asylum
The misery of the Kindertransport children
Wrenched from their parents and familiar surroundings, the young refugees found safety in Britain, but were tolerated rather than cherished, says Andrea Hammel
Rishi risks another asylum outcry
With the likelihood of a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol fading this week, a new issue has emerged to…
Prince Charles is playing with fire
Charles is a prince on a perilous path. It’s a well-trodden one that is proving more problematic the closer he…
How to fix Britain’s broken asylum system
Asylum is often seen as a simple morality tale—the generous spirited are in favour of it, the hard-hearted against. And…
Priti Patel is running out of excuses for the Channel migrant crisis
When immigration minister Chris Philp announced last summer that he was in the process of agreeing a ‘new operational plan’ with…
Can Priti Patel’s asylum shake-up help Britain take back control?
Every Home Secretary is forced to confront the cold political realities of the office. What they set out to deliver…
Britain’s misguided approach to asylum is threatening lives
The news this week could easily have led with the deaths of 14 Afghan and Iraqi migrants in the English…
Just what Tom Watson needs: a Bananarama tribute band
Available for parties Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that leaving his party to join the Liberal Democrats would be…
Eritrean migrants face many dangers. Are we one of them?
A few weeks ago someone very dear to me passed on a question about The Spectator, asked them by a…
How Lampedusa copes when the migrant ships come in
Encounters with those who have risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean
The perils of planespotting
A dangerous hobby Three men from Greater Manchester were arrested and held in the UAE after being seen writing down…
The shameful truth: Britain lets in far too few refugees
Britain’s appalling record on refugees is a moral failure, and national disgrace
Bent bureaucrats, ‘fake dykes’ and bad bakers — this week’s theatre
Eye of a Needle, by newcomer Chris MacDonald, looks at homosexuality and asylum. Gays from the Third World, who’ve suppressed…
