Madeleine Sumption
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View article: Challenges selecting ‘desirable’ migrants: A case study of immigrant investor programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States
Challenges selecting ‘desirable’ migrants: A case study of immigrant investor programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States Open
While many policymakers want to market their countries as desirable destinations for the ‘brightest and best’, implementing policies to attract and select such migrants is no easy matter. This article explores the challenges policymakers f…
View article: “The Points System is Dead. Long Live the Points System!” Why Immigration Policymakers in the UK Are Never Quite Happy with Their Points Systems <sup>#</sup>
“The Points System is Dead. Long Live the Points System!” Why Immigration Policymakers in the UK Are Never Quite Happy with Their Points Systems <sup>#</sup> Open
The UK's 'Australian-style' points-based system (PBS), introduced in 2021, has been promoted by politicians as a strategy to 'take back control' of migration after leaving the European Union. However, the 2021 PBS is just the most recent o…
View article: Citizenship and Naturalisation for Migrants in the UK After Brexit
Citizenship and Naturalisation for Migrants in the UK After Brexit Open
While immigration has played a major role in public debate in the UK over the past twenty years, citizenship and naturalisation have received much less attention. Polling data have suggested that the UK public is broadly supportive of the …
View article: Shortages, high-demand occupations, and the post-Brexit UK immigration system
Shortages, high-demand occupations, and the post-Brexit UK immigration system Open
One of the key questions facing immigration policy-makers is which jobs should be eligible for work visas. This question has dominated discussions about the post-Brexit immigration system, which has focused in particular on the issue of sh…
View article: From low-skilled to key workers: the implications of emergencies for immigration policy
From low-skilled to key workers: the implications of emergencies for immigration policy Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased public awareness of the extent to which the economy relies on a low-wage workforce. Many of those lower-waged occupations that have been recognized as essential in the emergency are heavily dependent on …
View article: How useful are survey data for analyzing immigration policy?
How useful are survey data for analyzing immigration policy? Open
Large-scale population surveys have been an important source of data for the study of migration, and in many countries provide the only widely accessible data on migrants’ characteristics and outcomes after they arrive. For immigration pol…
View article: Love Is Not all you Need: Income Requirement for Visa Sponsorship of Foreign Family Members
Love Is Not all you Need: Income Requirement for Visa Sponsorship of Foreign Family Members Open
In this paper, we explain conceptually how income requirements for citizens of a country to sponsor visas of foreign family members discriminate against certain groups of the population. Then, we analyse the case of an annual income requir…
View article: Who Counts in Crises? The New Geopolitics of International Migration and Refugee Governance
Who Counts in Crises? The New Geopolitics of International Migration and Refugee Governance Open
Recent migration ‘crises’ raise important geopolitical questions. Who is ‘the migrant’ that contemporary politics are fixated on? How are answers to ‘who counts as a migrant’ changing? Who gets to do that counting, and under what circumsta…
View article: Labour immigration after Brexit: questions and trade-offs in designing a work permit system for EU citizens
Labour immigration after Brexit: questions and trade-offs in designing a work permit system for EU citizens Open
This paper examines key questions the UK Government will face if it opts to end free movement and replace it with a work-permit system after Brexit. It argues that government decisions on which occupations will be eligible for labour immig…