This week, net migration statistics dominated the headlines but missed the bigger story, a landmark care worker tribunal win exposed how tied visas enable exploitation, and plans to use AI to age-assess child asylum seekers drew fierce opposition — despite 326 children already being wrongly designated as adults in just six months. Our analysis of what the coverage revealed, what it missed, and what the sector can do with it.

Saira Mirza and Dr Laura De Pretto from Leeds Trinity University are launching their two-volume collection, Migration Psychology, on World Refugee Day. In this guest post, they make the case for why psychology offers a vital and underused lens for understanding migration.

Two thirds of refugee and migration organisations have faced hostility. We look at the pressure the sector faces, and practical steps for staying safe.