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The use of scientific processes would be a huge improvement on the UK’s current methods for assessing the age of asylum seekers.
Pastors have a limited role in asylum processes of Christian converts.
The latest border protection move from the UK government could breach international law.
Data from Oxford University shows UK asylum applications are proportionally lower than Cyprus, Luxembourg and Iceland.
The CJEU’s ruling on benefits access for some EU nationals could have stark implications for millions of people.
As we pass a key deadline, what will happen to the millions of EU citizens living in the UK?
The sustained lack of trust between migrants and health professionals is leading to dire consequences
Amid rising inequality and social tensions, measures must be taken to protect refugees from the backlash and help them settle instead
Britain’s widely circulated notion of the ‘foreign criminal’ has generated an atmosphere of hostility in Jamaica.
This is a system that will likely become even worse given the impact of Brexit and the backlog of cases created by the pandemic.
At times of economic crisis, our feelings towards migrants can become hardened.
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.
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Lecturer Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Social and Trauma Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute, King's College London
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Director, Migration Observatory, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer at The City Law School, City, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University
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Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity (IRiS), University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bristol
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield
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Assistant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy, The Open University
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Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Biblical Cultures, University of Exeter
