Philippe Legrain

On the day that India’s Tata won a bidding war for Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker that was once British Steel, I debated whether such foreign takeovers of British companies are a good thing with Will Hutton of the Work Foundation on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme. Listen here

The International Affairs Forum website, which is run by the Center for International Relations, a non-partisan think-tank based in Washington DC, features an interview with me about my new book, Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them. You can read it here

Edward Lucas has written a thought-provoking article on migration in Europe in this week’s Economist, which is available for non-subscribers on his blog.

If you would like to find out more about Immigrants, I have uploaded the contents, introduction and index.

I debated immigration with Labour MP Frank Field on the Today programme (16 January). Unfortunately, the discussion got bogged down in statistics so I didn’t have time to discuss the broader issues. Listen here

The Financial Times review of Immigrants is very positive too.

The Economist‘s full-page review of Immigrants is the main article in this week’s Books and Arts section:

The Guardian, 15 January 2007. Immigration energises our economy, and has made many Britons more productive. We should welcome it

Robert Winder, author of Bloody Foreigners, an excellent history of immigration to Britain, has written a very flattering review of Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them, in today’s Guardian:

I was again debating immigration with Andrew Green of anti-immigration lobby group Migrationwatch on Nightwaves, BBC 3′s flagship culture and ideas show last night. Listen here

I will speaking about Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them at Trinity College, Dublin on Friday 19 January at 1230pm. Click here for more info.

The Herald, Scotland’s leading quality newspaper, describes Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them as: A timely and important contribution to one of today’s most emotive debates. Thank you.

Last year it was gas piped through Ukraine, now it’s oil through Belarus – how many times does Russia have to cut off Europe’s energy supplies before we wake up to the risks of being dependent on the Kremlin to keep the lights on?

Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them is out now in Britain and will be published in the rest of the Commonwealth on 30 January. Read a synopsis here.

I was a guest on the Simon Mayo show on BBC Radio Five Live on 4 January, talking about my new book. Listen to parts one, two and three