Long before the referendum it has been clear that immigration is Labour’s achilles heel in the Brexit debate, and the strategy of avoiding the issue merely inflamed feelings. The Conservative claims that immigration could or should be reduced dramatically fed...
With eight days to go until polling day, the referendum debate has become increasingly dominated by immigration. Many in the Remain camp, particularly on the Labour side, are (rightly) worried that anxiety about immigration is driving Labour voters toward Brexit.
For...
The image of a young, lifeless, Syrian boy – now named as Aylan Kurdi – lying face down on the beach, his death the result of his family’s desperate attempt to reach Greece by boat, has thrown into sharp relief...
The desperate people massed in Calais, in the makeshift camp known as ‘the jungle’, are only a tiny proportion of the flow of refugees who have reached Europe’s southern shore in recent years. Many more are on their way, spurred...
Several years have passed since Yvette Cooper and Ed Balls spent their Christmas Eve trying, and failing, to find Argos in Basingstoke, where they were spending the festive period with Cooper’s family. Having twice circumnavigated the town’s ringroad through grid-locked...
The government recently declared that the UK will no longer take part in rescue missions to save those who have taken a perilous journey in the hopes of seeking asylum overseas. These rescue missions, known as Mare Nostrum, have saved...
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