Tag Archives: asylum policy

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‘Labour’s EU refugee responsibility-sharing plan would give UK better control than the Rwanda plan’

In a briefing out today, Jonathan Thomas, SMF Senior Fellow and migration expert, says that Labour’s plans “represent the best opportunity for balancing refugees’ need for protection with states’ and...
Published: 24 October 2023
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‘Suella is right about asylum system, but her ambitions need the Refugee Convention’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman gave a speech in Washington today, claiming that the 1951 Refugee Convention is not ‘fit for our modern age’. Whilst Braverman is right to criticise the...
Published: 26 September 2023
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‘Fast tracking asylum seekers into work to fill labour shortages requires a differentiated approach’

Rather than treating all asylum seekers the same from the perspective of their right to work in the UK, the Social Market Foundation said that the asylum claimants’ right to...
Published: 24 July 2023
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