People smugglers aren’t terrorists, and “smashing the gangs” won’t work

On immigration, Labour seems poised to learn the wrong lessons from Trump’s victory - and make the far right more likely to win in the UK, too. But there's a different path.

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Introducing Migration Reset - our new campaign to tear down the entire Tory immigration system and start afresh. Our first piece is from migration researcher and campaigner Zoe Gardner.

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Contrary to the impression you might get from Keir Starmer, smugglers are not the root cause of irregular migration. The reason people ta…