The European obsession with labeling people either economic migrants or refugees hampers understanding of the problems they face. Adding the role remittances play to the debate would help.
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Migrants and refugees are placed under constant scrutiny once they arrive in the EU. But what happens to those who don’t survive the journey is a different story.
Locals are reminded of their own experiences when they see refugees heading into their country.
The discourse about who is and isn’t welcome is taking on a disturbing new tone.
Al-Jazeera has changed its style guide, while others continue to debate the issue.
There is ongoing disagreement among OECD countries as to whether foreign aid spent in-house counts.
The UK will take in 20,000 refugees but how many is enough and should we be counting?
In just a few weeks, the people of Europe have been galvanised into supporting the refugees dying to reach their shores.
The UK and France have come up with a solution to the migrant crisis – stick up another new barrier.
Unaccompanied minors who claim asylum face a lottery where some are recognised as refugees and others have to go home when they turn 18.
Look at the numbers and the ‘invasion rhetoric’ is unwarranted.
David Cameron seems surprised that desperate people are trying to come to the UK. He must only read the British press.
International reporting of the Caribbean country’s migrant crisis is in danger of missing the point of what the authorities have actually done.
Refugee Week is drawing to a close with little concrete progress. Can I at least get you to change your mind about this situation?
Governments mark Migrant Week by denying the problem.
The political rhetoric would suggest that asylum seekers are deserving and economic migrants are undeserving. Yet their motivations overlap and are complex – forced migrants do not fit easily into one category.
The headlines about thousands of migrants losing their lives at sea are shocking. But as news consumers we hear little about the context pushing these people to leave their homes.
Under enormous pressure, countries in south east Asia are at last offering help to thousands of stranded migrants – but their gesture is far less meaningful than it seems.
Why have South-East Asian countries abandoned scores of migrants to drift in the sea?
The UK’s response to the migrant crisis is legal, but it’s also immoral.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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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
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Professor of Anthropology, Director, Transnational Research Lab, The Ohio State University
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Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
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Fellow, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Senior Researcher, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
