Alessandra Buonfino is a doctoral researcher at the Centre of International studies, Cambridge University, focusing on the political discourse of immigration in Europe. She is co-author of People Flow (with Tom Bentley and Theo Veenkamp) and managing editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Recent articles

“The Silent Invasion” is a recent Italian addition to a growing wave – books which exploit scant evidence and post-9/11 fears to provoke anti-immigration sentiment. This, says a co-author of the People Flow project, is no way to hold a debate on migration – in Italy, or across Europe.

Does migration erode or enhance national culture? This question is highly sensitive in many European countries. The problem with the existing European approach to migration is that official distinctions between categories of migrants do not match reality. We need a new, sustainable model that recognises the evolving complexity of human mobility. In our People Flow pamphlet, openDemocracy and Demos have proposed such a model to open up debate. This article summarises its main arguments.