Migration

The islands welcome 14 million holidaymakers a year. Now asylum seekers are frequent visitors, too

It makes the country richer, culturally and economically. Now’s the time to say so

There are indications that the country will follow Italy and continue last year’s ‘temporary’ border controls until the end of 2024

Not one single asylum seeker has been deported there, but the UK’s ‘plan’ is seemingly now also an option for Germany

Farage is wrong: immigrants make a positive contribution to our economy. Why won’t anyone say so?

Sinn Féin’s target demographic now blames the party for cheerleading Ireland’s open-border mentality, and its popularity has plummeted

A post office queue leads to a disarming encounter

Rishi Sunak’s admission that no failed asylum seekers will be flown to Africa before the election concludes a senseless, costly shambles

A Belfast court’s ruling confirms that even the prime minister’s small victories end up being defeats

Cheer up, you miserable lot. Yes, your country has its problems – but there is so much to be proud of

In the city’s Piazza della Libertà, a few kilometres from the Italian-Slovenian border, thousands of migrants dream of a better world

In doing so, the party must prepare for the inevitable backlash from the far right fringes

Despite not being a Francophile, post-Brexit Britain pushed me to find work and a future in France

Whatever our government says, the Kigali regime is a brutal, oppressive dictatorship, and no place for vulnerable refugees

I’ve spent time with refugees in French coastal camps where they've told me the policy hasn't put them off the journey

The data shows that more foreign workers are good for the UK. So why is the chancellor so keen to pretend otherwise?

Nations can achieve more when they work with allies – Britain must remember this

Despite the government’s best efforts, international students still want to study in the UK

The policy reads like ridiculous, clunky satire

Toxic masculinity, not the asylum system, is to blame for a rise in crimes using corrosive substances

German protests against AfD’s far right extremism show us how to beat the populists

Olaf Scholz is helping the AfD blend in when they need to be singled out

Bulgarians are tired of being treated as second-class citizens by the EU

Rwanda and Brexit leave Britain facing a humiliation not seen since 1956 – with empty shelves and economic angst at home

It will take political bravery to overcome the current narrative of deterrence, but it is urgently necessary

The prime minister’s “win” has set him up for weeks of losing

The whole Rwanda debacle is just a deceit to fool some voters and try to please the Tory backbenchers.

The number of refugees arriving in Athens is out of control

The government’s migration plans are a cruel mess that will harm British business – and they know it

The prime minister’s lack of diplomacy and tact cost the UK global relationships

The government's new proposals will be devastating

We can’t make a country safe just by saying it is