The World Cup is bringing visitors and AI-driven surveillance systems, but only one of those is certain to leave when the games are done.
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New US requirements for visa-free travel could involve sharing large amounts of biometric and law enforcement data, prompting concerns about privacy.
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
The Canadian government’s proposed Strong Borders Act appears to be in response to calls for Canada to beef up its borders with the United States.
Should Canadians be worried about travelling to the U.S., given the current political climate? Here’s what two experts say.
The Canadian government’s announcement of the expansion of border security and surveillance measures could place more asylum seekers at risk.
Nigeria describes Lakurawa as a new terror group. It is not. It’s been operating along the Nigeria-Niger border since 1999, an indication of the region’s growing ungoverned spaces.
Created in 1924 to enforce draconian new immigration quotas, Border Patrol recruited its first agents from the Texas Rangers militia, giving it a kind of rogue, cowboy culture that persists today.
The new government has vowed to ‘smash the gangs’ and increase border security.
Invasive alien species become much harder and more expensive to manage as they establish and spread through the landscape. So preventing their arrival is vital.
Connections between smuggling and other forms of serious organised crime remain largely unverified.
The bill, which aims to force people to cooperate in their own deportation, was subject to an inquiry. The government wants to proceed with the bill unchanged, despite widespread community concerns.
In the dissenting report to the deportation bill, the Coalition says it supports the policy intent of the legislation but has significant concerns about potential unintended consequences.
The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
The government will head back to the High Court next month for another immigration case. If it loses, there could be wide-ranging consequences.
Texans’ belief in their state’s exceptionalism has helped fuel support for the Republican state government trying to take border security and immigration enforcement into its own hands.
With the arrival of 39 foreign nationals in Western Australia, debate around boat arrivals has been re-ignited. What happens if you come by plane instead?
A GOP proposal would make it nearly impossible for most migrants now crossing the US border to gain asylum and the right to remain in the country.
The release of more than 140 ex-detainees from immigration detention has prompted a panicked government response. So, what does the legislation say, and what happens now?
This week, the High Court made an order which overturns the laws on which much of Australia’s immigration system is based. What happens to the law, and those most affected by it, now?
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Senior Research Fellow, Counter Terrorism and Social Cohesion, National Security College, Australian National University
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