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Immigration

The Right’s demographic anxiety

John Lubbock
18 February, 2022

Racial anxieties are moving from the online far right to mainstream politics.

Boris Johnson cop26

Voters think the government is doing a bad job on almost every major issue facing the country

Basit Mahmood
4 January, 2022

On the NHS, 70 percent say the government is doing a bad job, while on crime 59 percent say the government is performing badly.

Nationality and Borders Bill

Why our MP Paul Bristow is wrong about the Nationality and Borders Bill

Amjad Iqbal Shabina Qayyum
24 December, 2021

‘The Borders Bill fundamentally undermines the UK’s obligations under international refugee law.’

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Voices on the Left: 5 blogs from the left you need to read this week

Basit Mahmood
20 December, 2021

A roundup of progressive news

Migrants crossing the Channel

Behind last week’s media hype over migrant Channel crossings

Raoul Walawalker
22 July, 2021

Priti Patel last week pushed the harshest law yet over right to claim asylum as right-wing press agitated once again over Channel crossings

Prof Prem Sikka: A failure to tackle skills shortages is threatening the post-Covid economic recovery

Prem Sikka
11 June, 2021

The government is hoping to alleviate skills shortages by recruiting individuals from all over the world. A key part of this is the recognition of foreign qualifications.

UK immigration law hoards the spoils of colonialism

Alisha Ingram
29 May, 2021

Britain enriched itself by exploiting other countries and their people, called them part of the British Empire, and now it’s shutting its doors and treating them like criminals.

Vaccine passports and the threat to undocumented migrants

Olivia Williams
6 April, 2021

What happens to undocumented migrants in the new surveillance state?

George Floyd

Protestors demand answers over death of young man arrested in Cardiff

Raoul Walawalker
13 January, 2021

Events in Cardiff yesterday brought the protests following George Floyd’s death sharply back to mind, writes Raoul Walawalker

Labour needs to take new direction on race and immigration

Maheen Behrana
12 January, 2021

‘I could not vote for a Labour party which started mirroring the Tories’ stance on immigration and race,’ says Maheen Behrana

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