migration

Welcoming the stranger within at a time of Brexit and COVID-19 (COVID-19 blog no. 30)

Welcoming the stranger within at a time of Brexit and COVID-19 (COVID-19 blog no. 30)

A tsunami of mass unemployment is on the horizon, and our social fabric is under severe strain as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this backdrop, there has been a cynical recycling of myths about migration as a threat to our national prosperity and sense of identity.