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Samir Jeraj

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As seen in: Hyphenonline, The New Statesman, BBC, The Guardian, The Independent (UK), Euronews, Metro (UK), BMJ Open, Substack, The BMJ, VICE, VICE UK and
Covers:  Housing, homelessness, social affairs, migration, local government.
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Muslim chaplains tend to prisoners of all religions

Muslim chaplains tend to prisoners of all religions

Hyphenonline — "When you walk into that prison, every single day is different. You don't know what to expect. Some days are more difficult than others." Alamgeer Choudhury's journey as a prison chaplain started 20 years ago, when he was finishing theological training to become an imam.
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Climate activists hope stronger EU laws will protect forests

Climate activists hope stronger EU laws will protect forests

Euronews — At the beginning of the year, Poland started cutting a swathe through one of Europe's most ancient forests, Białowieża, to block refugees with a 190-kilmometre wall along its border with Belarus. "It's five, almost six meters high. It goes down with concrete that is underground.
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Europe is bracing itself for cyber warfare, but is it ready?

Europe is bracing itself for cyber warfare, but is it ready?

Euronews — When the systems of three oil and transport companies in Europe and Africa were brought down on February 2, 2022, Europe was preparing for a coming war in Ukraine and the impact of tensions on the Russian border were beginning to be felt in global energy markets.
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Long Covid and exercise: Will I ever get back to full fitness?

Long Covid and exercise: Will I ever get back to full fitness?

Metro (UK) — 'When it first kicked in, if I did any exercise, it would just wipe me out.' Clare Friel used to get up at half five every morning and go to the gym every day before she got Covid. But that all changed after she got ill.
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The Hostile Environment for Rough Sleepers is Costing Lives - Byline Times

The Hostile Environment for Rough Sleepers is Costing Lives - Byline Times

Byline Times — Like many migrants, Adam came to the UK to support his family - his wife, son and parents - who stayed behind in Poland. He had been working as a chef for three years when his world ended. His family, all of them, died in a car crash.
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Attacks on homeless people triple in just five years

Attacks on homeless people triple in just five years

Channel 4 News — Kicked and jumped on in their sleep - the appalling experience of two men sleeping rough in Hull city centre. Humberside Police have released CCTV footage of the incident in the hope of identifying the three people responsible.
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Peace-building for the long haul

Peace-building for the long haul

New Internationalist — Peace-building for the long haul In a country that's undergone significant conflict and a multifaceted civil war (1975-1990), Lebanese people have an annual rallying point to promote peace. Last weekend, thousands gathered for it, running in the 16 th Beirut Marathon. The usually jammed streets of northern Beirut gave way to runners from around the world.
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One Town, One Year, 11 Homeless Deaths

One Town, One Year, 11 Homeless Deaths

VICE UK — Tents pitched up in a local graveyard (Photos by Natalie Bloomer) Graham, Richard and Jacek are just three of the names engraved on to stones in a memorial garden outside the Northampton Hope Centre. Since October last year, this day centre for homeless and vulnerable people has seen 11 of its service users die.
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The New Urban Crisis: A Manifesto For the Status Quo

The New Urban Crisis: A Manifesto For the Status Quo

greeneuropeanjournal.eu — The New Urban Crisis follows on from Florida's The Rise of the Creative Class fifteen years earlier, in which he championed gentrification in cities. Governments and planners were to get young creatives together with tech in neighbourhoods and places they would like to be - cue flat whites, avocado on toast, and vintage shops.
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Culture of fear: NHS migrant charges risking health of pregnant women

Culture of fear: NHS migrant charges risking health of pregnant women

politics.co.uk — By Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj Natasha entered the UK on a student visa after fleeing from sexual and physical abuse in the Caribbean. Despite living in the country for 19 years, her immigration status remains unsettled.
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Rough sleepers die in Northampton as night shelter sits half-empty

Rough sleepers die in Northampton as night shelter sits half-empty

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism — This story was commissioned as part of the Bureau's Local Reporting Fund. ‘Northampton Nightshelter’ was set up by Northampton Borough Council in early 2017 to “keep homeless people safe, warm and dry.” But an investigation by Bureau has found that homeless people have been turned away while there were spaces at the hostel, which was only 52% full on average between November and February. During the same period, seven homeless people died.
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Eviction nation: The hidden reality of court possession hearings

Eviction nation: The hidden reality of court possession hearings

politics.co.uk — By Samir Jeraj, Joanna Eckersley and Roshan Lal It's 9:30am outside the county court and Mary is about to discover her fate. Before the day is done, 169 people will be evicted across Britain. This grandparent, who has been a housing association tenant for 25-years, is about to find out if she will be one of them.
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Victims of serious crime face arrest

Victims of serious crime face arrest

BBC — More than half of UK police forces are handing over victims of crime to the Home Office for immigration enforcement, new figures show. One woman who was beaten by her partner was then herself arrested by police. There are fears the approach is stopping vulnerable people - including rape victims - reporting crimes, playing into the hands of traffickers.
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169 evictions in Britain a day: "I knocked every door, and no one helped me"

169 evictions in Britain a day: "I knocked every door, and no one helped me"

New Statesman — Iwona is early. She is always early for appointments, including being interviewed by a journalist. This is no easy task. She is a lone parent and a carer to her mother who both has dementia and uses a wheelchair. Iwona works in a supermarket, volunteers at a local food bank, and is studying part time to become a social worker.
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The royal wedding could be a way for Windsor to fix its homelessness issues

The royal wedding could be a way for Windsor to fix its homelessness issues

The Independent — When Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011 they raised over £1m for 26 different charities. What if instead, this time the donations to the Royal Wedding Charitable Gift Fund go to a single cause in a single place?
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Many of the white men of literature would want to be taken off the Cambridge English syllabus

Many of the white men of literature would want to be taken off the Cambridge English syllabus

The Independent — Once again, self-appointed defenders of orthodoxy in the Daily Mail and Telegraph have stepped up to defend... white male authors. The villains, students (those millennials, always the problem), many of them people of colour, who engaged in conversation with their lecturers and, shock horror, requested to bring about change.
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Revealed: MPs using immigration enforcement hotline to report people to the Home Office

Revealed: MPs using immigration enforcement hotline to report people to the Home Office

politics.co.uk — By Natalie Bloomer and Samir Jeraj Members of parliament have been using a Home Office hotline and webpage to report people for immigration enforcement, Politics.co.uk can reveal. In response to a Freedom of Information request, the Home Office confirmed that it received 482 tip-offs from MPs between 2014 and 2016.
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After the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government can't ignore renters any longer

After the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government can't ignore renters any longer

The Independent — The Grenfell Tower tragedy is still unfolding. What we know now is at least six people are dead and 74 injured, 20 critically. Going by previous disasters such as this, it will take months or perhaps years for the full story to emerge, longer still for any individuals to be held accountable if they are found to be at fault.
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The foreign property investors who are richer than the Duke of Westminster

The foreign property investors who are richer than the Duke of Westminster

The Independent — New international money overtook the late Duke of Westminster back in 2013, taking him from Britain's number one wealthiest property magnate to number three. Right at the top of the tree?
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Communities and charities hold the answer to a more equal NHS

Communities and charities hold the answer to a more equal NHS

The Guardian — The NHS launched in 1948 with the founding principle "that it meets the needs of everyone", and in 2011 a commitment to equality was enshrined in its constitution (pdf). However, equality is still some way from being realised in the health service. Experiences of healthcare are still strongly determined by race, sexuality, gender and disability.
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The Government is about to encourage landlords to discriminate against ethnic minorities

The Government is about to encourage landlords to discriminate against ethnic minorities

The Independent — The Government's new plan to jail "rogue landlords" for renting out homes to undocumented migrants is an extremely unjust measure for everyone involved in the private housing market. As well as harming undocumented people and needlessly punishing those who rent to them, it will only make help fuel discrimination among landlords and letting agents.
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Black and minority ethnic people are shortchanged by mental health services

Black and minority ethnic people are shortchanged by mental health services

The Guardian — Ramone is in his mid-20s and with his family emigrated to the UK around 10 years ago from eastern Europe. He developed a severe mental illness that requires long-term care, but is not eligible for treatment.
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'Social Housing, Not Social Cleansing' - The Case of the Focus E15 Mums

'Social Housing, Not Social Cleansing' - The Case of the Focus E15 Mums

greeneuropeanjournal.eu — The roots of the UK housing crisis go back to the 1980s, when Conservative Governments sold off social housing, removed rent controls and security of tenure in the private sector, and unleashed a wave of cheap credit to encourage home ownership.
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The hidden costs of renting in modern Britain

The hidden costs of renting in modern Britain

openDemocracy — For those who have owned a home for years or decades, they may be unaware of the costs, penalities and fees imposed on today's renters. It is a web of unregulated profiteering and expense. Renting is getting more expensive in the UK. The landlord lobby points to 'below-inflation' average rises in rent, but these are deceptive.
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