Asylum

1.  We make this submission after considering reports and official statistics that have been released a…
26 November 2020

Official statistics show that over half of asylum seekers whose age was checked after they claimed to be und…
23 November 2020

What is the estimated cost of supporting asylum seekers and how has it changed? 1. The overall cost of the a…
3 October 2020

Between 1 January 2019 and 1 October 2020, 237 migrants who crossed the English Channel were returned to mai…
19 September 2020

The UK’s asylum system is being overwhelmed and abused (see our paper). One symptom of the beleaguered…
18 September 2020

Illegal Channel crossings have spiralled upwards this year. More people crossed in September 2020 than durin…
10 September 2020

The Conservative Party said in its 2019 election manifesto: “We want the UK to be a magnet for the bes…
3 September 2020

Recently we pointed to an explosive claim that there has been a recent ‘increase in abuse’ of th…
18 August 2020

What you need to know: At least 8,652 people have crossed illegally in around 276 boats since the start of 2…
11 May 2020

Various newspapers have today carried reports that two men have been charged with people smuggling after a b…
31 May 2016

The EU Turkey Agreement In November 2015 the EU and Turkey held a bilateral summit to discuss the migrant cr…
27 April 2016

The EU and Turkey have agreed a deal with the primary goal of ending irregular migration between Turkey and …
21 March 2016

Tomorrow, European leaders will meet at an EU Summit where many hope to agree a deal with the Turkish govern…
16 March 2016

A case in the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal has brought to public attention the Dublin Regulation which fo…
12 February 2016

Summary It is by no means certain that the French would withdraw their agreement to juxtaposed controls in C…
8 February 2016

The news that ‘several’ of the 33 economists polled by the Financial Times (27 December) feel that recen…
7 January 2016