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THERE are few more toxic political debates than the current one about immigration.
Immigration was made a key issue in the official EU referendum Leave campaign and members of all ethnic minorities are suffering from an upsurge of xenophobia.
Now, with the election of Donald Trump in the US, the anti-immigrant narrative is more powerful than ever — and it is harder than ever to stand up to it.
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CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues