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EU immigration Articles

Brexit means what for immigration?

Prime minister Theresa May gives little away on what Brexit means other than ‘Brexit’. This is no better than saying nothing at all – like ‘gobbledygook is gobbledygook’ – although immigration looked like one area we did know what Brexit means. Sort of. All leading...

Vote Leave’s snake oil

Brexiteers’ Commonwealth immigration claims are disingenuous The approach adopted by the Vote Leave campaign to woo voters of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent is politics of the worst kind. Vote Leave’s argument – popularised by Priti Patel – is that migrants...

Defeating the hate: migrants’ strike and #polishblood

We read in the media that on 20 August thousands of Polish workers in the United Kingdom will walk out of work to strike against the anti-migrant rhetoric that has been on the rise in the last few years. As I am a Polish migrant and chair of Labour Friends of Poland,...

Progressives need to challenge migration myths

Labour activists are focusing understandably on the leadership process but as it goes on, the Conservative government responds and starts to shape some key issues. One of the most difficult and visceral issues is Calais. At the same time this week the International...
Vote Leave’s snake oil

Vote Leave’s snake oil

Brexiteers’ Commonwealth immigration claims are disingenuous The approach adopted by the Vote Leave campaign to woo...