A migration researcher based in Denmark explains the downsides of its “zero asylum” policy and returns system.
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Asylum housing needs to come back under public control.
Anti-immigration rallies across Australia are the culmination of years of political scaremongering. But better immigration messaging could change the trajectory.
The language around immigration in the US is almost as complicated as the system itself.
Like the structures of smuggling groups have evolved and adapted in response to police or border enforcement, so will their systems to move money safely.
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
Women-led efforts offer opportunities to deliver educational activities and establish networks, and to help improve the welfare of refugee women.
Australia has the experience, resources, and civil society needed to shape a more humane and effective refugee system. Four key areas are ripe for reform.
Addressing key barriers to refugees accessing mental health services is in everyone’s best interest.
The legal and policy tools to fix this already exist.
These amnesties occurred under successive Labor and Liberal federal governments, and each enjoyed enthusiastic bipartisan support.
Overall, Australia needs a fundamental shift that recognises fairness contributes to, rather than detracts from efficiency.
One concern is the precedent this agreement with Nauru sets for how other countries may treat refugees with criminal convictions.
We don’t need to reinvent the wheel and can dispense with unhelpful terms like ‘climate refugee’. Existing laws, applied correctly, can protect people.
Tougher Canadian border measures in response to Donald Trump’s threats may make crossings more dangerous for migrants.
The Canadian government has said international students are abusing Canada’s asylum system. However, the data does not back the government’s claims.
With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about sending them home.
The Canadian government’s announcement of the expansion of border security and surveillance measures could place more asylum seekers at risk.
The secret transfer of people from one country to another – against their will – carries great public risks.
Refugee protections, including the right to seek asylum, exist today precisely because states failed refugees and migrants previously, especially Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany.
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