As part of a new ‘metering’ policy, US officials are turning asylum seekers away at ports of entry along the southern border. Thousands wait, straining the resources of Mexican border towns.
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These are the five options for Brexit: Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, staying in the customs union, staying in the single market, the so-called Common Market 2.0 idea or a no-deal Brexit.
Both presidents brought border traffic and trade to a standstill in hopes of changing Mexican policy in the drug war. And both failed to achieve their goals.
As migrant caravans become commonplace, life goes on along the frontera sur where tumultuous Central America and the poorest part of Mexico meet.
Brazil’s president has threatened military intervention in neighboring Venezuela, called its leader a ‘dictator’ and sent troops to the border. But Brazil’s military is quietly working to avoid war.
As Congress and President Trump struggle to devise a coherent immigration policy along the US southern border, there are lessons from ancient history that could prove instructive.
While the West fails to solve its border issues, countries in Asia and Africa have found a positive way forward.
This award to a long neglected writer shows that there is still a place in Australian life for works of art that challenge us to think.
Civil society groups continue to fight against the creeping demands of the UK’s immigration system.
A record number of immigrant children are being detained in the US. Here’s what you need to know.
Canada’s opposition Conservatives are borrowing from European populists in stoking fears about asylum-seekers and migrants. Here’s why that’s so dangerous.
The president says immigration is bad for the US economy. Economists disagree.
Undocumented entries across the border are at all-time lows. The people now arriving are not Mexican workers, but a smaller number of Central American families seeking to escape dire circumstances.
Immigration turmoil in the U.S. means Canada must craft its own migration management plans – to help Central Americans fleeing misery in their homelands, some of it with Canadian involvement.
History shows that the US court system isn’t sympathetic to undocumented migrants when it comes to parental rights.
For decades, China and India have clashed over their disputed Himalayan border. This clash is also playing out via a development boom that threatens the health of one of the world’s biggest river catchments.
A recent decision by the United States to deny asylum for victims of domestic abuse will have unintended consequences for Canada.
After Brexit, politicians hope that technology can help us avoid a hard border in Ireland.
Displacing the EU’s border as far as possible from Europe: is this really a solution to mitigate the flow of migrants?
Men living in transit camps on the EU’s borders are at risk of exploitation and violence.
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