Rapid and rising migration is driven by climate change, poverty, and conflict. A sharp reduction in these three push factors is not on the horizon.
A sensible debate on the issue has been stifled by zealotry at both extremes.
The government spent £3.5 billion dealing with refugees in the UK in 2022 – a threefold increase on 2021, and about 12 times the amount spent in 2015.
With some lateral thinking and clever computing, genuine refugees could be sorted from economic migrants before they land in the UK.
To understand how the system is failing, we must look to history – and abroad.
Tory MP Sir Roger Gale has offered a scathing critique of how Braverman (and her predecessor) have managed the Manston asylum centre.
In this week’s letter, Walter sees small-town politics reach national headlines as Bretons clash over refugees.
While the much-abused Rwandan scheme is, at best, imperfect, a similar scheme in Australia has saved thousands of lives.
Putin envisaged a three-day victory parade, with Russian troops showered with flowers by grateful victims of fascism. The reality has been somewhat different.
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