Immigration

Articles

Asylum watch: Now what? by Frances Webber (March 2009)

Labour says it is planning to ‘simplify’ immigration legislation. Frances Webber argues that its real agenda is to subvert human rights and give more power to the state

Unhealthy obsessions by Bob Hughes (December 2008)

Phil Woolas should stop worrying about poor people’s fertility and tackle the real ‘extremely thorny’ question - rich people’s wealth, says Bob Hughes

Workers of the world - welcome! by Nigel Harris (November 2007)

The British economy is reliant on migrant labour and has benefited greatly from the arrival of migrant workers from the new EU member states, argues Nigel Harris. An internationalist left should embrace the mobility of this new world working class, with its potential to redress global inequalities and end the scourge of xenophobia and war