Originally published on Border Criminologies. With the Nationality and Borders Bill making its way through parliament, the UK government is already pushing ahead with its post-Brexit asylum policy. This is an agenda which primarily seeks to spirit away refugees as though they don’t have rights under international law. Britain, of course, is a country with a long history of…

With Thom Davies, Arshad Isakjee and Joe Turner. A version of this article appeared on the History Workshop blog in 2021. Recent years have seen an increase in the number of people who are forced to cross the English Channel in small boats and abroad lorries in search of asylum in the UK. Ever stronger…

Originally published on Open Democracy. The UK and French governments are facing a crisis at their mutual border which is of their own making. This is because stopping refugees from moving does not solve refugee migration, and closing borders to refugees always leads to increased deaths.  Refugee migration is caused by events such as wars.…

Originally published by LSE Policy and Politics. Refugees don’t need visas. In the Refugee Convention, signed by 1951 by most European states, and with 149 signatories today, it is clearly stated that since refugees might have to flee quickly and in difficult circumstances, they should be able to cross borders without appropriate travel documents like passports and visas.…