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Members of “March and March” and “Operation Dudula” chant anti-migrant slogans during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, in May 2026. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa’s anti‑migrant campaigns use the language of democracy: why that’s dangerous

Organisations behind the wave of xenophobia use the language of participation, community and people’s power to justify marginalisation.
A protester dons a black top hat with a “Why Brexit” slogan during an anti-Brexit demonstration on Parliament Square in London in March 2026, almost a decade after the British withdrawal from the European Union. Brook Mitchell/AFP

From Brexit to ‘Bregret’: ten years later, bitterness still prevails over the UK’s vote to leave the EU

On June 23 2016, a slight majority of Britons voted to leave the European Union. Today surveys show that more people are regretting the EU divorce deal rather than celebrating it.
An undocumented Honduran immigrant walks her child to a school bus stop in November 2025 at an unspecified location in the U.S. John Moore/Getty Images

Most Americans broadly support public education for undocumented students – regardless of their political affiliation and religion

Some states are trying to challenge a long-held precedent that undocumented children are allowed to attend public school free of charge.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks on Capitol Hill on June 8, 2022, about a resolution condemning the great replacement theory. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti‑immigrant great replacement theory

White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
A draft policy from the Trump administration would make this card much harder to get. Stefano Spicca/Getty Images

How a proposed green card application policy change would disrupt lives by assuming legal immigrants are evading the law

Under a proposed policy – a departure from longtime practice that would cause significant disruption – green card applicants would no longer be able to apply for legal status from inside the US.
Immigrants, in Belgium as elsewhere, often work, sometimes even when their papers are not in order in short-staffed areas, such as elderly care. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock

Is public opinion in favour of granting Europe’s undocumented migrants legal status?

A new study by the University of Liège that takes a closer look at the situation in Belgium shows that there is public support for granting undocumented migrants who work legal status.
Cuba’s American liberators, depicted on the left in a political cartoon from 1898 and on the right in an AI image. Cartoon: Blanche S. Crawford, Cartoon History of the Spanish American War (Scrapbook, 1898), 48. AI image: screenshot from Instagram. Images for this article sourced by Jorge Damian de la Paz.

AI‑generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba’s political horizons

Cubans are using AI image generators to imagine US intervention in their country. The results look straight out of the 1890s.
A young boy plays with a Canadian flag with his mother, originally from the Philippines, during a Canada Day citizenship ceremony at in Winnipeg, Man., on Canada Day in 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Here’s why Canada needs to ditch age‑based immigration points

As Canada contemplates major changes to points-based immigration, it has a historic opportunity to right ageist wrongs.
Barbed wire surrounds the GEO Group ICE detention facility in Adelanto, Calif. on July 10, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

Scholars have defined the elements of what qualifies as a concentration camp system. Based on those, ICE detention facilities meet the definition of concentration camps.
Asylum seekers arrive in Québec in March 2023. They bring with them not only their personal belongings, but also their stories and cultural heritage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Counting immigrants or listening to people? The power of life stories

A new research project gives migrants a voice so that they can tell their own stories, beyond the statistics.

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