The government passed a major immigration law last year – so why is it trying to pass another one?

By Erica Consterdine, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University

The illegal immigration bill has generated endless controversy on its way to becoming law. The bill, which effectively bans asylum seeking in the UK, has faced heavy criticism for its treatment of children, its approach to modern slavery victims and other provisions that are likely to breach international law.

You might remember a lot of debate only last year over a new immigration act. Priti Patel, then home secretary,

Read complete article

~	Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment

~	Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

~	Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

~	AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications

~	With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

~	I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness

~	When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965

~	Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds

~	Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions

~	Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority