Europe’s wall against African migrants is almost complete
May 03, 2017 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
A deal signed in Italy with tribes operating in southern Libya may be the last element of the barrier the EU has been constructing to exclude Africans from Europe. To seal the southern Libyan border means to seal the...
Why diverting more UK aid to fund cost of hosting refugees would be a mistake
Apr 26, 2017 07:53 am UTC| Insights & Views
There has been an ongoing debate over the British governments commitment to spend 0.7% of the UKs gross national income (GNI) on foreign aid. First achieved in 2013, and enshrined in law by the Conservative-Liberal...
Is the US immigration court system broken?
Apr 18, 2017 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
In the U.S. today, a single immigration case takes an average of 677 days simply to get to the initial scheduling hearing. There are more than half a million cases in the system, and just over 300 judges working on...
How to help migrants foster a new sense of belonging
Apr 10, 2017 14:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Belonging is tricky to define and hard to measure. Its the product of the stories we construct and the ways we orientate ourselves socially. It involves interactions, both intimate and public, and the evolution of shared...
Migrant Crisis Series: Greece and Italy look to back away from taking further refugees
Mar 29, 2017 08:32 am UTC| Commentary
United Nations International Organization for Migration reported that 20,484 refugees from entered Europe this year by traveling via sea, according to data collected till mid-March. More than 80 percent of them came to...
Migrant Crisis Series: Austria wants exemption from EU migrant scheme
Mar 29, 2017 07:17 am UTC| Commentary
Even after more than two years since its reckoning, the European migrant crisis continues to rage like a fire that cant just be put out and in the latest twist, Austria, a member of the European Union has declared that it...
Class pervades the way migrants are viewed in Britain
Mar 28, 2017 13:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In a poll of 25 countries by Ipsos MORI published in March 2017, 33% of those interviewed in Britain said immigration was their biggest worry. Although more British people overall were worried about healthcare, only...
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