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Asylum system is a gap in UK migration policy

The UK’s asylum policy may be the single biggest challenge to enforcing real control of the nation’s borders, as promised by Brexiteers, writes David Wood, former director general of immigration enforcement.  Wood’s analysis is available for download...

Spanish pension reforms have FAILED

The 20-year-old Toledo Pact, by which Spanish politicians attempted to head off the long-term unsustainability of the national pensions system, is defunct, writes F. Cabrillo of Spanish think tank Civismo. Cabrillo notes that the Spanish roundly rejected plans to...

"Unicorn Visas" Promise Innovation, Rainbows

If Britain is to regain its competitive edge in innovative technology-based industries, the government needs to institute a number of reforms and new measures, the Centre for Policy Studies argues — and that could include special “Unicorn Visas”...

Brexangst: German bankers expect no deal

Happy thoughts!  A majority of German financial professionals expect the UK to crash out of the EU without a withdrawal agreement, with a major chance of serious disturbances to international financial markets, according to Germany’s Center for Financial...