migration
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.
Tabloid claims about “181,000 migrants overstaying” wide of mark
Bad news about immigration once again shows itself as being just about the only news the mass circulation papers want to print, writes Migrants Rights' Network director Don Flynn.
The crazy economics of reducing foreign student visas
A major cut in non-EU student visas is going to hurt universities but it’s going to hurt the UK economy even more, writes Stephen Henderson, a researcher at the UCL Cancer Institute.
Coalition should abandon immigration cap or redefine the target
The Home Affairs Committee’s Immigration Cap report sets out some striking findings about the minimal impact the cap will have in achieving the coalition government’s policy objective of reducing net migration.