At times of economic crisis, our feelings towards migrants can become hardened.
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If the UK loses the highly skilled and experienced migrant workers who currently prop up the sector, a major crisis could emerge.
Detainees, held in a perpetual state of powerlessness, try to support each other.
What the main parties propose to do about immigration.
It’s feared many of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in southeast England were Vietnamese. What else could be done to prevent another such tragedy from happening again?
The 39 migrants who froze to death in a lorry crossing the channel join hundreds more who have died trying to get into Europe over land.
It’s not all about the economics – people’s sense of well-being may help explain anti-immigration attitudes.
Hungry for dignity, migrants are resisting their cruel detention using the only tool left available to them.
New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration.
A new set of ‘Indicators of Integration’ have been launched by the UK government.
Whatever happens with Brexit, the UK population is projected to increase in size, become more ethnically diverse and shift to a structure which is older.
Why the government’s post-Brexit immigration proposals are particularly bad for women.
Much immigration policy is based around three misunderstandings – on what employers, the public and migrants themselves want.
Many employers remain unaware of the law around employing refugees and migrants – even if they could help fill staff shortages.
Changes to immigration rules have left migrants without family and friends in the UK trapped in immigration detention – despite being granted bail.
A close reading of news articles and editorials from 2006 and 2013 shows that UK newspapers have systematically ignored the evidence to influence the public against EU migrants.
Two bills currently before the British parliament seek to reduce the 12 month ban on asylum seekers from working.
The government has abandoned its plan to charge £65 for EU citizens applying for ‘settled status’ after Brexit – but what does it secure.
Research shows people are more likely to reject international students when they are perceived as a threat to themselves or their children.
It’s time to tell the truth about immigration.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Social and Trauma Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of East London
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Assistant Professor in British Politics, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Reader in Law at The City Law School, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Geography, University of Sussex