Ukraine’s history with the former Soviet Union and its current relationship with the European Union inform how refugees move across borders. While race plays a role, citizenship is also an important factor.
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A barrier built to stop human migrants will instead cut off animals and scientific cooperation.
Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
The federal election is taking place during a fourth wave of COVID-19, and border management remains crucial to controlling the pandemic. Here’s how each major party would manage travel restrictions.
The conversation around the U.S.-Canada land border reopening should include Indigenous people and the restrictions they’ve faced since the international border was created.
The giant sea bass fishery collapsed long ago in the US, but that didn’t mean the species was endangered. New research shows these iconic fish have been thriving south of the border.
Data from Oxford University shows UK asylum applications are proportionally lower than Cyprus, Luxembourg and Iceland.
Immigration judges must base their decisions to grant asylum to immigrant children on whether these children have realistic fears of persecution. But other factors influence those decisions.
For those desperate for international holidays, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Boundaries aren’t just treaties. They’ve been built from rivers, oral history and newspaper notices — and rocks in the way of farmers.
Last year, 189 countries – home to roughly 65% of the global population – cut themselves off from the world at some point. Borders are now reopening and travel resuming, but normal is a ways off.
Many within the political left and right draw on the Bible to inform their views on immigration, but neglect to take into account how foreigners were treated under the Roman Empire during the time of Jesus.
The government should be explicit about what proportion of the population will need to be vaccinated to warrant border reopening. Australians could then measure progress towards that goal.
Canadian government travel restrictions are an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19 variants. But vague language around exemptions for medical travel may confuse the physicians who can grant them.
Nearly 700 species of flightless mammal could be barred entry to cooler habitats due to national borders by 2070.
A new study argues for selective border relaxations. But with COVID-19 more prevalent now than at almost any point in the past, the risk would be substantial.
Multiple borders have always existed in Aotearoa New Zealand. We just weren’t as aware of them before the pandemic started locking down communities.
Research shows that when people feel insecure and anxious they become more concerned with identity values such as nationalism, status and success.
The future need not be gloomy. It is possible for Northern Ireland to emerge better off at the end of this process.
Palmer has lost his challenge to the closure of the Western Australian border in response to COVID-19. But it still remains unclear whether the border closure was and remains valid.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Researcher in International Relations and Politics, Development Studies and Borders, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of East London
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Professor of Global Health Policy, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance, Simon Fraser University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Visiting Fellow, City, University of London
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Associate Professor, Paediatrics, Griffith University
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Professor of English, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Department of Biology, University of Warsaw
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Reader in Political Geography, Newcastle University
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Professor of Sociology and Program Head, New York University
