This article is part of our online news archive

We must stop looking at EU migrants as coming from two Europes – the east, and everywhere else

Migration is a central theme in the debate over Britain's membership of the EU before the referendum in June. But the focus is often upon migrants from eastern Europe, with migrants from everywhere else in Europe largely absent from such discussions. Perhaps because those from the east are newer to the European community, it is they who are often portrayed as a problem.

University of Birmingham Aston Webb building