Excellent report Anand Menon UK in a Changing Europe ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/migrat… also including a great piece JonathanThomas on ‘how to sell immigration to UK public’ , ‘where next’ Jonathan Portes - plus lots of great essays on challenges ahead - high quality fact and opinion

It is indeed 'striking' that a party that puts out a Manifesto which includes things like: 'Creating new humanitarian travel permits that would allow asylum seekers to travel to the UK safely to proceed with their claims' and 'Transfer policy-making over work visas and overseas

You can see why framing a migration control problem as a criminality problem is tempting to politicians. But is it a trap?

Did I mention that public trust in British politicians managing immigration in line with what they say is at an all time low. can't imagine why.

This year a fierce policy debate about what restrictions should be placed on the admission of international students at the higher education level has broken out, not only in the UK, but also in two if its main competitors for those students’ custom: Canada and Australia. What

Faced with this process, and these infinitesimal, chances, who would not - for all its failings - try their luck in the UK asylum system instead if they could? from South China Morning Post multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/n…

Excellent whistlestop tour here of many of the key themes and views of impact of immigration at the local level in the UK.

UK general election = likely the end for now for the Conservative govt's 'Rwanda plan' for controlling irregular migration, before it has - literally - even got off the ground. But may not be the last we hear of the idea of a 'third country' solution to controlling irregular

Another angle to this. A rightward EU political shift on the face of it appears to make even harder the challenge for the UK to achieve a UK-EU agreement on control and responsibility sharing for irregular arrivals – which we Social Market Foundation have advocated. But, as parties tougher

Great to be part of this Fragomen-compered UK General Election panel discussion re the similarities and differences and past, present and future of the major parties' thinking on immigration policy, esp in terms of potential impact on the world of business.

In the global business competition of attracting international students, UK higher education institutions will be hoping that, if elected, Trump does not mean this. forbes.com/sites/stuartan…

Thanks to EDSK for the chance to discuss our two recent Social Market Foundation reports on the UK's approach to international students. And what that might have to do with both banking regulation and Donald Trump.

#KingsSpeech = nothing unexpected on immigration. Most words = on combatting people smuggling. 1/ As we said last year re Keir Starmer's plans vs irregular arrivals across The Channel smf.co.uk/wp-content/upl… Global North States inc the UK have for 25 years relentlessly

🧑‍🎓JonathanThomas on the need to put the UK debate on international students in the context of Canada and Australia imposing new restrictions on the EDSK podcast👇

And so it begins. - the new government's review of the UK work immigration system, its interaction with local skills and workforce availability and gaps. And what employers are, and should be, doing to get the balance right. - Calmly. Carefully. Deliberately. Some adverbs we

Per our recent Social Market Foundation report on UK admission of international students smf.co.uk/wp-content/upl… 1. the UK is not alone in putting the brakes on its international student intake 2. both Canada and Australia have this year implemented more draconian restrictions to do so.

Nice earner. Why don't we publicise it? What is it being spent on?

Spain's plan to stop migrant boats as thousands arrive in the Canary Islands. Could it work in the UK? My analysis for The i paper Thanks to Madeleine Sumption JonathanThomas MigrationObservatory Social Market Foundation #migracion inews.co.uk/news/world/spa…

Gosh. This whole Canada restricting international students thing seems to be taking some unexpected turns. And getting quite bogged down in a real midfield struggle. opindia.com/2024/08/indian…

Looking forward to being part of this Migration and Skills event at #LabourConference24 this Tuesday morning alongside the Immigration Minister. If you have any thoughts on how #LabourParty can better align policies on migration for work with its skills agenda, please come along