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Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: How fair is it for countries to blame immigration for their issues?
Description: If you’ve looked at headlines around the world lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking that immigration is the root of all our problems. Perhaps the most vocal anti-immigration critic at the moment is the United States, with mass deportations happening against undocumented migrants. Now the UK Government is vowing to fix a ‘broken’ immigration system with new policies, which are estimated to lead to a 100,000 drop in immigration per year by 2029. The move comes after the rise of Reform UK, with a staunch anti-immigration policy that has become more mainstream in recent y...