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...asylum upon landing on British soil. That is a big advantage as the French authorities may otherwise have an incentive to allow people to transit to Britain, because then they become someone else’s responsibility. The Le Touquet Treaty is a bilateral agreement that has no relation to the EU or EU law. In principle, nothing stops this arrangement from continuing after...

...asylum lawyering, practitioners spoke of working daily with traumatised persons – including victims of persecution, torture, sexual violence or those fleeing from conflict. They spoke of the difficulties of hearing daily traumatic narratives and described difficulties in forgetting specific cases, such as those relating to rape or female genital mutilation (FGM). Some...

...refugees as risks and threats to the British population and the smooth running of the tunnel channel and its profits? How can we think about these tensions and in turn respond to them in a politics that develops solidarities within and despite these tensions? Seminar responses During the event, Alia Syed, Sara de Jong, Umut Erel and Olga Jurasz hosted a seminar which...

...refugees: ‘Britain’s exit […] is the most dramatic wake-up call to date that the prevailing model of integration has left many people feeling alienated from the EU’s complex and distant decision-making’. For the most part, however, Youngs focuses on the continuing involvement of all Europeans in democracy, rather than the parochial concerns obsessing Britain at...

...refugees to England, religious refugees, from the Low Countries when the Spanish were persecuting them as Protestants. Laurie Taylor: Suddenly the word efflorescence occurs to me. A working class interest in gardening and in flowers. You talk about the way in which the handloom weavers were particularly interested in developing flowers and their position at home enabling...