The European Union has used money and enforcement infrastructure as the twin pillars of its migrant returns strategy. The evidence suggests it isn’t working.
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The numbers on how many asylum seekers the UK accepts.
Semi-carceral facilities accommodating irregular migrants are designed to be hostile spaces that expose people to substandard conditions and keep them on the move, detached from wider society.
Migration arrangements like the Rwanda plan have existed for well over a century.
A recap of our expert analysis of the UK’s new migration law.
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.
The illegal migration bill makes much of the Nationality and Borders Act redundant.
The maths behind this number, explained.
This judgment is a victory for refugees and the organisations that support them.
Provisions related to detention of children and protections for trafficking victims are the subject of ongoing debate.
Since 2011, I’ve worked in more than 20 precarious workplaces in hospitality, manufacturing and logistics – and I have only seen a union once.
The European court has ruled that interim measures are legally binding under international law.
We wanted to examine not only the experiences that drove asylum seekers to the UK, but also the psychological effects of their experiences in the asylum system.
The Australian experience of deterring and punishing asylum seekers who arrive by boat should serve as a warning rather than a blueprint for the UK.
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Professor of Geography, University of Sussex
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Senior Lecturer in Law
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Law, UNSW
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Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Tufts University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Teaching Fellow of Work, Employment, Management and Organisation, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Associate Director, Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of International Relations, SOAS, University of London
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Analyst /Researcher, European University Institute