British passport holders say they are routinely pressed by council officers to leave the UK British passport holders from the Chagos … More
Author: katiemcque84
I'm an journalist, based in Dubai.
The Guardian: How Hong Kong maids became caught in a ‘humanitarian tsunami’
Migrant workers who become pregnant by their employers face dismissal, homelessness and a swift return home The sun had not … More
The Guardian: ‘It’s a very big torture’: the children growing up in hiding in Dubai
With sex outside marriage punishable by jail, migrant workers who become pregnant are often forced to keep their babies locked … More
The Guardian: Chagos children ‘stuck for years in unsafe lodgings’
Families descended from islanders evicted from the Chagos Islands are being housed in council-allocated accommodation deemed by social services to be inappropriate … More
New Internationalist: ‘Catastrophic’ explosion risk on Diego Garcia
11 June 2018 – FOI documents reveal the US navy is keeping ships at the controversial naval base so close … More
The Guardian: Up to 10,000 Asian migrant workers die in the Gulf every year, claims report
Campaigners say not enough is being done to prevent loss of life and the causes of death are not being … More
The Guardian: Tigrayans deported by Saudis ‘forcibly disappeared’ in Ethiopia – rights group
Thousands of Tigrayan migrants abused and deported from Saudi Arabia are forcibly detained in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch says Rights … More
The Guardian: Nigeria rejected British offer to rescue seized Chibok schoolgirls
British armed forces offered to attempt to rescue nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, … More
The Independent: Inside Zaatari, the Jordanian refugee camp that makes Syria’s civil war look like the better option
Rafat Hariri has cheated death many times. He has been shot at, witnessed explosions and lost several friends. Having felt … More
New Internationalist: Exclusive – Inside Diego Garcia, America’s highly secretive military base
WEB EXCLUSIVE A two year investigation reveals the US military’s poor treatment of contract workers on the controversial island. Katie … More
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