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...
Feb 02, 2017 13:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
European Union officials have not been shy to express condemnation of US President Donald Trumps permanent ban on Syrian refugees, and temporary ban on all other refugees. Rightly so. The vice president of the EU...
Immigration and crime: What does the research say?
Feb 02, 2017 04:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Editors note: In his first week in office, President Donald Trump showed he intends to follow through on his immigration promises. A major focus of his campaign was on removing immigrants who, he said, were increasing...
Trump's order barring refugees flies in the face of logic and humanity
Jan 29, 2017 23:21 pm UTC| Law
With an irony that hasnt gone unnoticed, US President Donald Trump signed his executive order Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the US on January 27, Holocaust Memorial Day. The orders instructions...
Q&A: What legal obligation does the US have to accept refugees
Jan 28, 2017 06:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order which would temporarily ban the majority of refugees from coming to the US. The Conversation asked Liam Thornton, lecturer in law at University College Dublin, whether...
The Greek asylum crisis: moving beyond the blame game to a real solution
Jan 26, 2017 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views
An unusual wave of cold weather in the first week of January 2017 exposed the stark deficiencies of Greeces asylum seeker policy. Camps housing tens of thousands people seeking refuge from war were hit by snow and freezing...
Trump's policies will affect four groups of undocumented immigrants
Jan 26, 2017 00:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
President Donald Trump is expected to order the deportation of millions of criminal aliens this week. During his campaign, he stated his intention to remove all 11 million illegal immigrants from the country, although some...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight