Media and others prepare the stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta.
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Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
The Gambia’s relationship with the European Union could be shaken by the immigration question.
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The Gambia’s agreement with the European Union to return immigrants to the country is causing the government problems at home.
Like making applicants wait in Mexico, fees could discourage asylum seekers.
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Fees for everything from green cards to naturalization are not only common, but increasingly costly and mandatory.
People rally outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are heard in the DACA case on Nov. 12.
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On Nov. 12, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Trump administration’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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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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Was the ban a Muslim ban – or was that just an anti-Trump narrative? A political scientist combs through the data for answers.
The lorry containing the bodies of 39 Chinese migrants found in Grays in Essex, England.
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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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Australia’s skilled migration program simply isn’t working the way it is supposed to.
A girl from El Salvador leaves a shelter in Buffalo, New York.
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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 populist policies of Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada show a fundamental misunderstanding of how immigration has helped Canada’s economy.
Migrants wait to apply for asylum in the United States outside the El Chaparral border in Tijuana, Mexico.
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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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The backlog in naturalization applications has ballooned to more than 700,000. Wait times have doubled in the last three years.
When people feel threatened, they’re more receptive to politicians who espouse xenophobic rhetoric.
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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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Asylum-seekers will now be prevented from applying for asylum in the United States if they could have pursued asylum in another country first.
Conviction can lead to dogmatism.
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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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The volume of migration to the US from Mexico dropped 53% between 2003 and 2017.