Pre-entry English tests are unfair, impractical and potentially discriminatory
A pre-entry test of people’s English language abilities is unfair, impractical, and potentially discriminatory, Ruth Grove-White of the Migrants’ Rights Network.
Immigration
The bad news in yesterday’s employment stats (and it’s not about migration)
The claim that migrants are disproportionately accessing jobs in Britain compared to workers of UK nationality is based on a simple misreading of the statistics.
The NHS, Ozzy Osbourne and universal welfare reform
When rejecting universal welfare reforms, we need to consider the impact on solidarity between citizens, writes the Fabian Society’s James Gregory.
When will politicians stop taking the public for fools on immigration?
Politicians refuse to tell the truth to voters, when they say that immigration is the cause of persistently high worklessness, writes Declan Gaffney.
Iain Duncan Smith is not “daring to tell the truth” about migrant workers
Iain Duncan-Smith’s ‘bravery’ on immigration may have played well on the Daily Mail, but it ignored several inconvenient facts.
Coalition must stop making undeliverable promises on immigration
The coalition are starting to pray the price for making unrealistic promises on immigration and asylum, Ruth Grove-White explains
ONS reveals impact of immigration on low-paid jobs and wages; how should Labour react?
New figures show the importance of Labour winning the argument about the impact of immigration on lower-paid jobs and wages, writes ippr’s Matt Cavanagh.
Looking at those immigration stats beyond the hysteria
Migrants Rights Networks’ Ruth Grove-White reports on what the latest immigration stats do and don’t tell us about the diversity of Britain.
The truth about the “True Finns”
Dominic Browne reports on the electoral success of an anti-immigrant, homophobic party in Finland, and the wider rise of nationalist parties in Europe.
Cameron’s ESOL cuts will make integration harder
The government’s cuts to English for Second Language classes make a mockery of the David Cameron’s call for immigrants to integrate more in his immigration speech.