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Looking for the facts about asylum? The same old myths and scare stories about refugees and people seeking asylum are peddled again and again. You can rely on the facts and figures below to get the true picture -and help spread the truth about asylum.
This week’s furore over entirely legal migration proves it was never the kind of foreigner you were, simply your foreignness.
By Aditya Chakrabotty
Rising immigration feeds into a sense of ‘betrayal’ among Brexiteer voters.
By Esther Webber
By Oiza Q. Obasuyi
An article from The Conversation.
By Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
These Spanish-speaking migrants eschew the British bars dotted along the Costas, prefer the Mediterranean diet to fish and chips and want to reverse Brexit.
By Graham Keeley
Ministers have pledged to open up safe paths with a cap on the numbers agreed annually in a vote by Parliament.
By Charles Hymas
An article from The Conversation.
By Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
Public opinion has shifted a huge amount in a relatively short space of time.
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Every illegal immigrant receives a payment card loaded with £175, which is renewed weekly, in addition to free meals a day.
One correspondent’s quest to procure French nationality and the maroon and gold passport that proclaims one a citizen of Europe.
By Alistair Lyon
More EU nationals have left the UK than arrived in the past year, the first negative figure since 1991.
By Holly Bancroft
Migrants travel further distances to live in ‘cities of choice,’ determined by opportunity and quality of life.
While migration is set to increase, what that looks like is likely to change, as predicted by Boston Consulting Group (BCG). For example, more women will migrate, city-to-city migration will ramp up and there will be a fight for residents among cities.
If predictions come to fruition, national public leaders must design a proactive migration strategy to drive economic growth and innovation while building public support.
By Oiza Q. Obasuyi
How many migrants are there in the UK? Where do migrants live? What countries do migrants to the UK come from? This briefing provides an overview of the UK’s foreign-born population.
By Dr Carlos Vargas-Silva and Dr Cinzia Rienzo
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the global total of refugees to over 100 million. Refugees are like you and me – but not always welcome.
By Helen Womack
An article from The Conversation.
By Ross Bennett-Cook, Visiting Lecturer, PhD, University of Westminster
By Alexander Black
Why do we prefer to refer to ourselves as ‘Expatriates’, as opposed to ‘Immigrants’?
By Camille Brichard
Whether it’s a conscious or subconscious decision, there’s no denying that these terms represent double standards in society’s view on who has a right to move freely around the world, writes Nicole Chui.
