The number of people holding both British and EU passports increased significantly between 2011 and 2021.
- Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
The new proposals transform settlement into something that must be continually earned. The path has become longer, more conditional and far more easily disrupted.
In this hierarchical system, migrants are kept on extended probation and judged by standards never applied to British nationals.
Barriers to migrants’ family life are embedded in the UK’s immigration system.
Looking past the bombastic electoral rhetoric, deportation campaigns face significant hurdles.
Nando Sigona and Michaela Benson argue Britain’s Rwanda plan was brought about as a result of a Brexit-made policy failure. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
For a new report, researchers spoke with dozens of people on the Hong Kong and Ukraine visas about their experiences.
We haven’t heard the last of plans to ship off the UK’s asylum seekers.
The plight of those who felt compelled to leave when that reality ended is often overlooked.
Europeans living in the Uk and British people living in Europe say they’ve been giving more thought to their identities since Brexit.
Brexit has created new borders within British-European families.
The British government is making specific choices about the way it presents data on Channel crossings.
It’s vital not to lose sight of who the people trapped on the Belarus/Poland border are and how they came to be there.
London’s superdiversity offers a safe and welcoming space for European citizens – but Brexit poses a real challenge to it.
Applying for British citizenship or settled status is a way for EU nationals to ‘take back control’ over their lives.
How a child reacted to Theresa May’s comments that Brexit would stop EU citizens from ‘jumping the queue’ to come to the UK.
What is the legacy of the Empire Windrush for black Britishness today?
When freedom of movement is revoked, legal migrants are suddenly asked to prove they have the right to reside.
We asked two academics to check the claim, made by a former top official at the Home Office.
Is there a new migrant emergency in Rome?
The Conversation asked two experts to look at the data.
How Europe moved from refugees welcome to refugees unwelcome.
Europe is also building walls.
No Theresa May, “deprioritising” school places for children isn’t the right way to go about reducing immigration figures.
Many migrants would have stopped before they reached Europe – if only there had been the opportunities.
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