Shabana Mahmood has publicly said that she wants the UK to increase the number of refugees arriving through safe and legal routes, but only after Labour has overhauled what she calls the “broken” asylum system. Across numerous interviews — including Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast — Mahmood explained that her goal is to expand controlled,Continue reading “The UK’s Broken” Asylum System”
Tag Archives: Irregular Migration
2025: UK Messages Unwelcoming Non-Whites
It appeared that 2024 would be the year of anti-migrant hatred in the UK after the summer riots: unbridled misinformation that the Wales-born Southport killer arrived on a small boat, checkpoints where drivers were assessed on their skin colour, and mobs endeavouring to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers. But while the country evaded a recurrence of anti-migrant street brutality in 2025, the message that non-whiteContinue reading “2025: UK Messages Unwelcoming Non-Whites”
Smuggling of migrants
The smuggling of migrants is indeed an international problem, with a considerable number of countries impacted by it as origin, transit or destination points. Profit-seeking criminals smuggle migrants across borders and between continents, and assessing the actual size of this crime is a complicated matter, owing to its covert nature and the difficulty of identifyingContinue reading “Smuggling of migrants”