EU’s generosity to Ukrainian refugees should be a model for asylum
Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis shows up the double standard applied to black and brown asylum seekers.
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Brexit isn’t merely pointless — it is failing on its own terms
Public concern about immigration to the UK may be down, but it has always been a surrogate question to living…
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You know you’ve gone too far on immigration when even Theresa May is appalled
The champion of the “hostile environment” policy has refused to support Priti Patel’s latest wheeze “on the grounds of legality,…
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Why send economic migrants to Rwanda when Britain needs them?
It's not just immoral — we're paying Rwanda to take working-age people that our ageing population needs.
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Behind Priti Patel’s citizenship fees are children left in limbo
Thousands of vulnerable children born in Britain are denied a passport and the same opportunities as their friends because they…
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Will Ukraine be the source of Europe’s next migrant crisis?
Up to 1.5 million Ukrainians were internally displaced by Russia’s 2014 invasion of the country.
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Emmanuel Macron doesn’t plan to let the right monopolise anti-immigration sentiment
In calling for stronger external borders around the Schengen Area, the French president is making a political argument.
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Proof clauses in borders bill “threaten women fleeing abuse”
Peers and campaigners say the "iniquitous" legislation would lead to women and girls wrongly being denied asylum.
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Welcoming Hong Kongers will help reset the UK’s approach to immigration
The government’s openness to Hong Kong nationals shows that controlling immigration need not always mean less immigration.
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“Hurdle after hurdle”: the Windrush scandal lives on, as a victim’s son faces deportation
Two decades after coming to the UK as a teenager, Damian Gabrielle has lost a High Court battle against the…
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Why the government’s plan to use the Navy against Channel migrants sounds familiar
To divert attention from the latest scandal, ministers are repeating empty immigration announcements made many times before.
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Exclusive: leading UK charity heads condemn the Nationality and Borders Bill as “overtly racist”
A letter opposing the legislation has been signed by 100 civil society figures, including the CEOs of the Runnymede Trust…
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“Leaving every night”: Kurds still determined to reach UK after Channel tragedy
Poor governance, unemployment and Turkish airstrikes are but some of the factors pushing people to leave for Europe.
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Boris Johnson’s toxic Brexit is poisoning relations with France
The Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel Macron can't stand each other, but the real damage is from Brexit.
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Inside the UK hotel that became home to 150 refugees
The Koofi family were airlifted to safety in August 2021. This is their story – and that of thousands like…
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What does the Nationality and Borders Bill mean for you?
Under the legislation, the home secretary would be able to deprive British people of citizenship without telling them first.
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Dispatch: After the tragedy in the Channel, could France abandon the UK border deal?
A 2003 deal placing the UK’s border in France has been criticised for contributing to migrant deaths.
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My dad fled Lebanon for a new life. He found dry land, but others aren’t so lucky
After another tragedy in the Channel, I was reminded of my dad's voyage from Beirut on a small boat carrying…
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The UK and France must mend ties – lives depend on it
The French have lost all confidence in Boris Johnson – but the migrant crisis demands the relationship is rebuilt.
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Priti Patel’s French snub suits everyone – except the people caught in the middle
Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron’s row may solve the political problem – but not the human one.
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