Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel (left) and Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta (right) sign a deal on April 14, 2022, that would send some asylum-seekers in the U.K. thousands of miles away to Rwanda.
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The prevailing narrative around migrant smuggling has clouded the public’s understanding of the issue by obfuscating the role smuggling plays in helping refugees gain asylum.
Zemmour’s ideas are nothing new.
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Zemmour’s statements about universalism, assimilation and “separatism” have deep roots in the history of the French Republic.
An Italian official gestures at migrants waiting to disembark in the Sicilian port of Catania in August 2018.
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Research in Sicily finds that anti-immigration policies don’t slow the flow of immigrants, but do hurt local residents in communities where migrants first arrive.
Signing the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
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In the past decade the EU has been struck by a series of crises that have proven that it is far more vulnerable than previously imagined.
Much of the debate around low-skilled migration is built around misunderstandings.
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Much immigration policy is based around three misunderstandings – on what employers, the public and migrants themselves want.
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Most EU migrants would prefer to be treated in their country of origin.
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While the West fails to solve its border issues, countries in Asia and Africa have found a positive way forward.
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New figures reveal Brexit uncertainty is deepening the NHS crisis.
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Here’s the evidence the UK will use to design a new managed migration policy after Brexit.
Big decisions.
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What migration figures really tell us about the movement of people.
Scotland’s fruitpicking industry relies on migrant labour.
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Like many other parts of the UK, Scotland faces problems in attracting a migrant workforce that is crucial to the country’s future prosperity.
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Staying in a violent home country can be lethally dangerous – but thanks to European governments, sending family abroad is far from a guaranteed escape.
An anti-Brexit protest at Downing Street in March 2018.
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All EU citizens living in the UK will need to register after Brexit. But some may find it difficult to do so.
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New data shows another drop in the number of EU citizens coming to the UK since Brexit.
Blond derision.
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The UK foreign secretary has been talking up the merits of clearing away bodies to build a new Dubai on the Libyan Med.
There are 48,000 Polish people over 50 living in the UK.
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Family care arrangments likely to come under pressure under new migration rules.
Coming and going.
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The options on the table for the UK when it comes to that most contentious of issues.
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It could even lead to a loss of low-skilled manufacturing jobs.
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But it’s not clear what proof of permanent right to reside will mean after Brexit.
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The history of how the British fell out of love with seasonal farm work.