Xenophobic attacks in South Africa have been a major concern for organisations working with migrants.
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Widespread concerns about the levels of immigration in South Africa make the issue appeal to voters across the economic and racial spectrum.
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The brain drain is coming – it has to be stopped.
Special immigration provisions are increasingly being written into free trade deals.
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There is a gap between free trade and free migration.
The deeply religious Scott Morrison is Australia’s first Pentecostal prime minister.
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The new prime minister has said he believes ‘the Bible is not a policy handbook’. However, his faith has certainly had an influence on his worldview.
Apple’s Tim Cook believes access to high-skill immigrants is a key source of American innovation.
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New research shows recruiting high-skilled immigrants leads to a ‘meaningful’ increase in innovation – and even more than spending money on research and development.
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Here’s the evidence the UK will use to design a new managed migration policy after Brexit.
Labour’s Diane Abbott and Shami Chakrabarti during a visit to Yarl’s Wood detention centre in February 2018.
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Labour’s immigration plans are progressive, but could still get bogged down in red tape.
Do we need yet another class of guest workers to pick our fruit?
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Introducing yet another special agricultural employment visa might destroy the good things about the ones we’ve got.
Father and son reunited after being detained in Texas.
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A record number of immigrant children are being detained in the US. Here’s what you need to know.
A rally of right-wing protestors in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, in early September.
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In the mid-1980s Germany was wracked by a toxic ‘Asyldebatte’ that bears similarities to what’s happening today.
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Journalists should mind their language.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban appearing before the European Parliament on September 11.
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The proudly illiberal leader is forging new alliances ahead of European elections next year.
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Leaving the EU will threaten the long and close relationship between Britain and Europe when it comes to making and enjoying music.
Under sustained opposition attack in question time, Dutton sheeted home the claims that have been made against him to Quaedvlieg.
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He said Quaedvlieg was “someone the Labor Party should not rely on”, calling him “your Godwin Grech”.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg receiving his first briefing from Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe.
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Wednesday’s national accounts were good, perhaps as good as they’ll get.
The bitter exchange has raised the au pair affair, already difficult for Dutton and the Morrison government, to a new level.
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A Senate committee is inquiring into Dutton’s use of his ministerial discretion over visas. He overrode advice from officials when he granted visas to two au pairs who had been detained.
A protest in New Delhi against the arbitrary exclusion of Indian citizens from the National Register of Citizens in August 2018.
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Shifting parameters for citizenship are at risk of excluding millions from Indian citizenship.
An asylum-seeker saying he’s from Eritrea is confronted by an RCMP officer as he crosses the border into Canada from the United States on Aug. 21 near Champlain, N.Y. Canadians have false beliefs about the so-called migration crisis, and politicians are capitalizing on it.
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Canada’s opposition Conservatives are borrowing from European populists in stoking fears about asylum-seekers and migrants. Here’s why that’s so dangerous.
Big decisions.
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What migration figures really tell us about the movement of people.
During his time as Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton granted tourist visas to four foreign au pairs who were denied entry at the Australian border and detained, awaiting deportation.
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Australia’s Migration Act allows for ministerial discretion in cases such as the controversial granting of tourist visas to four au pairs - but there remain questions around responsible government.