The overturning of almost 20 years of legal precedent allowing indefinite detention is a watershed moment. But stateless people in Australia have few rights and little say over their futures.
A study found that refugees want more guidance on how to navigate higher education in the U.S.
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Though many immigrants join the US military to gain citizenship, other factors such as poverty and sense of belonging also contribute to their decisions.
Too few children means China needs to look outside the country for new blood.
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Immigrant chefs and cuisines are often constrained by Eurocentric definitions of what constitutes good food. As immigrant groups become more assimilated into US culture, so does their food.
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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More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.
Lewis Wickes Hine, ‘A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, 1909.’
Gelatin silver print, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (P545)
Beth Saunders, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
While Lewis Hine’s early-20th century photographs of working children compelled Congress to limit or ban child labor, the US Department of Labor is now under fire for failing to enforce these laws.
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.
Immigrants and teachers of English for speakers of other languages protest at Parliament Square in 2015.
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Young adults are among the groups most adversely affected by the housing crisis. Foreign-born young adults, in particular, are disproportionately more likely to live in unaffordable housing.
Reports about declining naturalizations belie the historical and political obstacles that prevent many migrants from becoming citizens.
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Today’s immigrants — who mostly come from the Global South — face a system of ever more complex chutes and ladders when it comes to their status in Canada.
Banyamulenge community members at the funeral of one of their own in eastern DRC.
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Mirae Kim, George Mason University e Bo Li, Georgia State University
A study of more than 200 social services and arts groups points to the severity of structural barriers.
A driver charges his electric car at a Tesla Supercharger station in Miami, Fla. In areas where multi-unit residential buildings cannot adopt EV charging infrastructure, public vehicle charging stations are crucial.
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Canada’s zero-emissions vehicle sales target will need hundreds of thousands of EV charging points to be installed in homes, workplaces, retail spaces and along highway corridors in the coming years.
Canada has a shortage of doctors. That’s why making it difficult for internationally trained doctors to practise here is so mystifying.
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Canada is sidelining qualified doctors while many Canadians struggle to find health care. Here’s what we can and must do better for internationally trained physicians.
People take the citizenship oath at Pier 21 immigration centre in Halifax on July 1, 2017.
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Immigration targets can be useful and expedient for policymaking. In the public arena, they need to be more fully understood if immigration debates are to be based on reality.