Asylum chaos triggers fresh tensions over how to manage Ireland’s post‑Brexit border
Calls to ‘close the border’ are an uncomfortable contradiction to Brexit-era efforts to avoid a hard border at all costs.
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The UK’s asylum system is in crisis, but the government – not refugees – is to blame
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
Starkly different views on welcoming refugees divide Britain’s main parties
What the political party manifestos say about refugees and asylum seekers.
Who counts as a refugee? Four questions to understand current migration debates
As long as there is war and persecution, there will be people in need of protection.
The hypocrisy at the heart of racist riots
People are socially conditioned to think such heinous acts are committed by outsiders.
Irregular, not illegal: what the UK government’s language reveals about its new approach to immigration
The onus now appears to be shifting from the migrants to smugglers who have been profiteering from this inhumane trade.
Labour’s immigration policy: will focus on ‘security’ win an election?
Labour has vowed to crack down on smuggling gangs.
Hotels and employment aren’t major ‘pull factors’ for refugees – here’s what really draws people to move
Research explains how asylum seekers choose their destination country.
The UK’s unworkable immigration plans allow the government to blame others for its failure
The illegal migration bill is performative politics that allows the Conservatives to blame opponents ahead of a key election.
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak want to crack down on migration – an expert reviews their plans
An expert breaks down the promises from the two Conservative leadership candidates.
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