12+ hour, 56+ min ago  (110+ words) Exploring why asylum hotels have generated different responses across the country, and what conditions support cohesion within communities. Asylum accommodation has become one of the most visible and politically charged elements of the UK's immigration system. Throughout 2024 and 2025, hotels housing…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (385+ words) The last six months for the home secretary have been quite a whirlwind." Since taking office in September, Shabana Mahmood has announced sweeping reforms to the asylum system, launched a major consultation on settlement, and begun removals under the UK's…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (448+ words) How long should people have to wait until they can permanently settle in the UK? This is the core question underpinning the Home Office's "earned settlement' policy, currently out for consultation. While the measures have received surprisingly little attention compared…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (513+ words) In 2019, a package of asylum reforms known as the "paradigm shift" was passed by a broad party consensus in the Danish parliament. The reforms " which were the culmination of years of increasingly restrictive policies " were designed to signal Denmark was…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago  (447+ words) The loss of shared community spaces " from youth clubs and leisure centres to high street pubs and piers " is weakening the social fabric of local areas and leaving communities more vulnerable to far-right influence, a new discussion paper for IPPR…...