The city often becomes a magnet for anti-Arab sentiment during election years and global conflicts; however, the more interesting story is what happens in the city when the spotlight is turned off.
The Government has been under sustained questioning in parliament after it was revealed the federal government has so far not applied to have any of those released from immigration detention to be re-detained.
Snow covers the replica of the Statue of Liberty outside the Decatur County Courthouse in Leon, Iowa.
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In Iceland’s few open prisons, prisoners benefit from benign conditions, rural settings and internet access. This makes being imprisoned as a foreigner much easier than in other western Europen countries.
Donald Trump’s increasingly anti-immigrant campaign is steeped in race.
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The centrality of race to US politics is, once again, a defining feature of the current presidential campaign.
UK Home Secretary James Cleverly and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta sign the latest treaty on the UK-Rwanda partnership.
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Australia needs more housing and is getting more migrants. But we need more of those migrants to be able to help build those houses.
One of two digitally drawn murals that are part of the installation and exhibit ‘who claims abstraction?’ by Toronto-based Guatemalan artist Francisco-Fernando Granados.
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2024 is expected to be a year of elections around the world, and as often happens, anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise. Art can play a critical role in challenging that rhetoric.
Students walk towards a sign at Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C.
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Who’s responsible for the factors that led to the federal government’s recently announced cap on international students, and what are the implications for those directly affected?
A sign put up by protesters near a hotel in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, where asylum seekers are reportedly to be housed.
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Tension has boiled over into threats of violence and suspicious fires at hotels accommodating asylum seekers.
Workers from the Spanish nonprofit Open Waters rescue 178 migrants from different countries, off the coast of Italy in September 2023.
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Germany and Italy are among the countries that are looking for ways to handle rises in undocumented migration and, in many cases, are making it harder for people to remain in their countries.
Former president Donald Trump waves after speaking at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. He’s just one of several populists who could win elections in 2024.
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In more than a dozen countries this year, populist leaders are poised to either take power or consolidate their hold on the opposition. Migrants are the unfortunate target of populist ire.
Danish-Swedish extremist and politician Rasmus Paludan as he burns a Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21, 2023.
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Anti-Islam activists in Sweden have repeatedly burned Qurans in public, not only earning the country vehement criticism from Muslim countries but also raising the threat of terrorism.
The shift from family migration towards skilled migrants changed settlement patterns in the first two decades of this century. But these skilled migrants still get paid less than non-migrants.
Moving to a new country can often be stressful and leave people struggling with their mental well-being feeling isolated.
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New research shows that immigrants who arrive in a new country with better mental well-being are more likely to integrate and be successful.
People line up to take part in a Canada Day citizenship ceremony before the start of
a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox in Toronto on Canada Day, 2023.
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The number of Canadians who believe there is too much immigration to Canada rose sharply in 2023. Why have public opinions changed so much in the last year?
Official investigations of suspected Nazi collaborators have long closed. But families are still grappling with the hidden secrets of loved ones, a new book details.
Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham