Alastair Stewart, a freelance writer between Scotland and Spain, gives a personal take on the impact Brexit is having on his life and why it makes him angry

BREXIT makes me angry. It makes me very angry. This, as they say, might just be the proverbial understatement. There are no gritted teeth, just a visceral sense of powerlessness.

UK Government policy increasing negative social attitudes to immigrants, but “marked difference” in Scotland, campaigners say

THE UK Government’s immigration policy, self-styled as “the hostile environment”, needs a radical overhaul if wider injustices beyond the Windrush scandal are to be addressed, migrant rights campaigners have told CommonSpace.

SNP Councillor Graham Campbell, journalist Robert Somynne and Sir Geoff Palmer spoke to CommonSpace about the issues facing the Windrush generation

THE WINDRUSH crisis is a symptom of Britain’s racist empire legacy and the intensified anti-immigrant sentiment characteristic of recent years, children of Caribbean migrants have said. 

A hunger strike at the Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre has inspired a national 'freedom fast' on International Women's Day (8 March)

A FREEDOM FAST is set to take place on International Women's Day 2018 in support of over 120 women on hunger strike at the infamous Yarl’s Wood detention centre, protesting the UK Government's practice of indefinite detention and the "inhumane" conditions women at the centre are kept in. 

Supporting women at Yarls Wood on hunger strike, activists have blockaded the headquarters of security firm Serco with rotten food

ACTIVISTS from the group Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants have blockaded the HQ of security firm Serco with rotten food, supporting women in the immigration centre who are entering their second week of hunger strike against their treatment. 

Operated by security firm Serco, the infamous Yarls Wood is an "immigration detention centre" which accommodates foreign nationals prior to their deportation from the UK. 

Fiona Hyslop to lead calls for an “evidence-based” case for Scotland gaining “appropriate powers” over migration

A SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT DEBATE on Scotland’s migration policy and population needs will address the possible devolution of immigration today (February 22).

New policy paper advocates an immigration system for Scotland based around workers’ rights

IMMIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT LAW should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament, a new policy paper from the pro-independence think tank Common Weal has argued.

A new publicly owned Scottish energy company and a doubling of the investment in free childcare among the first minister’s announcements

FIRST MINISTER Nicola Sturgeon closed the SNP’s 2017 Autumn conference by announcing a raft of new pledges and policies, including a new publicly-owned, non-profit energy company, a firm date on delivering action against period poverty, doubling investment in free childcare and a confirmation that the Scottish Government will meet the cost for EU nationals working in our public services.