This CSS code defines the “Guardian Headline Full” font family with various weights and styles, including light, regular, medium, and semibold, each in normal and italic versions. It specifies the font files in WOFF2, WOFF, and TrueType formats hosted on the Guardian’s servers.This CSS code defines several font families for the Guardian Headline and Guardian Titlepiece fonts, specifying their sources in different formats (WOFF2, WOFF, TTF) along with their font weights and styles. It also includes responsive design rules for the main content column in interactive layouts, adjusting margins, widths, and positioning based on viewport size. For example, on wider screens, it adds a left margin and a border, while on smaller screens, it expands elements to full width and centers them. The styles ensure proper formatting across devices, with maximum widths set for various content types like atoms, showcases, and immersive elements.For interactive content columns, a left border is added before the element, positioned 11 pixels to the left. Within these columns, atoms (elements) have no top or bottom margins but include 12 pixels of padding on both top and bottom. When a paragraph follows an atom, the padding is removed, and margins of 12 pixels are applied instead. Inline elements are limited to a maximum width of 620 pixels, and for wider screens (over 61.25em), inline figures with a specific role also adhere to this width limit.
Color variables are defined for various elements, such as datelines, headers, captions, and features, with a default feature color set to red. Atoms in the main column and elsewhere have no padding.
Specific rules apply to the first paragraph after certain elements or horizontal rules in different content areas (article body, interactive content, comments, features), adding 14 pixels of top padding. Additionally, the first letter of these paragraphs is styled with a large, bold, uppercase font in a specific typeface, colored according to a variable, and floated to the left with a margin.
Horizontal rules followed by paragraphs in these sections have no top padding.Pullquotes within specific content areas are limited to a maximum width of 620 pixels.
For showcase elements in various article containers, captions are positioned statically with full width up to 620 pixels.
Immersive elements span the full viewport width minus scrollbar width. On screens up to 71.24em wide, these elements are capped at 978px width with caption padding of 10px. Between 30em and 71.24em, caption padding increases to 20px. For screens between 46.25em and 61.24em, the maximum width becomes 738px. Below 46.24em, immersive elements align to the left edge with adjusted margins and maintain 20px caption padding between 30em and 46.24em.
The furniture wrapper uses a responsive grid layout on screens 61.25em and wider, organizing title, headline, meta information, standfirst, and portrait sections. Headlines feature a top border, meta sections have top padding, and standfirst text includes specific styling for lists and links with custom underlines that change color on hover. The first paragraph in standfirst has a top border on larger screens but removes it above 71.25em.
Figures within the furniture wrapper have left-aligned margins and inline elements are limited to 630px width. Above 71.25em, the grid layout adjusts to accommodate more columns for portrait content.The layout uses a grid with specific columns and rows for different screen sizes. For smaller screens, the grid has three columns and rows that adjust automatically, with an 80px fixed height for the title and portrait areas. A thin line appears above the meta section, and the standfirst section has a vertical line on its left side.
On larger screens, the grid expands to more columns and rows with fractional units for flexibility. The meta section’s top line widens, and the standfirst’s vertical line shifts slightly. Headlines have a maximum width and font size that increase on bigger screens, while certain elements like lines are hidden or adjusted in margins for different breakpoints.
Social and comment elements in the meta section share the same border color, and some components are not displayed. The standfirst text has specific styling with reduced left margin and padding, and font properties. Main media elements are positioned relatively, with full width and adjusted margins on various devices, and captions are absolutely positioned at the bottom with custom background and text colors.The CSS code defines styles for a furniture wrapper component, including its layout, colors, and responsive behavior across different screen sizes. It sets background colors, text colors, and border styles using CSS custom properties for themes like dark mode. The wrapper adjusts margins, padding, and positioning on larger screens, and includes rules for hiding or showing elements such as captions and buttons. Headlines and meta information are styled with specific fonts and colors, and social media buttons have hover effects that change their appearance. Media queries ensure the design adapts to various devices.This CSS code defines styles for a webpage’s furniture-wrapper class, focusing on elements like meta information and standfirst sections. It sets text colors to light gray (#dcdcdc) and link colors to a variable-based shade, with hover effects that change text decoration colors. Links in standfirst areas have underlines with specific offsets and no borders, while paragraphs and list items also adopt the light gray color.
For larger screens (min-width: 61.25em), the first paragraph in standfirst gets a top border, which is removed on even larger screens (71.25em). The code also creates decorative sidebars using pseudo-elements (:before and :after) that adjust in width based on viewport size, featuring dark backgrounds and bordered edges. Additionally, it styles SVG elements with stroke colors and social media or comment icons within meta sections.The comment section has a border color that matches the header’s border color.
In articles, second-level headings (h2) within the main body have a light font weight of 200. However, if an h2 contains a strong element, it uses a bold font weight of 700.
The Guardian Headline Full font family includes various styles and weights, each with specific file sources in WOFF2, WOFF, and TrueType formats:
– Light (weight 300, normal style)
– Light Italic (weight 300, italic style)
– Regular (weight 400, normal style)
– Regular Italic (weight 400, italic style)
– Medium (weight 500, normal style)
– Medium Italic (weight 500, italic style)
– Semibold (weight 600, normal style)
– Semibold Italic (weight 600, italic style)This CSS code defines several font faces for the “Guardian Headline Full” font family with different weights and styles (normal and italic), ranging from semibold (600) to black (900). Each font face specifies source files in WOFF2, WOFF, and TrueType formats from the Guardian’s asset servers.
It also defines the “Guardian Titlepiece” font with a bold weight (700) and normal style, using similar file formats from a different subdomain.
The code includes CSS custom properties (variables) for color schemes, particularly for dark mode on iOS and Android devices. It sets up a dark background color, feature colors for light and dark modes, and uses media queries to adjust the pillar color based on the user’s preferred color scheme.
Additionally, there are specific styling rules for the first letter of paragraphs in article containers on iOS and Android devices, which apply when they follow certain elements like atoms, sign-in gates, or specific gate elements.For Android devices, the first letter of the first paragraph in standard and comment articles is styled with a secondary pillar color. On both iOS and Android, article headers are hidden, and furniture wrappers have specific padding. Labels within these wrappers use a bold, capitalized font in a headline style with a new pillar color. Headlines are set to 32px, bold, with bottom padding and a dark color. Images in furniture wrappers are positioned relatively, span the viewport width minus the scrollbar, and adjust their height automatically.For Android devices, images within article containers are set to have a transparent background, span the full viewport width minus the scrollbar, and adjust their height automatically.
On both iOS and Android, the standfirst section in articles has top and bottom padding of 4px and 24px respectively, with a right margin offset of -10px. The text inside uses the Guardian Headline font family or fallback serif fonts.
Links within the standfirst on both platforms are styled with a specific color, underlined with a 6px offset, and use a designated color for the underline that changes on hover. The background image and bottom border are removed.
Additionally, the meta section in articles is styled consistently across iOS and Android for feature, standard, and comment containers.For Android devices, remove margins from meta elements in standard and comment article containers.
For iOS devices, set the color of byline and author elements in feature, standard, and comment article containers to the new pillar color. Also, remove padding from meta misc elements and set the stroke of SVG icons within them to the new pillar color. Additionally, style the caption button in showcase elements with specific display, padding, alignment, and dimensions.
For both iOS and Android, set the article body padding to 0 on the sides and 12px on top and bottom in feature, standard, and comment article containers.For iOS and Android devices, in feature, standard, and comment article containers, non-thumbnail and non-immersive images within the article body will have no margin, a width of the full viewport minus 24 pixels and the scrollbar width, and an automatic height. Their captions will have no padding.
Immersive images in these containers will span the full viewport width minus the scrollbar width.
Quoted blockquotes in the article body will display a colored marker using the new pillar color.
Links in the article body will be styled with the primary pillar color, underlined with an offset, and use the header border color for the underline. On hover, the underline color changes to the new pillar color.
In dark mode, the furniture wrapper’s background will be dark gray (#1a1a1a).For iOS and Android devices, the following styles apply to feature, standard, and comment article containers:
– Content labels use the new pillar color.
– Headlines have no background and use the header border color for text.
– Standfirst paragraphs and links use the header border color.
– Author bylines and their links use the new pillar color.
– Miscellaneous metadata icons are stroked with the new pillar color.
– Showcase image captions use the dateline color.
– Quoted blockquotes in the article body are styled with the new pillar color.For iOS and Android devices, the text color of quoted blocks in article bodies is set to a specific pillar color.
Additionally, the background color of various article body sections on both iOS and Android is changed to a dark background, ensuring it overrides any other styles.
Furthermore, for the first letter following certain elements in article bodies on iOS, a special styling is applied, though the exact effect isn’t specified here.This appears to be a CSS selector targeting the first letter of paragraphs that follow specific elements in various article containers on iOS and Android platforms. The selector applies to different article types (standard, feature, comment) and accounts for sign-in gates that might appear between elements.This CSS code defines styles for specific elements on Android and iOS devices. It sets the color of the first letter in certain paragraphs to a variable color, adjusts padding and margins for standfirst elements in comment articles, and styles headings with a font size of 24px.
For caption buttons, it applies different padding values on iOS and Android. In dark mode, it changes various color variables to darker shades for better readability and sets a dark background color.
Additionally, it hides article headers by making them fully transparent on both operating systems and applies styles to furniture wrappers, though the code is incomplete for the latter.For iOS and Android devices, the article container’s furniture wrapper has no margin. Within feature, standard, and comment articles, the content labels use a specific color variable, while headlines are set to a light gray color. Links in the article header or title section also adopt the designated color variable.
Additionally, a repeating linear gradient is applied as a background before the meta section, creating a patterned border effect. The byline text in the meta area appears in light gray, and links within the meta section are styled accordingly.For iOS and Android devices, the following styles apply to links within the meta section of feature, standard, and comment article containers:
– Links are colored using the new pillar color or a dark mode feature color.
– SVG icons in the meta miscellaneous section have their stroke set to the same color.
– Alert labels display in a light gray color (#dcdcdc) with important priority.
– Spans with data-icon attributes also adopt the new pillar or dark mode feature color.For iOS and Android devices, the color of icons within the meta section of feature, standard, and comment article containers is set to the new pillar color or a dark mode feature color.
On larger screens (71.25em and above), the meta section in these containers displays a top border using the new pillar color or the header border color. Additionally, the meta miscellaneous elements have their left margin adjusted to 20px.
Paragraphs and unordered lists in the article body of these containers are limited to a maximum width of 620px.
Blockquotes with the “quoted” class in the article body’s prose section also follow these styling rules.For quoted blockquotes in articles, the color before them is set to a secondary theme color on both iOS and Android devices.
Links within article bodies on iOS and Android are styled with the primary theme color, featuring an underline 6 pixels below the text in a light gray color, and no background image. When hovered over, the underline changes to the secondary theme color, still without a background image.
In dark mode, the color for quoted blockquotes and links switches to a dark theme color, and the hover underline for links also adopts this dark theme color.
For app rendering, various text and icon colors are defined using theme variables, including follow text, standfirst elements, bylines, and meta lines, with specific adjustments for sponsor logos in light mode that invert their colors.
Meanwhile, Afran, an Iranian asylum seeker using a pseudonym, finds himself once again near a Paris shelter, surrounded by concrete and the noise of overhead trains. This is his second time in this situation, having first been there seven weeks prior, and he finds it just as frightening.
He gained attention for being the first asylum seeker to return to the UK via a small boat after being deported to France under the disputed “one in, one out” policy on September 19. He was sent back to Paris again on November 5.
“France, UK, France, UK, France—it’s not my decision,” he explains. “I traveled to the UK twice because I felt I had no alternative. Smugglers in northern France assaulted and threatened me.”Before I first came to the UK on August 6, my life was different. When the Home Office sent me back the first time, I thought the smugglers were still looking for me, and I still believe that. I’m scared every time I leave the shelter. I don’t feel safe here.
Afran is sitting with three others recently returned from the UK, including the first woman removed under the scheme. Shortly after they share their stories, the government will introduce stricter measures aimed at deterring asylum seekers from crossing the Channel in small boats. Yet their accounts of danger, displacement, and lack of protection even after removal highlight how deterrence policies can clash with the urgent need to survive.
Even before these new measures, the scheme has been highly controversial. Critics on the right see it as ineffective, with only 113 returns to France so far and 84 asylum seekers allowed to enter the UK. On just one Friday, 217 people made the boat crossing—twice the number removed under the scheme in total. Human rights advocates view it as overly harsh and arbitrary in deciding who stays and who goes.
The four returnees are at a cafe near a busy, traffic-filled roundabout. The shelter is nearby, hidden behind a locked gate at the end of a long path. It’s a marquee-style structure with single beds packed closely together, serving as the second stop for those returned to France—first a hotel for a few days, then here, followed by temporary housing in different regions.
Eventually, some may be sent to other EU countries under Dublin regulations, which allow member states to return asylum seekers to the first country where they were fingerprinted. They feel the chances of building a safe new life in France are slim, and their future remains as uncertain as when they fled their home countries.
Afran pushes fish fingers around his plate and sips tea. The group, brought together by circumstance, wear an assortment of donated tracksuits and lack proper shoes and warm coats. They alternate between hysterical laughter and tears over the hopelessness of their situation.
“I know the security in the detention center where I’ve been locked up twice,” Afran says. “I told them I’ll be back for Christmas.” He lets out a hollow laugh and then begins to cry.
Across the Channel, an Eritrean man waits in a detention center, uncertain of his fate. He was the second person to return to the UK after being forcibly sent to France. During his first detention, he told the Guardian he was overwhelmed with worry, unable to eat or sleep.
He returned to the UK because he felt unsafe in France. After receiving medical care from a charity in Paris, he arrived back at his shelter late and was denied entry because the gates were locked. Forced to sleep outside, he says he was attacked by two men on the street and left out of fear.
“I was in shock after the attack,” he says. “I called my family and told them what happened. They arranged for me to come back to the UK by small boat because they understood France wasn’t safe for me.”
He adds, “I’ve suffered a lot and am terrified of being sent back to France. If the shelter security had let me in after my medical appointment on October 23, I wouldn’t have been attacked that night, and I’d still be in France now. Because of that bad experience…””I no longer believe France can protect me.”
Documents reviewed by the Guardian, written before his removal to France, show that a detention center doctor found his account consistent with torture. He had fled Eritrea and was trafficked and tortured in Libya before first arriving in the UK.
Lochlinn Parker, acting director of the charity Detention Action, states: “In their rush to send asylum seekers to France, the Home Office is denying them the opportunity to explain their situations and causing severe distress. As a result, some of the most vulnerable individuals, including trafficking survivors, are being held for long periods in prison-like conditions and face the terrifying prospect of being removed by force.”
Medical Justice surveyed 33 people detained under the “one in, one out” policy. Twenty of them had undergone expert medical evaluations, revealing that 17 were torture survivors and 14 were trafficking survivors, with 15 suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
At a Paris cafe, three male asylum seekers are protective of the woman with them. “Why did they send a woman back to France? This is really wrong,” Afran remarks.
“Even the UK security staff were shocked the Home Office was returning me to France,” the woman adds. She recounts persecution in Eritrea for her Christian faith and her journey through multiple African and European countries to reach the UK, where her brother lives.
A female asylum seeker from Eritrea holds up the diary where she has recorded her experiences.
“It was very difficult, and I had to be strong,” she says. “When I reached the UK, I thought I’d be safe, but they locked me in a detention center. The country I saw as a haven was the first to imprison me. They took away my strength. I’m not asking for a UK passport; I just want safety and to be with my family.”
Everyone at the table describes detention as a devastating experience.
“I saw four people try to kill themselves,” says a Syrian man. “We went from the hands of smugglers to a prison in the UK. I’ve been running since 2018. All I want is to stop.” Another man, from a former Soviet republic, calls the “one in, one out” policy a “political football,” adding, “We’re not stupid. We know we’re being used as the ball.”
In a few days, Afran will be moved again, sent by train to temporary housing elsewhere in France. At the cafe, he sits with his head in his hands. “None of us have a safe place to go,” he says. “If I had been safe in Iran, I never would have left my life and family there.
“Before I came to the UK, my mental health was normal. Now it’s not. I don’t know where to go or what to do to be safe. The Home Office is no good for humans. They have broken me. They have ended my life.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Of course Here is a list of FAQs about the topic No safe place to go People returned to France under one in one out agreement share their despair designed with clear natural questions and direct answers
Basic Understanding
1 What is the one in one out agreement
Its a deal between the UK and France where the UK sends a certain number of asylum seekers back to France and in return France allows the UK to send an equal number of asylum seekers who are in France to the UK Its meant to manage migration numbers
2 Who are the people returned to France mentioned
They are asylum seekers who had previously traveled from France to the UK to seek refuge Under this agreement they are being sent back to France because their UK asylum claims were not accepted or they arrived unofficially
3 What does no safe place to go mean in this context
It means the people being returned to France feel they have no secure home livelihood or community there They often face homelessness poverty and fear feeling unsafe and unwelcome in both countries
The Process and Its Impact
4 Why are people so desperate if they are being returned to France an EU country
While France is a safe country many returnees have no support network money or place to live there They may have experienced trauma exploitation or homelessness in France before their attempt to reach the UK so returning feels like being sent back to a difficult and unstable situation
5 What happens to people after they are returned to France
They are often left to fend for themselves Many end up in temporary overcrowded camps or on the streets with limited access to legal aid healthcare or stable food sources restarting a cycle of hardship they tried to escape
6 Whats the main goal of this agreement for the UK and French governments
The stated goal is to deter dangerous unofficial Channel crossings by showing that those who arrive this way will not be allowed to stay in the UK Its a policy aimed at controlling borders and managing migration flows
Problems and Deeper Issues
7 What is the biggest criticism of this policy
Human rights organizations and critics argue it fails to address the root causes of migration and ignores the individual circumstances and vulnerabilities of asylum seekers They say it simply
