Climate migrants don’t fit neatly into the legal definitions of refugee or migrant, and that can leave them in limbo. The Biden administration is debating how to identify and help them.
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Drought has been a threat multiplier for centuries, fueling conflict and migration from the time of the Ottoman Empire to Syria today.
Most skills shortages are temporary. When migrations resumes, the ones we select will be here for decades.
The Canadian response to racism south of the border can be described as an Americanization of Canadian history.
UN and NGO reports of ‘pushbacks’ at borders suggest 2,000 deaths linked to actions supported by EU border agency Frontex, yet EU plans to greatly expand its powers.
Hailed as an Australian hero, Rosemary Kariuki works to connect refugee and migrant women through their strengths and joys — rather than treating them like ‘problems’ to be fixed.
While skilled migration can help fill short-term gaps, Australia needs a more sustainable, long-term approach to skills matching and development to make the most of the people who are already here.
The dire conditions that brought waves of Cubans to the US in the 1980s and 1990s are again escalating on the communist island, provoked by Trump-era sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Though not a rich country, Colombia is unusually well equipped to handle mass migration because of its own history with political strife and displacement.
It’s hard enough to attract and keep health workers in the Northern Territory as it is. Now climate change is threatening to make things worse.
Prior to the mid-19th century, the Isthmus of Suez – the 125km strip of land that lies between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea – was a quiet spot.
Children and families have been fleeing to the US in rising numbers for nearly a decade. So why is the current situation at the US-Mexico border being viewed as something new?
Rural migrant farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in Ghana
In northwest Mexico, biologists are building a network of radio towers to track how individual migratory birds move among important wetland areas.
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When natural habitats are isolated it means species are less able to migrate, leading to less genetic variation and species diversity.
The ‘exodus’ from capital cities amounts to 0.06% of their populations – similar to recent years – and people are still moving to the cities. What’s missing is growth driven by international migrants.
The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to climate change, but efforts to tackle it risk alienating the people who live there.
The increased migration of Africans and the global growth of hip hop culture has seen a dynamic new generation of Pan Africanism emerge.
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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
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Adjunct professor, University of Adelaide
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Leader of Research Group “The Production of Knowledge on Migration” at the Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Osnabrück University, Osnabrück University
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society & School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Researcher, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
