Pressure is mounting on Andy Burnham to address small boat crossings into the UK.
- Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
The act did little to stop modern slavery happening in the first place.
When people need to be rescued in the Channel, it can be confusing which country is responsible.
The government has claimed that irregular migrants are falsely claiming to be victims of modern slavery to avoid being deported, but there is little evidence to support this.
After Brexit, the UK has had fewer migrants from the EU, but they have been far outstripped by people coming from elsewhere.
Leaving the EU has meant leaving a series of agreements on immigration.
From sending arrivals to Rwanda to stripping citizenship without notice – it’s little wonder the government has had to fight to get this legislation passed.
We asked two academics to check the claim, made by a former top official at the Home Office.
And what businesses can do to support them.
The right has succeeded in making this a toxic issue. Perhaps the moral option is to take a large step back.
How might work permits or visas for EU migrants work?
Theresa May has been the longest-serving home secretary since the 19th century, but her tenure is distinctive for other reasons, too.
Migration Watch claims there could be another 50,000 EU migrants a year coming to the UK than currently thought. We asked two academics to look at the numbers.
Landlords will be able to evict illegal immigrants without a court order, under new proposals.
In the rush to reduce headline figures, ethics and common sense went out the window.
The British press has been accused of many things in recent years, most of them bad, but how can we measure performance in coverage of a particular subject such as immigration, and how is this changing…
The government’s legislative plan for its final year has been set out in the Queen’s speech. It most notably contains a recall bill that will allow voters to sack MPs who are jailed or who have committed…
It is tempting to try and use the recent release of figures from the labour force survey as a (metaphorical) stick with which to hit the likes of UKIP and Migration Watch who predicted that huge numbers…
Launched amid a considerable level of political hype we finally have the chance to read the new Modern Slavery Bill – promised by the home secretary, Teresa May, in a column in The Sunday Times back in…
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