Illegal immigration: cracking down on smuggling makes gangs more organised – and costs migrant lives
Arresting smugglers is difficult, and doesn’t make migrants less likely to seek out their services.
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Why thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK are now homeless
Schemes to house Ukrainian refugees are set to last for three years. But halfway through, they are already proving unsuccessful.
How UK asylum system creates perfect conditions for modern slavery and exploitation to thrive
Global capitalist pressures on labour markets and the search for cheaper workers can lead to slavery.
What life was like in mental hospitals in the early 20th century
A portrait of Cefn Coed Hospital, which operated in Wales between 1932-2018, provides unique insight into life at a mental hospital.
Think twice before copying Denmark’s asylum policies
A migration researcher based in Denmark explains the downsides of its “zero asylum” policy and returns system.
Enough pasta already: why asylum seekers in Italy are fed up with their food rations
Food is a real flashpoint in the power dynamics between asylum seekers and the people looking after them.
Katie Hopkins and The Sun: when the unreadable prints the unspeakable
I think everybody recognises Katie Hopkins as a professional controversialist. Her journalism and public persona are, it seems to me, a carefully constructed exercise in generating argument. To some she…
For many Venezuelan migrants in the US, working all hours means hope for a life back home
The overwhelming focus of Venezuelan migrants in the US is on earning enough money to build a life back home.
World leaders lack the political courage to agree a fair global share of migration
Discussions at two global summits on migration in New York will do little to do what is needed to change the reality on the ground.
Rwanda plan is in legal limbo, but history shows such migration deals are unlikely to disappear
Migration arrangements like the Rwanda plan have existed for well over a century.
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