Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah

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In early 2004, a few weeks into my job as a migration researcher at a progressive thinktank, I found myself in the midst of the debate about whether to allow free movement to the UK for citizens of the EU’s new member states. At the time, most people thought this was a minor technocratic decision on the timing of free movement; few would have imagined the decision would have such a dramatic impact on the flows of people, or the question of whether Britain remains in Europe.

I argued that there were sensible public policy reasons for embracing the EU in this way.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Today is Commonwealth Day. To mark it, the Queen will join 2,000 others at Westminster Abbey for the UK's largest multifaith observance. Since emerging from the colonial era as a voluntary grouping of independent nations 60 years ago, the modern Commonwealth has done a great deal to promote democracy, international understanding and the interests of vulnerable states. Yet, at least in the UK, if more is not done to raise its visibility and relevance the Commonwealth risks disappearing from the national consciousness.

In 1969, a Gallup poll found that 34% of British people identified the Commonwealth as the most important part of the world for Britain, on a par with those who said America, and one and a half times those who said Europe.…  Seguir leyendo »

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The tide seems to be turning in the immigration debate. The rightwing press and anti-immigration pressure groups have been joined by a chorus of respected moderate voices expressing concern about the scale and impacts of immigration.Their list of anxieties is long. People such as the Labour MP Frank Field worry that the unprecedented numbers involved will lead to profound changes in British society, and about the strain on public services. Others, such as Polly Toynbee, are troubled by evidence that immigration is lowering the wages and conditions of sections of the British working class.

Then there are also those who, having seen how wrong the government got it about inflows from new members of the EU, want restrictions to prevent hordes of Romanians and Bulgarians arriving when their countries join the EU.…  Seguir leyendo »