of pacifism and non-violence.
For the launch of Hyphen, a new online magazine covering news and stories for Muslims across Europe, I interviewed the head of the Muslim Chaplains Association about the work of chaplaincy in UK prisons.
“When you walk into that prison, every single day is different. You don’t know what to expect. Some days are more difficult than others.” Alamgeer Choudhury’s journey as a prison chaplain started 20 years ago, when he was finishing theological training to become an imam. By deciding to work with inmates, he was following directly in his father’s footsteps.
Read the full article here.
Climate activists hope stronger EU laws will protect member states’ forests when governments won’t
Posted: July 1, 2022 in articles, environmentMy second piece for Euronews, this time on how EU law is helping to protect forests threatened by the combination of eroding democratic freedoms and the money that can be earned from logging.
At the beginning of the year, Poland started cutting a swathe through one of Europe’s most ancient forests, Białowieża, to block refugees with a 190-kilmometre wall along its border with Belarus.
“It’s five, almost six meters high. It goes down with concrete that is underground. And it has razor wire on the top,” said Augustyn Mikos from the environmental organisation Workshop For all Beings, one that has frequently come into conflict with the Polish government’s forestry policies.
Read the full article here.
