Expert in immigration and asylum spoke with migrants who’ve travelled to the UK on the back of a lorry.
A shrine to Nguyen Dinh Luong, believed to be among the 39 people found dead in a lorry in England, at his home in Can Loc district, Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province.
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It’s feared many of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in southeast England were Vietnamese. What else could be done to prevent another such tragedy from happening again?
A Yemeni national, denied entry into the U.S. because of the travel ban, shows their cancelled visa to reporters as they successfully arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport.
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After the death of 39 people in a container found on the back of a lorry in Essex, England, there are indications of exploitation on the rise.
Many skilled migrants in South Australia have found themselves in a classic Catch-22 situation – they can’t get local experience because they don’t have local experience.
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Over the past few decades, the US has gradually lowered the ceiling for refugees.
The platform of the People’s Party of Canada gets a lot of things factually wrong about the economic impact of immigration.
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The US is violating its own law governing treatment of refugees.
Venezuelans hoping to cross into Ecuador via Colombia amass at the Rumichaca border bridge in Tulcan, Ecuador, as new visa restrictions limiting migration took effect, Aug. 26, 2019.
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Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
‘Trump,’ says one of Europe’s leading right-wing figures, ‘has given me back the belief in the other America that I never had.’
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The U.S. under Trump is no longer seen as the enemy by Europe’s New Right, who are the ideological descendants of the original fascists. With Trump’s rise, they have a new hero in an unexpected place.
Citizenship candidates raise their hands for the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in New York on Sept. 17.
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Some view a retreat from democracy and the escalating effects of climate change as an unfortunate coincidence. But a new study shows that the two trends may be more closely related than we think.
Asylum-seekers are carried from the Rio Grande.
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Convictions are where beliefs meet identity. But that can lead to trouble. Our supercharged politics make giving up a conviction feel like an act of self-betrayal and a betrayal of our tribe.
The Biloela Tamil family will be able to remain in Australia until the asylum claim for the youngest daughter is properly assessed.
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Of the original 31,000 refugees in the ‘fast-track’ visa caseload, nearly 8,200 are yet to have their applications processed. As a result, their lives remain in limbo.
The number of Mexican migrants fell during the economic recession.
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It’s not all about the economics – people’s sense of well-being may help explain anti-immigration attitudes.
Australia has changed the way it decides whether children with Down syndrome, and other conditions, can migrate permanently to Australia. But the changes don’t go far enough.
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham