How undocumented immigrants negotiate a place for themselves in America
Feb 23, 2017 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Once undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers arrive on American soil, they run the risk of being stopped by law enforcement officials who are charged with investigating their status. A Feb. 17 memo released by the...
How Australia decides who is a genuine refugee
Feb 23, 2017 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Every year, Australia provides protection to thousands of refugees under its humanitarian program. In 2015-16, the government issued 15,552 visas to people in need of humanitarian assistance overseas. These included people...
How Afghans became second-class asylum seekers
Feb 22, 2017 04:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
When it comes to being a refugee, your nationality really matters. Syrian asylum seekers are routinely prioritised over Afghan ones in what has become a deadly and dangerous hierarchy for Afghans seeking sanctuary in the...
Libya is not Turkey: why the EU plan to stop Mediterranean migration is a human rights concern
Feb 16, 2017 00:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
EU leaders have agreed to a plan that will provide Libyas UN-backed government 200 million for dealing with migration. This includes an increase in funding for the Libyan coastguard, with an overall aim to stop migrant...
Venice's long history as a sanctuary city for migrants is under threat
Feb 10, 2017 09:04 am UTC| Insights & Views
In an incident that profoundly shocked the city of Venice, and Europe more broadly, a young Gambian asylum seeker was left to drown in a canal late January, as onlookers stood by. His tragic death highlights the...
Immigration is theme of 2017 elections in Europe
Feb 10, 2017 08:00 am UTC| Commentary
We at FxWirePro feel that immigration is going to be the most important issue for the voters in the election of 2017. This year three elections are scheduled in Europe; Netherlands (March), France (April-May), and Germany...
More pathways for migrants to Europe can foil people smugglers – border clampdowns will not
Feb 03, 2017 16:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The ongoing migration and refugee crisis tops the agenda at a meeting of EU political leaders in the Maltese capital, Valletta. Maltas prime minister, Joseph Muscat, captured the urgency of the situation when he told the...
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