Articles by Michaela Benson

Michaela Benson is Professor in Public Sociology, Lancaster University, with expertise in migration and citizenship.

Political Economy | Digested Read
16 Aug 24

The UK's ‘Safe and Legal’ Humanitarian Routes: from Colonial Ties to Privatising Protection

Who is allowed to come to the UK through the ‘safe and legal routes’?
- Immigration
Political Economy | Journal article
04 Jun 24

The UK's ‘Safe and Legal’ Humanitarian Routes: from Colonial Ties to Privatising Protection

Evaluating the UK's ‘safe and legal (humanitarian)' immigration routes.
- Immigration
- Brexit
Political Economy | Blog
10 Nov 22

The UK's Refugee 'Invasion' is a Brexit-made Policy Failure

Beyond the political rhetoric, the scapegoating and displacement of responsibility, there is another story of a self-made policy failure intimately connected to Brexit.
- Conservative Party
- Immigration
- Brexit