Emigration and immigration
A perpetual problem has captured the attention of British politics and the media: the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat in the English Channel. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have publicly announced a new crackdown aimed at disrupting the business model of people smugglers by
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Sir Keir Starmer's new migrant deal with France has been met with widespread criticism from refugee charities and campaign groups, who accuse the government of reducing migrants to "commodities to be exchanged" and ignoring the root causes of why people cross borders. The deal, announced alongside
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The agreement, negotiated by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, aims to stem the flow of irregular migrants arriving in the UK via small boats. Under the deal, which is set to be piloted over the coming weeks, 50 illegal migrants will be returned to France
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Britain expects the European Union to approve its migration returns deal with France, a move that would mark a significant cooperation between the two countries. The deal, announced on Thursday by Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, would involve the return of some migrants who cross the
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The UK Prime Minister has announced an agreement with the French President to pilot a scheme that returns asylum seekers who arrive in the UK by small boat back to France, in exchange for accepting asylum seekers from France who can demonstrate a genuine family link to the UK. The
Emigration and immigration
Migrants continue to brave the perilous waters of the English Channel, with a record 20,600 making the crossing so far in 2025, up 50% from last year. The recent trend shows nearly 44,000 migrants have arrived since Labour came into power in July last year. On Thursday, a
Emigration and immigration
French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the United Kingdom has moved from its initial focus on royal tradition and ceremony to a more critical examination of immigration issues, with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pressing Macron to take harder measures to curb undocumented immigration. Macron, who began his
Emigration and immigration
In the shadows of a US immigration policy driven by detention and deportation, Canada's approach is veering toward the same harsh playbook, writes Yvonne Su, director of the Centre for Refugee Studies. The "Big Beautiful Bill" in the US has ballooned ICE's budget by
Emigration and immigration
The UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced a nationwide immigration "enforcement crackdown" to target individuals working illegally in the gig economy, particularly those from asylum seeker backgrounds. The move comes after a shadow home secretary, Chris Philp, claimed to have found evidence of people working illegally for
Emigration and immigration
Canada's government has remained silently complicit in the U.S. immigration system's collapse, ignoring the perils it poses to Canadian citizens, residents, and asylum-seekers. The recent death of a Canadian man in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility is a stark reminder of
Emigration and immigration
Research conducted at the University of Milan has shed light on the relationship between Italy's labor immigration regime and the categorization of domestic workers, highlighting the malleable nature of state-imposed categories and the uneven outcomes of migrants' efforts to achieve legal recognition. The study, funded by the
Human rights
Nicaraguan dissident Roberto Samcam Ruiz was killed in his home in San José, Costa Rica, on June 19, in what some are calling an act of state terrorism. Samcam, a former Army major and vocal critic of the Sandinista government, had been living in Costa Rica after fleeing his home
