Getting to grips with asylum removals
Over the last two weeks we have seen a large number of reports and articles critical of the asylum system.
Immigration
Did Rosindell deliver the leaflets he denies approving?
Andrew Rosindell’s protestations that he did not “write or approve” an immigration leaflet look increasingly weak. He was campaigning the day it was delivered.
Labour must be positive on immigration (and honest about the costs)
Labour ends its third term with one of the most comprehensive immigration control regimes in the world. Its rhetoric has shifted dramatically since 1997.
Lifting the lid on child detention
Children’s Commissioner Sir Al Aynsley-Green has said the detention of immigrant children is wrong. The report is the latest in a series critical of the current process.
Polish Migrants: Coming or going?
The BBC’s story today on Polish emigration is wrong. The evidence reported does not disprove the claim that half the Polish migrants since 2004 have gone home.
Public want immigration control, not a cap
A poll for Migration Watch shows public support for a cap on net immigration. But a cap wouldn’t work and deeper analysis shows the public want control not a cap.
Progressives need to do more to build support for asylum and immigration
A new report from the Refugee Council tries to explode myths about asylum-seekers, that they’re only after benefits – but the public still think otherwise.
MPs’ Balanced Migration group will “stoke up anti-immigrant sentiment”
Tim Finch of ippr has written a stinging response to calls from the cross-party Balanced Migration Group for a 70 million population cap.
Right-wing press parrott Damian Green on asylum inefficiency
The right-wing press have parroted Damian Green’s misleading claims about the asylum seeker system. But the figures reveal that staff are clearing the backlog.
Grayling’s immigration cap is “completely Stalinist”
Chris Grayling’s immigration cap policy was criticised last night at an ippr event. Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne described it as “completely Stalinist.”