Immigration
The government must stop spreading untruths about immigration
The Refugee Council’s Donna Covey responds to polling from Migration Observatory, arguing it shows the government needs to do more to correct misconceptions.
May is wrong: We can have a liberal immigration policy
IPPR Associate Director Matt Cavanagh writes about the potential for a new liberal immigration policy, based on both progressive values and evidence.
Ex-Tory peer’s Pakistani/Bangladeshi smear ignores the evidence
Ex-Tory peer Baroness Flather’s assertion that Bangladeshi and Pakistani families have more children to chase benefits is baseless in evidence, reports Daniel Elton.
How to create a Telegraph migration scare story
IPPR Associate Director for UK Migration Policy, Matt Cavanagh, deconstructs the latest Daily Telegraph anti-migration scare story.
When will the coalition deliver on its pledge to end child detention?
Ministers have twice promised to end child detention and twice failed. When will they come good on thier promises?
Express and Mail fail the migration stats test
The ONS Quarterly Migration Report yesterday gave rise to media headlines about a big rise in immigration - even though immigration had hardly risen at all.