Blogs

We publish blogs that draw on data and research, and through them we inform debate, spark discussion, and explore the wider implications of current developments.

A refugee camp in Sudan

Africa’s Forgotten Crisis Risks New Asylum Wave

In the two or three years prior to the 2015/16 deluge of asylum seekers, the EU, of which Britain was still a part, should have known that a mass movement of people would follow upheaval and conflicts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, as well as in Africa.. And yet, everyone

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Cutting Student Visas: Bringing Migration Under Control

The numbers speak for themselves. In 2024, student visas accounted for 45% of all UK entry visas issued – the single largest route for legal migration. This surge is no accident. In 2019, ministers set a target of 600,000 international students by 2030; they hit it in 2022. Universities, free

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Migration Is Changing Your Area – Just Look At These Numbers.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its official estimates for the population of England and Wales yesterday, and the results make for dire reading.  Already the headlines are coming in thick and fast: “Migration fuels population jump, figures suggest” from the BBC; “Net migration fuels second-biggest population rise in 75 years”, says The

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