From Afghanistan to Kent – why Britain desperately needs an immigration reality-check

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Jul 17, 2025

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When ideology suddenly meets reality, the right's desperately-peddled anti-immigration rhetoric begins to crumble. Pic: UKParliament/Flickr

Two very different immigration stories have dominated the headlines this week. The first exposed the accidental leak in 2022 of personal details belonging to thousands of Afghan nationals who had applied for asylum i…

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