Immigration reform has always been hard to accomplish. As the U.S. enters an election year, bipartisan reform now appears out of reach.
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The shift from family migration towards skilled migrants changed settlement patterns in the first two decades of this century. But these skilled migrants still get paid less than non-migrants.
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?
Chinatowns once served as gateways for early Chinese immigrants. But the suburbs are the center of cultural and commercial life for new immigrants and later generations.
Setting up buoys in a section of the Rio Grande is more likely to result in migrants seeking pathways elsewhere, rather than deterring migration altogether.
Immigration policy is so highly politicised that the South African government seems afraid to move.
Chinese politicians have looked toward policies to encourage couples to have more children to offset population decline. It hasn’t worked.
To make a success of Canada’s immigration targets, we must all work to make communities more welcoming to newcomers.
When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and residents.
The European court has ruled that interim measures are legally binding under international law.
The Australian experience of deterring and punishing asylum seekers who arrive by boat should serve as a warning rather than a blueprint for the UK.
Many asylum applications are rejected on grounds that dismiss the dire situations in applicants’ countries of origin.
Labour and Conservatives share a desire to wean the UK off a dependency on migrant labour.
Recent scenes at Victoria Station and Manston immigration centre are one way the government drives anti-migration sentiment.
The immigration decline over the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic led to an annual 1.1% GDP reduction, an economist estimates.
An expert breaks down the promises from the two Conservative leadership candidates.
Regularization programs that help refugees and migrants become permanent residents have tremendous positive outcomes for both migrants and society.
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.
Canada’s temporary protection measures to Ukrainians fleeing the war ensure they’re brought to safety faster. But will this kind of response become the preferred method for all future refugees?
Since the 1970s, Australian immigration policy has changed dramatically, meaning Afghan refugees face far greater hurdles than those who fled Saigon after the Vietnam War.
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Professor, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Law and Government, Durham University, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, College of Charleston
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Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Lancaster University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Merced
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Assistant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Research Fellow, Coventry University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Law, Conflict and Global Development, University of Reading
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Criminology, Lancaster University
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Professor of Macroeconomics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Economics, University of Bristol