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Published in: 50.50Migration: playing the numbers gameThe British coalition government wants to halve net migration into Britain. Not only is there no economic or social...
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Published in: 50.50"They don't speak English": language, migration and cohesion
Transforming the mechanisms and means to enable an acquisition of English is urgently required. Language is the life...
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Published in: 50.50Different pasts, shared future
Note to self: Make sure you know the meaning of the past before you set about cleaning the windows of the future!...
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Published in: 50.50Feminist revolution: population, migration and consumption
The poor women of the world are defusing the population time-bomb themselves so let’s stop talking about...
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Published in: 50.50Migration: development on the move
Migration is an unstoppable fact of life in the 21st century and should be based on a sound understanding of...
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Published in: HomeOlympics 2012: visitors or victims?
Organized human trafficking gangs are expected to establish themselves in London to make the most of the opportunity...
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Published in: HomeMigration and global justice: realistic options for here and now
Immigration is one area of concern for the author of Global Justice: a Cosmopolitan Account, which examines how...
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Published in: Shine A LightWhen they said ‘We will end child detention,’ they meant ‘Keep on arresting babies’Children are still being detained in the UK immigration system.
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Published in: Shine A LightLet’s make sure they really do end child detention now
If they mean the immediate closure of Yarl's Wood, that should be a cause for great rejoicing. This is why we must...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAgainst ‘common sense’: election reflections from a campaigner on migration and asylum
A welcome electoral setback for the BNP may have been bought at the expense of their politics on immigration and...
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Published in: 50.50No release: lives in limbo
The UK is almost alone in Europe in detaining migrants indefinitely. The cost to the taxpayer does not come cheap....
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Published in: 50.50Reconnecting race equality and migration policy
In a reply to Tim Finch, Kjartan Sveinsson says that we should not lose sight of the lessons of our recent history...
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Published in: Shine A LightGordon Brown on child detention
An exchange between the Prime Minister and campaigners on the question of child detention
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Published in: HomeImmigration: control vs governance
The state of Arizona’s clampdown on unauthorised residence is part of a wider political drive to control...
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Published in: Shine A LightElection time: asylum seekers lose their last safety netWhen terrified men, women and children are being shunted off to countries where they face real and imminent risk of...
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Published in: 50.50Migration: the rise of the radical right
The new radical right has overcome the traditional split between left and right by combining anti-establishment...
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Published in: 50.50Is the progressive case for migration truly progressive?
More migrants entering the UK does not equal a more progressive attitude to migration. Those who make the case for a...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBritain's reputation being damaged point by point
The UK's attempt to control visitors is creating painful injustices, repels applicants and seems to be unaccountable.
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Published in: 50.50Women seeking asylum: shame and isolation“I'd prefer, rather than going to a detention centre ... to be in prison for the rest of my life,” said Cecilia....
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Published in: 50.50Cry of a migrant"I may able to give my children whatever they may need and ask for but the sacrifices in exchange of all these is...
