Clashes over the building of a mosque in Bendigo are a reminder of how easily strong public feelings about immigration can be exploited.
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Australians need to have a broad conversation about immigration. This must go beyond border security to discuss immigration’s broad functions, social impacts and the national interests it serves.
Could this be you?
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‘American Idol’ fittingly appeared nine months after 9/11 – and ends just in time for Donald Trump’s rise.
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Immigration is at the heart of the Brexit debate. Here’s what the research says about employment.
A Trump presidency may be the right time for Australia to distance itself from the US.
Reuters/Joe Skipper
It is impossible to know for sure what a Trump presidency would be like. But there are sensible reasons to suspect it could be disastrous – not only for the US but also for Australia.
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The Archbishop of Cantebury says it’s outrageous to label all those who question immigration as racists.
Andreas Fusser
Deported as soon as they become legal adults, young refugees wander the globe in search of safety.
Despertando.
Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
All the anti-immigrant rabble-rousing appears to be backfiring.
A Harper’s Weekly cartoon of German emigrants boarding a steamer in Hamburg, Germany, 1874.
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Anti-migrant rhetoric is running high in the US – but its star proponent would do well to think about his German roots.
More South Africans are taking to the streets to hold government accountable.
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South Africans’ faith in the post-apartheid system of democracy is clearly slipping - and some even suggest that a return to apartheid would be a good thing.
Right on queue? Migrants can help European business overcome challenges.
REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
How useful can new migrants be to corporations hoping to grow?
“Oh, not that one. Surely?”
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Even though it’s often a matter of life or death, the asylum process is often obstructed by bureaucratic hurdles.
East London living.
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How where you live changes your way of thinking.
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People crossing the famous bridge from Denmark can expect to have their papers checked in a landmark change to border policy.
Singing from his own hymn sheet.
Number 10
New research shows that the government’s welfare proposal is out of step with reality.
That moment when your gf says she’s calling Theresa May.
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The Home Office has issued a bizarre new form to gather information about the end of relationships – and it’s worse than useless.
On the US-Mexican border.
Mike Blake/REUTERS
A recent study shows Donald Trump is out of date when he claims “people are pouring across our southern border”.
Syrian refugees at a UNICEF school in Jordan.
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Immigrant pupils do not cause a decline in education standards, according to a new OECD report.
Migrant entrepreneurs in South Africa face constant security threats and enjoy minimal protection from the police.
Thom Pierce
Contrary to the view that all migrants take jobs from South Africans, research shows that migrant entrepreneurs generate employment for local citizens.
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History shows that for France, assimilation has always been a selective process and anything but universally applied.
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Interviews with members of the white-working class show that most welcome difference and diversity.