Aug 31, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Tazreena Sajjad Images of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee their country following a hasty U.S. withdrawal have provoked an international outcry. As of Aug. 22, 2021, some 6,000 U.S. troops were working to evacuate U.S. military, American citizens...
Jul 1, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Jay Marlowe New Zealand has one of the lowest numbers of refugees per capita in the world — there is room for many more. When COVID-19 forced New Zealand to shut its borders, it left refugees we had committed to resettle in precarious circumstances with shattered...
Mar 21, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Julija Sardelić The citizenship stripping of Suhayra Aden (similarly as in the Shamima Begum case), will not lead to justice or security says Julija Sardelić. In the last month, the question of citizenship revocation as a security measure hit the frontpages of...
Feb 25, 2021 | Politics & Society
By Antoine Pécoud Increased control of people’s mobility because of COVID-19 might not be so easy to undo. One of the most immediate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the closure of many international borders. This had a severe impact on migration, and in...
Feb 16, 2021 | Politics & Society
Joe Biden campaigned on promises to reverse many of Donald Trump’s immigration policies. The new American president signed three executive orders to alter the previous administration’s immigration policies, as well as outline a new approach to amnesty and...
Jul 6, 2020 | Politics & Society
One of the most fundamental features of the Trump Administration is a policy of limiting immigration and reversing previous US policy on work visas, asylum, and deportation. Will Trump continue to limit immigration in light of recent US Supreme Court decisions and the...
Apr 28, 2020 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Julia Budler Julia Budler explores the displacement of people due to climate change. In its first 1990 assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) noted that “the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration,” predicting...
May 30, 2019 | Politics & Society, Referee
By James Nicol Why are some migrants seen as more deserving than others? James Nicol investigates. Since the re-election of the Coalition government in Australia’s federal elections scarcely more than week ago, a number of reports coming out of Nauru and Manus Island...
May 8, 2019 | Politics & Society, Referee
By James Nicol James Nicol explores the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment in western countries. Whatever our feelings on the matter, we cannot escape the fact that the question of immigration has become the defining political issue of our time. International migration...
Nov 29, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Kai Thaler Kai Thaler outlines what needs to be done to resolve the Central American migrant crisis. On Sunday, the US Border Patrol fired tear gas into Mexico at migrants, including children, attempting to enter the US near the San Ysidro border crossing between...