Madeleine Sumption

Our director @M_Sumption went on @therestismoney to talk about her new book plus how migration affects public finances, employers, and UK workers. Catch up here open.spotify.com/episode/3dqCMY…

There's 25% off pre-orders today and tomorrow here waterstones.com/book/what-is-i…

Preview of my new book here, courtesy of the lovely folk at @UKandEU ukandeu.ac.uk/what-is-immigr…

25% discount on my new book today and tomorrow, for anyone interested in an accessible overview of why immigration is difficult and unpopular

What is immigration policy for? Dr @M_Sumption, Director of @MigObs, explores this question ahead of the launch of her book. Pre-order using the code FEB26 for 25% off - offer ends 20 Feb. 📖 🔗waterstones.com/campaign/febru… #WPreorder

Details here: gov.uk/government/pub…

New data provides fascinating insights into outcomes of refugees granted status between 2015 and 2020 Both asylum (ARR) and resettled refugees (RR) struggled in labour market, but particular the latter - likely reflecting that many were selected based on vulnerability

Also interesting: large differences in routes to the UK by nationality. Pakistani and Bangladeshi applicants much more likely to come on visas

Useful new stats from @ukhomeoffice on how asylum applicants travel to the UK Significant increase in applications from people on visas (mostly work, study or visit), not just small boats

Labour is drawing up plans to cap the number of skilled foreign workers that companies can recruit from abroad, to reduce net migration @YvetteCooperMP @amyhsrichards @MigObs @M_Sumption @PoliceInspForum @FortinusGlobal @migrationCtrl @DannyShawNews telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/…

Text of the UK-France small boats treaty published. Key points: ➤ Process to take up to 3 months from arrival in UK ➤ Doesn’t apply to unaccompanied minors ➤ FR can refuse to accept specific ppl back & will give aggregated data on reasons for refusals. UK will prioritise applications for transfers to UK (criteria not specified) ➤ Ppl deemed a security threat can’t be transferred in either direction

I’ve always wondered how employers & workers split the cost of UK immigration fees Here it is for Skilled Worker visas from a Home Office survey of sponsors Surprisingly little variation by industry/employer size (in underlying data tables)

The sadist assault on the ‘Coldplay couple’ unherd.com/2025/07/the-sa…

Plenty of recent speculation about whether a UK-France deal on small boat returns will be announced this week. Would such a deal bring down arrivals? And what are some other options to improve cooperation with France and the EU? New commentary 👇 migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/comm…

Just in time for the summit... Our piece on UK-France or UK-EU cooperation on asylum

Migration Advisory Committee commissioned to review salary thresholds for skilled work visas and the 'temporary shortage list' announced in the White Paper gov.uk/government/pub…

Our Director @M_Sumption on Today Programme this morning talking about why the care visa has been so difficult to manage Full interview 00:50 minutes into the programme, link in the reply

@JFCrisp @GRSturge @MigObs The problem we face is no good population data for the denominator. Census 2021 is now old given high migration since then. ONS has no reliable nationality-specific stats given the decline of LFS We are working on this issue to set out what we can/can't say but it's challenging

Could someone please take a very close look at the 'statistics' in this article: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… @GRSturge @MigObs

Sir @Keir_Starmer will fail to end the use of asylum hotels by next election, the UK’s borders watchdog has said @YvetteCooperMP @angelaeagle @CPhilpOfficial @MigObs @FortinusGlobal @migrationCtrl @EnverSol @DannyShawNews @PoliceInspForum @MigrationWatch telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…