In many cases, a single, shocking crime allegedly involving a foreign-born suspect was quickly reframed into a broader indictment of minorities.
Articles on anti-immigrant attitudes
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Immigration is fuelled by people moving for work, family or better opportunities.
Repeated exposure to discrimination increased the likelihood of aggressive confrontation.
Anti-immigration rallies across Australia are the culmination of years of political scaremongering. But better immigration messaging could change the trajectory.
Anti-immigration rhetoric is on the rise, but migrants often contribute more to the economy than native-born workers.
The Canadian government has said international students are abusing Canada’s asylum system. However, the data does not back the government’s claims.
Trudeau’s explanation paints an incomplete picture and perpetuates misleading narratives about Canada’s immigrant selection, higher education and asylum systems.
The recently announced cuts to Canada’s immigration targets for the coming years are essential to maintain Canadians’ support for immigration and positive attitudes toward immigrants.
A scholar of emerging immigrant destinations says that when anti-immigrant politicians bring their hateful rhetoric to those towns, locals tend to come down on the side of peace and inclusion.
Politicians increasingly frame migrants as threats to national identity, security and economic stability. This dehumanizes immigrants and creates an environment of fear and hostility for everyone.
When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun with migrants. That didn’t happen.
2024 is expected to be a year of elections around the world, and as often happens, anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise. Art can play a critical role in challenging that rhetoric.
Elon Musk’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border played into false tropes that paint asylum seekers as dangerous criminals.
“Sweden’s most wanted”, raps the controversial artist Yasin in his track 20 Talet. The rapper’s lyrics are without filter, direct, raw, born within a marginalised and often criminal environment, depicting…
The Canadian government should send a clear signal that it cares about constitutional and international law, heed a Federal Court ruling and take steps to immediately suspend the STCA.
Manitoba faces pressing facing demands for new ways of forming relationships with young people to counter hate.
Can Canadians pick up Don Cherry’s discussion from here, and have respectful and inclusive discussions about how we can do better in terms of how we treat and regard newcomers?
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
Faced with the same problem, South Africa is turning to the familiar toolkit to explain a recurrent problem.
The recent massacre at a New Zealand mosque is a traceable, direct outgrowth of an American white nationalist movement that insists immigrants and people of color are a threat to ‘white civilization.’
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Visiting professor, Harvard University
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Research Professor, Institute of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Assistant Professor of Human Security, American University School of International Service
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Professor of political socialization, Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
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Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon
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Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Chief Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Fellow, Center on Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies; Fellow, Graduate Program in Development, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Law, Queen's University, Ontario
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Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College