With a disregard for people’s lives, countries from the UK to Poland are toughening up, as if in preparation for climate displacementIt is bad enough when states break their own rules and mistreat people – but it’s when they start to change the rules t…
How the refugee crisis created two myths of Angela Merkel | Daniel Trilling
The right says the German chancellor undermined EU security; Liberals say it was a triumph. But her legacy is far more mixedWhen Angela Merkel steps down as chancellor after Germany’s elections later this month, the tributes will centre on her role as …
Attacking lifeboats may seem like a new low, but the right craves a ‘migrant crisis’ | Daniel Trilling
It will take more than the RNLI’s surge in donations to end the demonisation of asylum seekersIf your politics involves frequent attacks on beloved national institutions, no matter how much you claim to be defending them from subversion, you risk looki…