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More needs to be done to stop racist attacks and abuse in UK classrooms.
Border control is a big election issue.
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Migration from Eastern Europe spurred support for Brexit. But now migration is falling and the economy will suffer.
If you live in a rural area, you would never think Australia had too many doctors.
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Australia has more doctors per population than most comparable countries, yet many living in rural and remote areas don’t receive the care they need. Changing the way we train doctors will fix this.
Safe pairs of hands?
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The PM will continue with her target of reducing migration to the tens of thousands, despite failing to meet it for years.
A boat full of migrants is rescued by the Italian Navy in October 2015.
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There is an assumption that migrants are pulled to Europe as a ‘destination’ of choice. New research shows that often isn’t the case.
Malcolm Turnbull’s protector on the conservative flank of the party, Peter Dutton, is the target of a new GetUp campaign.
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If Peter Dutton lost his seat it would be a major blow to the conservative wing of the Liberal Party.
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
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Immigration targets are based on a lack of understanding of the UK’s labour needs and could seriously damage the economy.
Peter Dutton’s condemnation of those he terms ‘fake refugees’ is prejudicial.
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The government’s crackdown on so-called ‘fake refugees’ imposes undue stress on an already extremely vulnerable community.
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The chancellor looks ever more secure as a surge by the SPD falls flat in North-Rhine Westphalia.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer hands documents to a woman entering the U.S. from Mexico.
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President Trump wants to renegotiate or eliminate NAFTA because of its impact on U.S. trade, but the accord is also a cornerstone of continental cooperation on security issues as well.
The review of H1-B visas might lead to the disappearance of high-skilled Indian IT workers, whom Raj in the TV series Big Bang Theory is based on.
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Trump’s review on H1-B visa will directly impact high-skilled Indian workers.
Marine Le Pen at a political rally in Metz, France.
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What does it mean to be French? The two standing presidential candidates hope voters will agree with their version of the answer.
Are immigrants anti-immigration?
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It depends on how long they have been in the UK.
Migrants can no longer afford to live in the ‘gateway’ suburbs that once helped them to leave the ranks of the ‘disadvantaged’ and feel at home in their new country.
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With the winding back of government support for housing, ‘gateway’ suburbs that have in the past accepted and supported recent immigrants are becoming increasingly unaffordable.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officers in St. Louis.
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Trump’s administration plans to ramp up prosecution of unauthorized border crossings. Here’s the story of how it became illegal in the first place.
Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives party has amalgamated with Family First, which shares similar social conservative values.
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While minor right-wing parties are advancing specific policy agendas, Australia’s major right-of-centre force appears to be grappling with internal divisions about its policy direction.
The MV Tampa rescued 438 asylum seekers from a stricken boat in the waters between Indonesia and Australia.
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The Tampa incident in 2001 has formed the underlying basis of the approach to asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat ever since.
An ICE operation in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2017.
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You often hear police express a concern that their jobs will become more difficult if they are forced to work with ICE. We look at the evidence.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed tougher language requirements for new citizenship applicants.
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Refugees are both more likely to apply for citizenship, and twice as likely as other migrant groups to have to retake the test.
International student visa allows you to work up to 20 hours a week.
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By abolishing the 457 visa program the government has targeted a fraction of the problem, leaving the bulk of the temporary migrant labour force unchanged.