UK Immigration: The Pact, the Proxies, and the Price of Inaction

Sir Ed Davey has made a direct play for the political centre, urging the UK to join the EU's new Migration and Asylum Pact. The Liberal Democrat leader argues that signing up would allow the UK to return asylum seekers to the first EU country they entered, effectively "destroying the business model" of criminal gangs behind Channel crossings. This comes as data shows more than 14,000 people have arrived by small boat so far this year—a 43% drop from the previous...