World leaders lack the political courage to agree a fair global share of migration
Sep 20, 2016 06:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Whether fleeing wars, oppression, dictatorial regimes, extreme poverty, climate displacement or whether simply seeking a better life irregular migrants are among the most vulnerable people on earth. Crossing land and sea...
Migrants are sacrificing their working rights because of greedy governments
Sep 20, 2016 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
Governments want all the benefits of the free movement of goods, capital, services, ideas and labour, but tend to neglect the rights of workers. This imbalance may mean countries lose the benefits of globalised labour...
With 10,000 Syrian refugees resettled in the US, are more on the way?
Sep 15, 2016 02:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Sept. 12, a new cease-fire took effect in Syria. With a lull in fighting, some are hopeful for an end to the nations ongoing civil war. Yet, even if the war ends soon, rebuilding the country will take time. As many...
Any detention of migrant children is a violation of their rights and must end
Sep 07, 2016 10:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Children represent around a quarter of all migrants worldwide. While in June 2015, one in ten migrants reaching the Macedonian border from Greece was a child, in October 2015 it was one in three. Without regular status...
How not to resettle refugees – lessons from the struggles of the Vietnamese 'boat people'
Aug 30, 2016 09:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
Reports surfaced in July that a refugee living on the island of Bute off the West coast of Scotland had described her new home as where people come to die. Although it is early days for the UKs Syrian Vulnerable Person...
After Brexit, nationals could take a lesson in integration from immigrants
Aug 23, 2016 09:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Hate crimes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reached a new peak after the UKs Brexit vote. This was sadly predictable, considering that one of the Leave campaigns key arguments in favour of exiting the European Union...
Has Angela Merkel made German integration issues worse by letting in a million refugees?
Aug 16, 2016 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Sex attacks in Cologne and other German cities; an attempted suicide bombing in Ansbach; a train stabbing spree in Wrzburg. These crimes have left a growing number of Germans thinking the previously unthinkable: that...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
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