Suella Braverman's asylum barges are tied up with Britain's imperial past, writes Iain Overton
Immigration
The UK could show global leadership by pushing for the international community to broaden its definition of refugees, writes former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
The latest sanctions stand in stark contrast to the UK Government’s often inaccurate descriptions of life in Rwanda, where it plans to send some asylum seekers
Suella Braverman plans to end inspection of this lucrative market as complaints mount about conditions
If the West really wants to end migration, there is a solution: spend more money in the countries migrants are fleeing.
An increasingly desperate Prime Minister is resorting to false claims about his opponents in order to cling to office, writes Adam Bienkov
Exclusive new poll finds the public is far more tolerant of diversity and cultural change than the Government appears to believe, Adam Bienkov reports
"Human beings do not belong in barges or camps. The correct way to house people is to house them in communities.”
History repeats itself, the first time as hope, the second time as dread. In a preface to the 2002 reissue of her classic work on the fear of bodily pollution, first published in 1966, the anthropologist Mary Douglas wrote: When I was writing Purity and Danger I had no idea that soon the fear of […]
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The truth is that Rishi Sunak's Government is complicit in forcing desperate people to risk their lives in order to seek refuge in this country