The overturning of almost 20 years of legal precedent allowing indefinite detention is a watershed moment. But stateless people in Australia have few rights and little say over their futures.
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As governments crack down at their borders, religious groups’ teachings to help the stranger remain unchanged.
Renewed fighting in the South Caucasus has some wondering, “Where are the great powers?”
The renegotiated Safe Third Country Agreement was politically expedient for Justin Trudeau’s government, but poses real policy and programming challenges.
Canada and the U.S. have effectively decided to crack down on migrants crossing unofficial border points into Canada. Here’s why this approach misses the bigger picture.
A passport from the United Arab Emirates will get you into far more destinations than one from Afghanistan. Gaps like this have big implications for people’s ability to travel, reside and work.
Orbán’s nationalist gesture at a recent football match raises important questions – and tensions.
In the last decision of the term, the Supreme Court cleared a barrier for the Biden administration to end a Trump-era policy returning asylum seekers arriving in the US to camps in Mexico.
The US is convening Latin American countries in Los Angeles this week to discuss major regional issues. An expert explains 3 key things to know about one top concern – migration.
Ukraine’s history with the former Soviet Union and its current relationship with the European Union inform how refugees move across borders. While race plays a role, citizenship is also an important factor.
A barrier built to stop human migrants will instead cut off animals and scientific cooperation.
Prior to the secession of South Sudan, the rural livelihoods of people living in the 11 states were dependent on free trade and movement across the boundaries.
The federal election is taking place during a fourth wave of COVID-19, and border management remains crucial to controlling the pandemic. Here’s how each major party would manage travel restrictions.
The conversation around the U.S.-Canada land border reopening should include Indigenous people and the restrictions they’ve faced since the international border was created.
The giant sea bass fishery collapsed long ago in the US, but that didn’t mean the species was endangered. New research shows these iconic fish have been thriving south of the border.
Data from Oxford University shows UK asylum applications are proportionally lower than Cyprus, Luxembourg and Iceland.
Immigration judges must base their decisions to grant asylum to immigrant children on whether these children have realistic fears of persecution. But other factors influence those decisions.
For those desperate for international holidays, there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Boundaries aren’t just treaties. They’ve been built from rivers, oral history and newspaper notices — and rocks in the way of farmers.
Last year, 189 countries – home to roughly 65% of the global population – cut themselves off from the world at some point. Borders are now reopening and travel resuming, but normal is a ways off.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance; Scientific Co-Director, Bridge Research Consortium, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
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Researcher in International Relations and Politics, Development Studies and Borders, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of East London
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Architecture, University of Sheffield; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Researcher, Indonesian Center for Law and Policy Studies (PSHK)
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Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
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Professor of Politics and International Studies, Queen's University Belfast
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Research Fellow Interdisciplinary Ethics Research Group, University of Warwick