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Gibraltar’s decision to terminate permission for the Aquarius to conduct operations in the Mediterranean is the latest example of national politics undermining rescue at sea.
Fleeing economic collapse, around 2.3 million Venezuelans have left the country over the past few years.
In Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley, Border Patrol agents must ignore blistering heat and 25 mile-an-hour winds. Their job is simple: Catch terrorists, people without papers or those carrying drugs.
Migrants have similar home ownership rates to the overall population and rely less on public housing. But housing supply shortfalls and higher prices have reduced ownership among recent migrants.
Newly proposed ‘controlled centres’ in the EU must not breach migrants’ human rights.
Staying in a violent home country can be lethally dangerous – but thanks to European governments, sending family abroad is far from a guaranteed escape.
The president says immigration is bad for the US economy. Economists disagree.
The EU has agreed to explore proposals for centres to process people before they can cross the Mediterranean.
Trump’s executive order to end family separations at the border is too little too late, a human rights expert writes. Indefinitely detaining immigrants is breaking the law.
U.S. President Donald Trump may believe he’s contained the political damage of his policy to separate migrant children from their parents. But the psychological damage to children has only just begun.
Immigration turmoil in the U.S. means Canada must craft its own migration management plans – to help Central Americans fleeing misery in their homelands, some of it with Canadian involvement.
Concerns about non-English-speaking migrant populations leading to “parallel communities” are not well founded. Third-generation migrants are typically monolingual in English.
As in the Mediterranean, travel through the Sahara is difficult and unnecessarily dangerous by increased checks and control.
The combination of higher-density living and increasing cultural diversity means we need to think about how to build social cohesion and make the most of the opportunities of apartment living.
Is the impact of refugees in the host country’s economy positive or negative? The real question is really quite different: can the economy really do without refugees?
Trump’s anti-immigrant policies are leading more Central Americans to stay put in Mexico. Mexico’s presidential candidates have a lot to say about that, and none of it involves mass deportations.
Countries have some flexibility in interpreting UN agreements on refugee rights. But Sessions’ decision that abused women don’t qualify for asylum in the US is an extraordinarily severe ruling.
Migrants face many health problems, from mental health issues to diseases. The latest threat is scabies.
If an undocumented migrant is a minor or an adult can have far-reaching implications. A forensic anthropologist explains why relying solely on dental X-rays to determine age doesn’t work.
Top contributors
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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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 Anthropology, Director, Transnational Research Lab, The Ohio State University
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Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
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Fellow, Global Governance Programme, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Senior Researcher, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
