Refugee crisis
Refugees deserve better than the Dubs scheme and Theresa May was right to end it
The argument over the recently-abandoned Dubs scheme for refugees encapsulates what is wrong with the debate about what is, perhaps, the worst humanitarian…
The Spectator Podcast: Aid isn’t working
On this week’s podcast, we consider how refugees could be better aided, whether David Cameron might be envious of George Osborne’s ‘retirement’,…
Germany remains a prisoner of its past
In 1942, a man called Manfred Alexander turned up, unannounced, on my grandfather’s doorstep in Berlin. My grandfather knew him…
So Yvette Cooper, where are your refugees?
Yesterday the Home Office won its appeal against a landmark ruling that allowed four Syrian refugees living in the main camp…
Listen: Nick Ferrari asks a squirming Yvette Cooper if she has taken Syrian refugees into her home
Last year a host of celebrities and politicians alike slammed the government for their handling of the refugee crisis. As…
Spectator most-read: Trump’s defeat, life in the Royal Navy and ‘racist’ Oxford
The Spectator’s fifth most-read article of the week was Nigel Farndale on what life was like on board a warship…
EU officials find that most of the ‘refugees’ are not refugees. What a mess
Even EU officials are now finally admitting that a lot – or, rather, most – of the people we have…
Taharrush Gamea: has a new form of sexual harassment arrived in Europe?
The Swedish and German authorities say they have never encountered anything like it: groups of men encircling then molesting women…
So governments can control the weather, but not our borders?
Niall Ferguson wrote a piece recently comparing Europe’s situation to that of the Roman Empire during its late, decadent, sexual…
So Bob Geldof, where are your refugees?
After photos emerged of three-year-old Syrian Aylan Kurdi’s body being washed up on a Turkish beach, the British public hit…
The shocking rise of anti-refugee attacks in Sweden
Sweden, perhaps the most open country in the world, is on course to take almost 200,000 asylum seekers this year. Adjust for…
Benedict Cumberbatch defends his ‘f— the politicians’ rant
After Benedict Cumberbatch indulged in a foul-mouthed rant about the government’s response to the refugee crisis, he was criticised by several figures —…
Is Benedict Cumberbatch the new Russell Brand?
With Russell Brand no longer an active revolutionary, having officially retired from politics after failing to make an impact on…
The EU is sucking up to Turkey to help reduce migration – but it could seriously backfire
You might have thought, mightn’t you, that a million arrivals in a year to a single European country, Germany –…
Charity now begins at your second home
Mitres off to the Archbishop of Canterbury for inviting ‘a family or two’ of refugees into his home. Well, not…
Merkel’s response to the refugee crisis has made the situation worse
Having, effectively, unilaterally ripped up the EU agreement on how to handle refugees, Germany is now desperately trying to re-impose…
Angela Merkel is making the refugee crisis worse
There have been plenty of bad decisions taken by European politicians in the last few years. But few will cause…
Podcast: Angela Merkel’s mistake on refugees — and is Tom Watson Labour’s saviour?
Angela Merkel’s offer to welcome any Syrian refugees who reach Germany will have far reaching, potential devastating consequences. On this week’s View…
Cameron’s refugee announcement overshadowed by drone strike in Syria
David Cameron’s statement that Britain will take 20,000 Syrian refugees over the course of this parliament was overshadowed by his…
David Cameron confirms Britain will take ‘thousands more Syrian refugees’
One of the notable things about David Cameron in the months after winning the election has been quite how impatient…
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