There are refugees, there are migrants and then there are the millions of people who live in legal limbo because they defy easy categorisation. But everyone is just looking for a place to call home.
Fiona McGaughey, The University of Western Australia; Dave Webb, The University of Western Australia et Peta-Jane Hogg, The University of Western Australia
Any proposed solution to the problem of modern slavery must engage with the business community and government policies on migration and migrant labour.
Ariadna Estévez, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Today’s ugly politics are not a backlash against global capitalism, they’re an open embrace of the racism and greed that has always underpinned so-called global governance.
Australia has few places to capture the spill-over of talented workers priced out of the big cities. Some may leave the country altogether – and where talent goes, capital flows.
In a changing and unsettled world, migration can be a greater-than-ever contributor to development for communities of origin, destination areas, and for the migrants themselves.
Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
Over 70% of Ethiopia’s population is under 30 years of age. This can be converted to economic muscle if policies are introduced to tackle the high unemployment levels in the country.
Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University