There’s more to being a refugee than crossing a border.
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International law doesn’t require refugee camps, making them a policy choice rather than a legal obligation.
Many faith groups supporting immigrants root their mission in the idea of ‘accompaniment,’ which springs from Catholic social teaching.
Kenya’s new refugee policy seeks to shift away from a camp-based system to one centred on inclusion into the local economy.
There has been a relatively broad pro-migration consensus across the Scottish political spectrum.
A new investigation is likely to cast suspicion over LGBTQ+ claims more broadly.
New proposals would introduce a 10-year ‘baseline’ for settlement, with refugees and benefits claimants facing the highest wait times.
A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia over the past 40 years.
Efficient immigration procedures depend on strong procedural rights and access to counsel for migrants and adjudicators.
With targeted support, refugees are more likely to gain employment, increase their savings and find safety if not housed in camps, study finds.
No matter how convenient and efficient pre-clearance programs might be, they raise challenging questions about Canadian sovereignty and the rights of Canadian citizens.
The US, UK and Australia are all expanding efforts to deport non-citizens, reframing the act of seeking asylum from a human right to a criminal act.
The US is not alone in its attempts to send asylum seekers to countries in Africa.
Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.
The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights violations in the region.
The language around immigration in the US is almost as complicated as the system itself.
Immigration scholars break down some of the immigration terms that are likely to become common during the Trump administration’s first months.
The Canadian government has said international students are abusing Canada’s asylum system. However, the data does not back the government’s claims.
Philosophers typically argue that several conditions need to be met for a duty of gratitude to hold.
Immigration remains a significant issue for many voters, but is Kamala Harris about to try anything different to her predecessor?
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in law, University of Sussex
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Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University
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Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Professor, and Director, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies, American University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Henry J. Leir Chair in Global Migration, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Scientia Professor and ARC Laureate Fellow, Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW
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Associate Professor, School of Law, Murdoch University
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Professor in International Politics, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Lecturer and Clinical Instructor of Law; Associate Director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic, Boston University
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Professor of International Law, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis