Virginie Semedo studied human rights law at the University of Aix-Marseille (France). She has worked as an intern in the French Courts helping to review asylum applications. She has also worked with the migrants’ rights organisation, La Cimade, and has been particularly concerned with the position of detained migrants. The UK is often seen by other Europeans as an untypical country which likes to keep its differences: English people still have a Queen, they are not using the Euro and (...)