Philippe Legrain

My trip to Stockholm has attracted quite a lot of media attention and debate. Niclas Ericsson has very kindly emailed me the leader that he wrote for corren.se about it. I hope it’s positive, but I can’t know for sure as I unfortunately don’t understand Swedish.

ForeignPolicy.com, May 2007. From phantom security enhancements to a complicated points system that only a bureaucrat could love, the immigration compromise before the US Senate is worse than nearly every realistic alternative except one: more of the same.

I’m just back from a fantastic trip to Stockholm, where I spoke about Immigrants at Timbro and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and got lots of media coverage. I’m back in Sweden next Friday, 1 June, to speak at the hoodsfred, a cultural  festival in Kista outside Stockholm. My book is available in English from [...]

Read Jon Cruddas explaining why immigrants are not to blame for a shortage of affordable housing in Britain

From phantom security enhancements to a complicated points system that only a bureaucrat could love, the immigration compromise before the US Senate is worse than nearly every realistic alternative except one: more of the same. Read my article on ForeignPolicy.com here

The White House and leading US senators have agreed a deal that could pave the way towards a reform of the US immigration system. Details of the deal are available here.

I have been interviewed by The Hindu about Immigrants. We talked about a range of topics, but in particular we focused on what developing countries that suffer an exodus of highly skilled workers should do. Read the interview here

The US edition of Immigrants is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. It will be on sale from 16 July.

Liam Byrne, Britain’s immigration minister, today announced a host of proposals for cracking down on immigrants working illegally. These are summarised by the BBC and the Guardian.

There is a long interview with me by Elisangela Fracaroli in 3:AM magazine, entitled "Still the Tyranny of Geography".

A fascinating article in this week’s Economist explains how mobile phones can help promote development. The spread of mobile phones has allowed fishermen in the Indian region of Kerala to call while at sea to find out where their catch will fetch the highest price. This more efficient market benefited everyone. Fishermen’s profits rose by [...]

when Gordon Brown takes over as prime minister from Tony Blair next month, Jack Straw signalled today, The Guardian reports. That is great news. At huge expense, the proposed ID-card scheme would have restricted the civil liberties of law-abiding citizens while doing little or nothing to combat the various problems it purports to solve: illegal [...]

I was interviewed about Immigrants by The Echo, a magazine for Czechs and Slovaks in Britain. If you understand Slovak, you can read the interview here. My book is reviewed here