The UK government has published the New Plan for Immigration policy paper and a consultation period ran from late March to early May. The policy paper describes reforms to the asylum system and other parts of the immigration system. In this episode, we discuss the plans, their implications and criticism.

In this episode:

William Wheeler, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, University of Manchester https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/william.wheeler.html

Recent work: https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/refugees-and-religion-ethnographic-studies-of-global-trajectories/ch13-conversion-through-destitution

Robert Thomas, Professor of Public Law, University of Manchester https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/robert-thomas(6d45ce04-7714-421b-b67a-b19fd2d7fb37).html

Recent work: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgCNG_godY0-rjwGyvP1hbXyWjdi55IW/view

Charity mentioned in the episode:

Migrant Destitution Fund https://www.migrantdestitution.co.uk/

Apologies for occasional poor sound quality.