https://jameslwalker.com James L Walker Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:48:03 +0000 https://jameslwalker.com en https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy Wed, 01 May 2024 18:44:36 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy Two Palestinians died waiting for Home Office to waive ‘cruel’ fingerprint rules <img width="6720" height="4480" width_o="6720" height_o="4480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffd9d51352a8ee653f11787c24a032c9dd2b97f5e33ff05f14f33867d560e4cf/mohammed-ibrahim-L_rBY-vcki0-unsplash.jpg" data-mid="245838987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffd9d51352a8ee653f11787c24a032c9dd2b97f5e33ff05f14f33867d560e4cf/mohammed-ibrahim-L_rBY-vcki0-unsplash.jpg" /> Despite there being no functioning visa centre in Gaza, the Home Office refuses to grant an exemption for Palestinians looking to reunite with their families in the UK.&nbsp; (read more)&nbsp; The Sunday National, 2024 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:31:43 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy Inside the hidden society of lightning strike survivors <img width="1250" height="810" width_o="1250" height_o="810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1805d384209e976145d1f6719c7f462271418b21ab09aae6c454f867d6d7415e/Screenshot-2022-11-18-at-12.19.19.png" data-mid="164492787" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1805d384209e976145d1f6719c7f462271418b21ab09aae6c454f867d6d7415e/Screenshot-2022-11-18-at-12.19.19.png" /> After getting hit, they suffered devastating symptoms that wouldn’t go away. It seemed no one could help – until they found each other. (read more) The Guardian, 2021 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:03:06 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy Inside the UK Government’s cruel battle to separate refugee families <img width="962" height="602" width_o="962" height_o="602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04c05822cf24bf9b8cb1fa2408e40729eb3341a0388bbf3949310d1c269cfb01/19922828.jpg" data-mid="245840538" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/962/i/04c05822cf24bf9b8cb1fa2408e40729eb3341a0388bbf3949310d1c269cfb01/19922828.jpg" /> It has been an unbelievably tough week for refugees across the UK. For immigration and human rights lawyers, it has been frantic. (read more)&nbsp; The National, 2025 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy-copy Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:12:42 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy-copy Google giving free ads to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant Scots <img width="4860" height="3240" width_o="4860" height_o="3240" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d897b376da6f38d28973fd1f7ef6d84b9e4487bdbabc38af02d53ce2a4f8a57/pawel-czerwinski-fpZZEV0uQwA-unsplash.jpg" data-mid="245841026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d897b376da6f38d28973fd1f7ef6d84b9e4487bdbabc38af02d53ce2a4f8a57/pawel-czerwinski-fpZZEV0uQwA-unsplash.jpg" /> Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK (read more)&nbsp; The National, 2025 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy Sat, 12 Nov 2022 11:13:34 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy In lockdown with a conspiracy theorist &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="3000" height="1687" width_o="3000" height_o="1687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f49eb986cbdfb67a5733a867291e87c6e28d691ba5dd043739bcbfe429f2aa4/Quanon_final-header_3_0.jpeg" data-mid="159723105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f49eb986cbdfb67a5733a867291e87c6e28d691ba5dd043739bcbfe429f2aa4/Quanon_final-header_3_0.jpeg" /> Coronavirus was only one of Mary’s worries. Her mother had become obsessed with the QAnon conspiracy. And Q always came first. (read more) The Economist, 2020 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy-copy Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:48:03 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy-copy More than 8000 migrant workers are set to sue the UK Government <img width="962" height="687" width_o="962" height_o="687" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8b075141e2c7ba4a997d00b98deefa8eb0e76e5acef2289290232e862743759/20558597.jpg" data-mid="245841722" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/962/i/b8b075141e2c7ba4a997d00b98deefa8eb0e76e5acef2289290232e862743759/20558597.jpg" /> A group representing over 8000 migrant workers across the UK is preparing to take the UK Government to court over the proposed changes to immigration rules.&nbsp; (read more)&nbsp; The National, 2026 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy Wed, 01 May 2024 19:12:26 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy The brutal ‘cultural genocide’ of Scotland’s Gypsy Traveller community <img width="640" height="480" width_o="640" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e55a5b46e6e9d6616215c43a2cd154ea9c01695ff589f2c9c15c862b165f8f1/William-Webb-at-experiment-site--Inverness-shire..jpg.article-962.jpg" data-mid="210109678" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/0e55a5b46e6e9d6616215c43a2cd154ea9c01695ff589f2c9c15c862b165f8f1/William-Webb-at-experiment-site--Inverness-shire..jpg.article-962.jpg" /> Campaigners are calling for an apology from the Scottish Government for a “coordinated and racist” attempt to eradicate their way of life.&nbsp; (read more)&nbsp; The Sunday National, 2024 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy Sat, 31 May 2025 12:07:33 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy When refugees are neither here, nor there <img width="1476" height="986" width_o="1476" height_o="986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1141680f61232d5a90a348d7735b8fd1dcc221ceac0eded3684892903e8a520/6345C706-D807-4AB7-9192-C6AAAFCD4499.jpeg" data-mid="233951934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1141680f61232d5a90a348d7735b8fd1dcc221ceac0eded3684892903e8a520/6345C706-D807-4AB7-9192-C6AAAFCD4499.jpeg" /> What happens to the millions of people who leave home to survive, and can never go back?(read more)&nbsp; Deseret Magazine, 2024 https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:26:49 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01-copy-copy-copy Homelessness is out of control in Glasgow. Who will solve it? <img width="3765" height="2510" width_o="3765" height_o="2510" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/456d306082dd68224f1195f787837d7a975a1132e5db956ddad8a06ab23c151a/nick-fewings-4OFU9yxUvLc-unsplash.jpg" data-mid="245841198" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/456d306082dd68224f1195f787837d7a975a1132e5db956ddad8a06ab23c151a/nick-fewings-4OFU9yxUvLc-unsplash.jpg" /> I was walking home from Glasgow’s Merchant City. One, two, three, four apparently homeless men passed me by before I spotted another collapsed on the ground (read more) The National, 2025 https://jameslwalker.com/01 Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:16:20 +0000 James L Walker https://jameslwalker.com/01 The complicated path to justice for sexual assault survivors at the UN <img width="4792" height="3195" width_o="4792" height_o="3195" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a319d41a356b28c90ec89bed83c25fc6bf48b15805dbae4d8afba2084c7f45d5/mathias-reding-yfXhqAW5X0c-unsplash.jpg" data-mid="245839061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a319d41a356b28c90ec89bed83c25fc6bf48b15805dbae4d8afba2084c7f45d5/mathias-reding-yfXhqAW5X0c-unsplash.jpg" /> The United Nations' use of both immunity and private risk consultants to investigate accusations makes it hard for victims of sex crimes to get justice.(read more)&nbsp; Vice, 2020