- Research Fellow, Coventry University
Insincerity and short-termism rule global responses to Libyan migration.
The number of people arriving has risen, but is not the highest on record.
It is a dangerous and illegal move to make.
Smugglers who transport migrants and refugees into the EU are both heroes and villains.
Simon McMahon travelled to Sicily, where arrivals are being ordered to leave without understanding why.
Immigration is a lightning rod in British politics, but we have to be brave and look beyond the numbers.
Italian PM blasts fellow EU leaders for spat over who takes in the desperate people arriving in his country every day.
The proposed response to the Mediterranean migrant crisis could well do more harm than good.
Our experts review the evidence behind the Green Party’s big ticket policies.
The Greens offer a fresh outlook on immigration in the UK, but their manifesto contains shades of uncertainty.
Talking to individual terrorists, rather than negotiating with groups, is the only way to move past violence and towards real mutual understanding.
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