Tag Archive for migration

Who do we think we are? Britain in 2012

British Future's Matthew Rhodes gave a speech in Dudley on International Migrants Day, at a Migrants Alive event run by the 5 Estates Plus Project. Read what he said.

“Mongrel nation”: How is the face of Britain seen now?

Twenty years ago Time magazine put a composite photograph on its front cover. It was generated by an IBM 486 computer and fused together the phenotypical features of the world’s six main racial groups. The face that emerged was that of a woman with a striking, yet blended, appearance. The purpose was to sneak preview a mid-twentieth century future in which growing global migration and cross marriage would produce Global Woman, writes professor of political science at the University of Sussex Shamit Saggar.

“Coalition of the rational” could defend migration, says shadow minister

A “coalition of the rational” could unite politicians across the major parties and secure public support for the types of immigration that most people think is in Britain’s interests, shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant told a Progress and British Future fringe event at the Labour party conference in Manchester.

Generation 2012 audience listening

What do generation 2012 think about immigration?

Young Britons struggling to find work in austerity Britain find themselves at the sharp end of immigrant competition, so you might expect them to be tougher on this issue than their parents, says one of the author’s of the new BSA report Rob Ford.

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Review: Migrations: Journeys into British art

The Tate's new Migrations exhibition doesn't communicate the complex experiences of migration, but does have a varied display of art, says Georgia Hussey.

Katwala interviewed by Paxman on migrant benefits

British Future director Sunder Katwala was interviewed by Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman on the subject of people

Migration evidence should deepen public debate

British Future trustee Shamit Saggar, and a contributor to today's Migration Advisory Commitee report, says robust evidence should help to inform a public debate that recognises both benefits and costs.

Labour’s immigration muddle, and a conference of confusion

Sunder Katwala looks back at how the Labour conference dealt (or didn't deal) with the immigration issue.