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Don Flynn is the director of Migrants’ Rights Network, which links the work of over two thousand organisations working with migrants in the UK.  He writes regular commentaries on immigration policy on the MRN’s website and has contributed chapters to several edited books, including Global Surveillance and Policing – edited by Elia Zureik and Mark B. Salter, and Security and insecurity: community, citizenship, and the ‘war on terror’, edited by Pat Noxolo and Jef Huysmans.  He recently co-authored, with Rob Ford and Will Somerville,  an article on immigration in the 2010 general election, published in Renewal, vol 18 issue 3/4.

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Articles by Don Flynn

A ‘Coalition of the Rational’ on immigration? What would we do to make that happen?

Don Flynn 8 October 2012

At a fringe meeting of Labour’s Party Conference last week, the shadow minister for immigration Chris Bryant MP said a “coalition of the rational” was a prerequisite of serious and rational debate about migration. Was that just an adlibbed comment at an obscure gathering? Or something more promising? Don Flynn, director of Migrants’ Rights Network, explores the notion.

Detention is the essence of immigration control

Don Flynn 24 September 2012

At any one time more than 2000 people are deprived of their liberty because a UK immigration official considers they have breached a control regulation. In a new book, Alexandra Hall argues that what goes on at the gloomy fringes of the immigration system emerges from principles that define the whole of our society.

'Something there is that doesn't love a border'

Don Flynn 31 July 2012

The American poet Robert Frost said it about walls and the way the forces of nature do their best to pull them down. After the dismal report of the Home Affairs Committee on the underperformance of the UKBA earlier this week, it seems like we could say pretty much the same thing about borders...

“Mickey Mouse border controls slammed!” Calm down, relax, don't worry

Don Flynn 21 February 2012
Around one in every 2000 people entering the UK between June 2010 and November 2011 got in on just a visual check of ID papers. So?

Playing the blame game — it's all the immigrants' fault . . .

Don Flynn 20 January 2012
It isn't just the Italian liner that's on the rocks this morning - it's the entire UK economy. As ministers look for a lifeboat to stumble into, it occurs to them to 'blame the immigrants. . .'

Migration: breaking the deadlock

Don Flynn 14 November 2011
As the Global Forum on Migration and Development prepares to meet in Geneva, Don Flynn reports on the attempt to break the deadlock between civil society and governments over rights vs security in migration policy

Weekend of scandal for the UK Border Agency

Don Flynn 8 November 2011
The Home Secretary and her officials tripped over no less than three ‘banana skin’ issues last weekend. But are lessons being learned on immigration in Britain?

Remember Liverpool 1946: Britain needs human rights to prevent immigration crime

Don Flynn 19 October 2011
The BBC2 documentary series ‘Mixed Britannia’ set out to show how ethnic diversity is central to the UK. Last week's episode took us back to a dark time in British history that demonstrates why immigration policy needs to be constrained by a strong commitment to human rights.

Fair trade, Fair immigration?

Don Flynn 12 January 2011

The Global Forum on Migration and Development is an example of global civil society activism, and was seen by many as the holy grail of a progressive approach to immigration. Is it really the way forward?

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