This report from UK think tank IPPR is a progressive response to the Channel crossings. The surge in arrivals from people crossing the Channel in small boats has become an increasingly charged issue for government. The number of detected arrivals rose sharply from 299 in 2018 to 45,744 in 2022, and there have been more...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation explores whether a Labour government could realise a better future in the UK for refugee protection with control. Judgment on the legality of the government’s ‘Rwanda plan’ response to the irregular migrant flows across the English Channel is currently awaited from the Supreme Court. In...

This report from UK think tank IIED looks at four 'myths' about protracted displacement. This paper challenges decision makers’ and humanitarian practitioners’ reliance on stereotypes about protracted displacement. It questions received ideas about camps and about displaced people’s experiences in towns and cities. It is structured around four such ‘myths’, examining each in turn, before...

This report from UK think tank British Future presents the findings of the immigration attitudes tracker 2023. ‘Dilemmas of Control’ reports the new 2023 findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration attitudes tracker, which has followed public attitudes to immigration across a range of questions since 2015. It examines public attitudes to immigration numbers, migration for...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at UK public attitudes towards the principles and policies of the asylum system. This Bright Blue report analyses UK public attitudes towards the principles and policies of the asylum system in the UK. The findings provide a strong case to - and policy advice for -...

This report from UK think tank IPPR sets out the in-tray for the UK government after the next general election for the main parts of the asylum system. With a general election expected in the next 12-18 months, the UK’s asylum system is in crisis. The backlog is at over 130,000 cases, the system is...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation look at rethinking asylum seekers' right to work in the UK. This report by the Social Market Foundation provides a differentiated approach to asylum policy – specifically on their right to work – that can balance competing interests of workforce shortages, rights of claimants and...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at building a better migration system. Migration policy in Britain is failing. It does not work for communities, it does not work for the economy, and it does not work for migrants themselves. The British public want a sensible, workable, middle-ground solution – a fair...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the challenges of labour shortages for UK immigration policy if aiming for a high-wage high-skill economy. With labour immigration to the UK scrambled by Brexit, the pandemic, and broader developments in the practical economy, this report focuses on the challenges of labour shortages...

This report from UK think tank NIESR looks at the impact of restrictions on the UK economy, government spending and the individuals. The UK imposes some of the strongest set of restrictions on the right to work for people applying for asylum compared to other European nations. This research from the National Institute of Economic...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the deep-rooted institutional and cultural problems that undermine the Home Office’s performance. Deep-rooted institutional and cultural problems undermine the Home Office’s performance and approach to crime, immigration, and asylum seekers – and are neglected by ministers at their peril. This report says Suella...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government highlights seven questions for the government to answer on the new Illegal Immigration Bill. One of the five key pledges Rishi Sunak set out in January was to stop asylum seekers arriving in the UK by small boats crossing the English Channel. The number of...

This report from UK think tank the UK in a Changing Europe looks at what has happened to immigration, immigration policy and public attitudes since Brexit. Immigration was a key, if not the key issue in the referendum of 2016. The last few years have seen the biggest shakeup in the UK migration system in...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at experiences of people on the 10-year route to settlement. Around 170,000 people are estimated to have permission to remain in the UK on a ’10-year route to settlement’ - a pathway that requires them to accrue 10 years of continuous lawful residence before they can apply...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at employers’ perceptions of the UK’s Graduate Route visa. The Graduate Route visa was introduced in 2021 and allows international students to stay in the UK to work for two years (or three years for doctoral students), with none of the wage or job restrictions that apply...