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Michael Collyer, University of Sussex, gives a talk for the COMPAS Hilary 2016 term Seminar Series entitled: Open the Way: Understanding the Refugee Crisis on 4th February 2016. 

Heaven Crawley, Coventry University, gives a talk for the COMPAS Hilary term 2016 seminar seires; 'Open the Way: Understanding the Refugee Crisis' on 21st January 2016. 

Melanie Griffiths, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the COMPAS seminar series. For academics, politicians and NGOs alike, the issues seen to relate to irregular migrants, especially if they are male, tend to revolve around questions of legality, criminality and mobility. L ... Show More

In this episode we move a little bit away from the Middle East, and talk about European migration policies, one of Keire's favourite topics to discuss and criticise. For transcripts and translations, or to sign up for Arabic classes, go to https://realarabic.weebly.com 

<p>Our airwaves are filled with debates about migrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants... Who should be in the United States, who shouldn't, and who should decide? Immigration is, without question, a flash point in this year's political debates. It's an issue that seems to ... Show More

Wilders’ Dutch victory sends tremors around Europe so why is migration now top of the European political agenda? Europe editor, Katya Adler, gives world affairs editor, John Simpson, her analysis. Also, once the ceasefires end, we ask Jeremy Bowen what does the future hold for Is ... Show More

Will the UK ever manage to reduce migration levels to the "tens of thousands?" Should it? And how will immigration change after the UK has left the EU? With Helen Warrell of the Financial Times, plus Owen Tudor from the Trades Union Congress and Steve Ballinger of British Future. ... Show More

More people in the UK think immigration has a negative impact on society than a positive one, according to a YouGov survey for Sky News.        In the first general election since Brexit, all the major parties mention migration in their manifestos. Both the Conservatives and Labo ... Show More

This week it emerged that Abdul Ezedi, hunted by police after an attack on a woman and her daughters with a corrosive liquid, was granted asylum after being convicted of sexual assault. He'd converted to Christianity, which could have put him at risk in his native Afghanistan. It ... Show More

As polling gets under way in local and regional elections across the U.K., we take the opportunity to focus on politics across the Channel.Alex Clarkson, lecturer in German and European Studies at King's College London tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Heari ... Show More

Hein de Haas, Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, discusses his book How Migration Really Works: The Facts About the Most Divisive Issue in Politics. Hosts: Tim Stenovec and Emily Graffeo. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat ... Show More