- Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
Theresa May’s proposals for curbs on uncontrolled migration are both unimaginative and disingenuous.
Britain is not taking its fair share of child asylum seekers.
Research with migrants suggests Europe has misunderstood what drives them to make perilous sea crossings – and what would stop them trying.
Deported as soon as they become legal adults, young refugees wander the globe in search of safety.
Quand l’agence européenne chargée du contrôle extérieur des frontières de l’UE confond le nombre d’entrées sur le territoire européen avec celui des migrants, les statistiques s’envolent.
Border agency Frontex recently reported that an unprecedented 710,000 migrants had entered the EU this year. Something didn’t ring true for Nando Sigona.
We need more Europe in our asylum policy. We need more Union in our refugee policy,“ says the Commission president.
Look at the numbers and the ‘invasion rhetoric’ is unwarranted.
The current situation in which thousands are dying is untenable. Here are some ideas.
After another operation to rescue immigrants on a capsized boat, what do we need to know about the motives and methods for dealing with the problem?
The prime minister’s claim that more people died during the Mare Nostrum search and rescue operation is disingenuous.
Italy has been experiencing a resurgence of xenophobia recently. Migrants and Roma have been violently attacked by gangs, and people claiming to be “ordinary citizens” have organised marches in racially…
The UK government seeks to defend the indefensible.
Thirty lifeless bodies found in the bow of a fishing boat carrying 600 migrants off the coast of Sicily have reignited the debate on illegal crossings in the Mediterranean and how the EU should respond…
In just a few days last week the #FightForYashika campaign managed to raise more than 178,000 signatures on a petition asking to the UK Home Office to reconsider the forced removal of 19-year-old Yashika…
The latest in a “succession of true slaughters of innocents”. This is how Italian president Giorgio Napolitano described the incident in which hundreds of migrants, mainly from Eritrea and Somalia, died…
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