Philippe Legrain

Philippe Legrain is a senior visiting fellow at the London School of Economics' European Institute and founder of OPEN, an international think-tank. His latest book is European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess - and How to Put Them Right.

“Even when they’re wrong, they’re right”

The biggest problem with immigration is the common misperception that it is a problem. But shifting unduly negative perceptions requires more than simply presenting the facts.

By Philippe Legrain

/ 27 Oct 2017

Open Britain

As moral panic about immigration sweeps Britain, ‘bogus asylum-seekers' are the focus of particular hatred. They appear to validate the prejudice that dastardly foreigners cannot be trusted to ‘play

By Philippe Legrain

/ 16 Jun 2008