Abandoned asylums hold a strange fascination. Their empty halls, peeling paint, and broken windows tell stories of lives once confined and mysteries long forgotten. Over the years, many of these ...

The Dark History of St. Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital St. Brigid’s Psychiatric Hospital, once known as the Connaught District ...

Children who seek asylum in London need better protection and support as they "experience adversity daily", according to new research. In recent years, London boroughs have supported around a third of ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauds the entry into force of important new measures in Mexico to protect the rights of child refugees and asylum-seekers, including the end of immigration detention ...

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has announced plans for the biggest overhaul of the UK asylum system in decades. Some of the harshest criticism of the proposals has come from Labour peer Lord Alf ...