The changing face of demographics, immigration, social attitudes and LGBTQ+ politics.
- Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
‘Operation Restoring Justice’ would face legal, logistical and diplomatic hurdles.
Government policies can affect how many people arrive, what rights and protections they have in the UK, and what happens to those who arrive without permission.
Making election promises about migration numbers is much easier than keeping them.
Net migration numbers tell us little about the effectiveness of migration policy.
The conflict is already driving thousands of Ukrainians to leave their country and seek safety elsewhere.
When we read press reports about immigration it pays to think about what motivates the journalists.
New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has shown a small drop of about 4,000 in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian-born people employed in the UK in the first three months of 2014 – the…
For all of the changes to the UK over the last century, the ideal of “fair play” still seems to be a pretty fundamental part of Britain’s national self-image. The concept that anyone – especially anyone…
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