The Home Office recently published a sensible and thorough look at the local impact of migration. Did you read about it? You certainly won’t have in the Mail or the Telegraph, who apparently read an entirely…
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How far do facts and evidence get us in public debates and policy formulation on immigration? And how far should they take us? Data on migration and its social and economic impact are of course vital for…
The face of Australia is changing - and it starts at our borders. Whereas Australia’s migrant population once hailed largely from a European background - think of the “Ten Pound Pom” in the post-World…
More research has shown that urban development changes animal patterns. A new study has found that urban centres speed up…
With all the fuss over 457 visas in recent weeks, and prime minister Julia Gillard due to address the issue at a conference today, it’s worth looking beyond the cries of vested interests and politicians…
Pacific bluefin tuna affected by radiation released at Fukushima following Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster have allowed scientists…
In March this year Australia and New Zealand will celebrate the 30th anniversary of a trade agreement known as Closer Economic Relations (CER). Few Australians and New Zealanders are likely to notice…
Skilled migrants working in low skilled jobs for long periods are at risk of depression, a new study by the University of…
The announcement of the formation of a Migration Council of Australia and its launch by the Governor General on August 1, confirmed by Department of Immigration and Citizenship official Gary Fleming at…
AUSTRALIA BY NUMBERS: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the first batch of its census data. We’ve asked some of the country’s top demographers and statisticians to crunch the numbers on…
AUSTRALIA BY NUMBERS: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the first batch of its 2011 census data. We’ve asked some of the country’s top demographers and statisticians to crunch the numbers…
Who are the “climate change migrants” we hear about with increasing regularity in the media and in global and regional policy forums? Are they the victims of devastating environmental forces - the result…
“This house, Australia. This house, Australia. This house, Australia,” says Mohinder (a pseudonym) 29, pointing out that young men from six of the 13 houses in his alley in TarnTaran have migrated. “That…
Within the much publicised debate of labour shortages in the resources sector, there is now a concerted push to open up employment to larger numbers of skilled foreign workers. Large employers such as…
The 2012 AFL debut of the GWS Giants is the culmination of efforts by the powerful, cashed up body that administers Aussie Rules to make inroads into the rugby league-obsessed, poor and predominantly refugee…
Another refugee boat has sunk. Several hundred people have drowned. Why do they keep trying to come? What should our response be? If you are an optimist with no sense of history, you would be forgiven…
SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE: The world’s seven billionth person is likely to be born today. Beatriz Carrillo Garcia, lecturer in China Studies at the University of Sydney looks at effect a growing population…
Later today the Australian Government plans to put the Migration Legislation Amendment (Offshore Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2011 to a vote in the House of Representatives. Without it, the government’s…
Migrants and refugees are not only riding much less than other Melburnians, they are riding much less than they used to in…
Climate change may be forcing fish to find new homes. A new study shows that depending on where the fish disperse from, the…
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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 International Politics, University of Warwick
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society & School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
