This week, activists have pressured Home Secretary Sajid Javid into reviewing the restriction on asylum seekers working. As it stands, Britain has a stricter waiting period than the USA, Canada or any other European country. Javid still signals there are “no plans” to change this, but human rights activist Pinar Aksu says we must arm ourselves with knowledge on this issue and demand the policy be changed…

The need to 'control our national borders' is a long founded narrative imposed by elites and broadly agreed upon by most of the public. Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now, argues the left need to reclaim the high ground – the dismantlement of immigration systems is not just morally right, it will give power to the have-nots over the haves.

Although it depressingly seems to have fallen off the news agenda, the Syrian refugee crisis remains one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies of our time. Over 5 million Syrians have fled the country's civil war, yet the European response has been pitiful. Drew Haughey muses on this and considers the best route for Scotland and the UK going forward...