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About Alasdair Murray

Alasdair Murray is a writer and consultant who is currently completing a pamphlet examining the UK’s points based migration system. He was formerly director of CentreForum think tank and stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2010 election.

 

Articles by Alasdair Murray

Wednesday 7th July

Migration: playing the numbers game

Alasdair Murray, 7 July 2010
The British coalition government wants to halve net migration into Britain. Not only is there no economic or social justification for introducing a cap, there is also probably no need
Thursday 24th July

UK in denial over half million illegal migrants

Jonny Medland and Alasdair Murray, 24 July 2008

Alasdair Murray and Jonny Medland (London, CentreForum): CentreForum this week published a pamphlet which laments the lack of debate about measures to combat illegal migration in the UK. Authors Demetrios Papademetriou and Will Somerville of the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute argue that, in comparison with other developed countries, the UK appears stuck in a state of denial about the scale and intractability of the problem. They propose a carefully crafted earned amnesty programme - which in conjunction with better use of other migration policy tools including enforcement - might just offer a way out of the political impasse.  

As if to prove the authors' point, the reaction to the proposals has been depressingly dismissive.

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