Tag: news

  • Parliamentary launch of the Channel Crossings Final Report

    In October we had the last event of the Channel Crossings project, the launch of our final report in parliament. Channel Crossings has been a 3 year ESRC funded investigation into the UK response to small boat Channel crossings. We have analysed 345 policy and political texts, interviewed politicians and policymakers, done policy time-lining going…

  • Are humanitarian visas the answer to finally solving small boat Channel crossings?

    I was asked to speak to this question at a recent event organised by Patricia Nabuco-Martuscelli, and here’s how I answered.  The UK’s preferred mode of refugee reception has always been to offer safe passage and settlement to particular nationalities during particular conflicts on a case by case basis. These have usually been short term schemes -think of…

  • What are Labour’s plans for asylum, and will they work?

    What are Labour’s plans for asylum, and will they work?

    Small boat Channel crossings are one of the big issues of the 2024 UK election. They have been the main justification for radical changes to UK asylum policy over the past three years, and the response of the current government has rightly received a lot of attention. But with the Labour Party likely to win…