Episode 42: Exposing the Home Office's treatment of asylum seekers

In today's episode, we speak with freelance investigative journalist Nicola Kelly about two important articles she wrote this year for the Guardian newspaper.   The first concerns the UK government providing £3m to the Turkish border guards to stop people on the move at the country's border with Iran.    The second article we discuss is about asylum seekers being abused and intimidated  by staff at Home Office hotels.    ---Get in touch--- Twitter: @FleetCivil Mastodon: @[email protected] Instagram: thecivilfleet [email protected] civilfleet.com   Support:  ko-fi.com/civilfleet ---Show Notes--- Follow Nicola on Twitter here: @NicolaKelly     You can read the articles we discussed in this episode here:     UK provided £3m to Turkish border forces to stop migrants: bit.ly/46NVviG    Asylum seekers 'abused and intimidated by staff in Home Office hotels': bit.ly/3pImJ9T    Since we recorded this interview, Nicola has written the first in her mini-series of 'Lost at Sea', which follows those who have gone missing in the Channel. Read that here: bit.ly/46NVLOG    Nicola mentions a far-right protest outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Knowsley, near Liverpool. You can read more about that here: bit.ly/46UcwaT    Check out this interview with anti-fascist activists who were at the protest: bit.ly/46Ttmaa      And more about the aftermath here: bit.ly/3XX7bf8      For more on the UK, check out episodes 11, 17, 21, 32, 38, 39, and 40 of The Civil Fleet podcast     Ben mentions an Al Jazeera infographic on refugees, host countries and routes. Check that out here: bit.ly/3XQ2F1T    Nicola mentions that child asylum-seekers have gone missing from a hotel in Brighton. You can read about that here: bit.ly/3Ddwm3k