Border agency Frontex recently reported that an unprecedented 710,000 migrants had entered the EU this year. Something didn’t ring true for Nando Sigona.
How not to make them feel welcome.
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Immigration policies for people fleeing poverty or civil unrest dominate the news, but there’s been a huge rise in wealthy migrants to the West. Are these “cash for citizenship” programs worth it?
Migrants from the Middle East wait outside a train station in Budapest on their way across Europe.
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Europe always prefers to overlook its colonial past – but now it’s becoming unavoidable.
By appointing former police officer Roman Quaedvlieg to head a uniformed branch that replaced an administrative agency, the Abbott government all but guaranteed a more aggressive enforcement culture.
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While the Australian Border Force’s Operation Fortitude caused an outcry, people might be surprised at the extent of official powers to check their immigration status in a range of circumstances.
The Australian Border Force’s creation was no simple re-shuffling of departmental units.
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Divorce rates are on the decline in Australia, people are marrying and having children later in life, and more of us live alone. Our experts respond to the new report on Australia’s welfare.
Would you like to be turned away at the gate?
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Far-right movements and parties in Australia will continue to create interest, given their policies and method of operation. Their future longevity, however, is by no means assured.
Will they stay or will they go home?
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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