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Apr 22, 2013
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Lord Ashcroft’s latest analysis of Black Minority Ethnic (BME) voting intentions will not come as much of a surprise to political parties. It finds, unsurprisingly, that the BME vote is still at home with the Labour Party and the Conservatives will struggle to pull that apart in 2015.
Ashcroft’s investigation comes on the back of long-running post-2010 analysis to understand why just 16% of the BME vote in the last general election went to the Conservative party.
Ashcroft’s investigation comes on the back of long-running post-2010 analysis to understand why just 16% of the BME vote in the last general election went to the Conservative party.
Feb 24, 2013
Meeting Carlos Saavedra, of the United We Dream movement last week, and then catching the musical production 'Glasgow Girls' at the Theatre Royale last week was bound to spark off thoughts on what happens when young people get involved in the issue of the rights of migrants. Here are a bunch of reasons why we should feel pretty hopeful as to what the potential is...
We were very pleased to play a small role in supporting the visit of Carlos Saavedra to the UK last week. Carlos is one of the key organisers of the United We Dream movement in the United States – known as the ‘Dreamers’.
We were very pleased to play a small role in supporting the visit of Carlos Saavedra to the UK last week. Carlos is one of the key organisers of the United We Dream movement in the United States – known as the ‘Dreamers’.
Feb 18, 2013
'The Immigrant War: A global movement against discrimination and exploitation' provoked a fair bit if discussion since it was published in December. Here we argue that it is a good introduction to what is now the vast literature on the subject, and also throws out some stimulating challenges as to where the debate should go in the future.
The Brussels-based journalist Vittorio Longhi has written a succinct and compelling account of the way that global policies on migration are impacting on vulnerable and exploitable groups of migrants. His range is wide, covering the position of the vast army of migrants who have been needed to build the new cities of the Arab Gulf states, the movements of people between countries of Latin America and the United States, the plight of refugees trapped in what is euphemistically called ‘the jungle’ in France, and the dangers encountered by those seeking to cross the Mediterranean in flimsy crafts to gain entry through Italy.
The Brussels-based journalist Vittorio Longhi has written a succinct and compelling account of the way that global policies on migration are impacting on vulnerable and exploitable groups of migrants. His range is wide, covering the position of the vast army of migrants who have been needed to build the new cities of the Arab Gulf states, the movements of people between countries of Latin America and the United States, the plight of refugees trapped in what is euphemistically called ‘the jungle’ in France, and the dangers encountered by those seeking to cross the Mediterranean in flimsy crafts to gain entry through Italy.
Jan 28, 2013
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The new data emerging from the 2011 Census, plus local level reports, has hugely increased the quality of evidence about immigration across the UK. What needs to be done to make better use of this within a better-informed public conversation on immigration?
A couple of highlights of my work during the past ten days or so have been a trip up to Manchester for a discussion event organised by Migrants Workers North West (MWNW) and a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration considering how policy should work to make sure ‘no one is left behind’.
A couple of highlights of my work during the past ten days or so have been a trip up to Manchester for a discussion event organised by Migrants Workers North West (MWNW) and a meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Migration considering how policy should work to make sure ‘no one is left behind’.
Jan 13, 2013
Low wages have been a feature of the lives of millions of workers in the UK, with more people affected in each decade from the 1980s onwards. It is senseless to blame migrants for this predicament. Instead we should be building bridges to help tackle the growing problem of poverty level incomes.
The current controversy about ‘strivers and skivers’ has at least flagged up for public attention the fact that there are an awful lot of low paid workers in Britain today. Of the 9.5 million households that will be negatively affected by the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill currently going through Parliament, 7 million have at least one member who is in paid employment.
The current controversy about ‘strivers and skivers’ has at least flagged up for public attention the fact that there are an awful lot of low paid workers in Britain today. Of the 9.5 million households that will be negatively affected by the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill currently going through Parliament, 7 million have at least one member who is in paid employment.
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