An attendee interacts with a stall at the Collision tech conference in Toronto on June 28, 2023. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced a new tech talent recruitment strategy at the conference.
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Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy aims to draw global tech talent to the country, but faces hurdles like U.S. salary competition and high living costs.
A family of Syrian refugees arrive at their new home in Bloomfield, Mich., in 2015.
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The US is home to more international migrants than any other country. But even though immigration is an actively debated topic, immigrants are poorly understood.
Canada is generally viewed positively for its immigration policies, but more can be done to welcome those seeking to make Canada their home.
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To make a success of Canada’s immigration targets, we must all work to make communities more welcoming to newcomers.
‘We heal alone,’ a migrant to the U.S. told a researcher.
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More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.
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This is far from the first time the Hellenic coastguard has faced accusations of endangering asylum seekers lives at sea.
In an aerial image taken on May 12, 2023, a border wall and concertina wire barriers stand along the Rio Grande river between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, left, and El Paso, Texas.
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When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and residents.
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Members of Preston’s Caribbean community describe their experiences as migrants arriving and putting down deep roots in this provincial town.
Haitian migrants wait in a line to receive food in Coahuila state, Mexico, in 2021.
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A fire killed 38 migrants in a Mexico detention facility in March 2023. A sociologist’s conversations with migrants show that they had a common response to this news – a deep sense of grief.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser at a press conference in Ottawa on April 19, 2023.
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Despite denunciations of discrimination against French-speaking students who want to settle in Canada, particularly Africans, the federal government does not seem to want to act.
New Canadians take the Oath of Citizenship during halftime at a Redblacks and Montréal Alouettes CFL game in Ottawa in July 2022.
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Canada is counting on immigrants to drive economic growth. Smaller urban communities can help take pressure off Canada’s most heavily populated regions by attracting and retaining newcomers.
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Problems in finding suitable housing will make it even more difficult for migrants to integrate successfully in Australian society.
Migrants are welcomed to a Methodist church in New Mexico after being released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2019.
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As governments crack down at their borders, religious groups’ teachings to help the stranger remain unchanged.
Honduran migrants head for the United States in 2019.
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US immigration policies have not deterred migration, but they have made the process longer and more difficult for migrants.
COVID-19 hasn’t vanished, but at this point it’s doing less damage.
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The emergency status allowed the federal government to cut through a mountain of red tape, with the goal of responding to the pandemic more efficiently.
Riders who deliver for online food platforms are self-employed, and can nominate a substitute to deliver on their behalf.
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Our study of food delivery workers in one English city highlights the daily challenges facing undocumented migrants in this sector.
This ten-year-old boy’s father and cousin were believed to have drowned when their boat sank on the way to Australia.
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Why are governments so rarely seen as being responsible for creating the conditions that allow asylum seeker tragedies to occur?
Some towns in Albania have lost much of their population due to migration.
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Albania has a falling birthrate and few jobs for young people.
The illegal migration bill is an attempt to stop small boat crossings, which have increased in recent years.
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The European court has ruled that interim measures are legally binding under international law.
Feelings of isolation can affect academic outcomes.
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Latino youths often feel more at home in after-school programs and in the community than they do in school. A sociologist explores why.
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The inquiry warns that given the international competition for highly skilled migrants, ‘Australia risks falling behind’.