An expert on immigration law explains the latest developments with the safety of Rwanda bill.
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Immigration policy treats some people’s family life as less legitimate than others’.
As long as there is war and persecution, there will be people in need of protection.
The new proposals will be devastating to any British citizen who falls in love with a foreign partner.
Leaving the European convention on human rights would not automatically make the Rwanda plan lawful or easier to implement.
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.
This judgment is a victory for refugees and the organisations that support them.
Facing incentives to leave and high unemployment at home, Albania’s young people are migrating in large numbers.
After Brexit, the UK has had fewer migrants from the EU, but they have been far outstripped by people coming from elsewhere.
Net migration numbers tell us little about the effectiveness of migration policy.
UK law says that detention should only be used when deportation is imminent.
Short-term Home Office facilities are holding people seeking refuge in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions and for far too long. This crisis has political roots.
Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.
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Assistant Professor in Law, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Law, University of Bristol
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Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
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Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Law, UCL
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Associate Professor in Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Migration Law, University of Exeter
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Professor of Migration Studies, University of Bristol
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Policy, Aston University
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Researcher, Centre on Migration Policy and Society (COMPAS), Deputy Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
