Tag Archives: politics
Is the UKBA ‘not fit for purpose’? What purpose exactly?
By Nando Sigona The Home Affairs Committee has published a report into the work of the UK Border Agency in which it criticises the UKBA for failing to deport more than 600 Foreign National Prisoners who were released between 1999 and … Continue reading
Filed under migration and mobility, nation-making, politics, Uncategorized
The Arab Spring and beyond: human mobility, forced displacement and humanitarian crises
By Nando Sigona Migration in its various forms has been part of the popular uprisings that have spread across North Africa and the Middle East in 2011. First, the columns of vehicles escaping from cities and villages under siege in … Continue reading
Filed under migration and mobility, politics
… and now imagine a world with borders
The much hyped speech on immigration by David Cameron. Cameron wants only the best and the brightest. Only those with genuine talents (and large bank statements) that match the UK national interest will be allowed in – ‘they deserve the red … Continue reading
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Asylum, development aid and conditionality
In recent communications on asylum and migration, the EU Commission has fully embraced the idea that ‘migration management’ and EU development policy should go hand in hand. Leaving aside the validity of the wide-spread assumption that successful development policies lead … Continue reading
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