Expert Comment: How can we make the UK more welcoming for newcomers and communities?

Published on August 6, 2025

Jacqueline Broadhead, Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity within the University of Oxford's Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), explains how the UK’s investment in supporting newcomers can be made more effective.  
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