Women who call police to help deal with abusive partners are being criminalised for assaulting emergency workers ...

Rising custodial deaths, self-harm and rampant racial disproportionality are being masked by lack of a devolved judiciary ...

Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation ...

The Conservatives knew their immigration plan would disproportionately impact LGBTIQ+ people. They did it anyway ...

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Attacking those searching for missing loved ones is ‘particularly despicable’ politics, says activist Lisa Sánchez ...

openDemocracy is an independent international media platform covering news, ideas and culture which seeks to challenge power and encourage democratic debate.

What's the difference between human smuggling and human trafficking? Did migration myths drive the 2016 Brexit vote? Do border walls stop migration? Maggie Perzyna wants to dispel migration myths ...