The demands of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic will make it increasingly difficult for migrant agricultural workers to meet their basic needs.
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The way richer nations respond to the coronavirus crash will have significant economic ramifications for countries dependent on remittances.
The legislation before parliament discriminates against employers who take on temporary migrants, impoverishes Australian residents and will hold back the fight against coronavirus.
The US food supply depends on several million agricultural laborers, who are mostly undocumented, tend to work in close quarters and lack medical insurance.
With 1.3 billion people in India under lockdown, how will it affect women, particularly those in rural areas?
More than one-in-16 people in New Zealand is a migrant without residence status. For everyone’s sake, to contain COVID-19 we need to ensure those 300,00 people can access health and social services.
Public criticism of the Chinese government’s handling of coronavirus shows that the Chinese people can overcome both strict censorship and a gaping class divide when they get angry enough.
The economy of the Bahamas depends on Haitian labor. But some Bahamians see no place for migrant workers in their country’s long, slow recovery from Hurricane Dorian.
Bill Shorten’s promise to tighten the visa system for short-term skilled migrants won’t do anything for local jobs or wages.
Immigration has featured as an issue in every Australian election since 2001. But the numbers often tell a different story from the political posturing.
As many as half of all temporary migrant workers are being underpaid. After a two-year inquiry, the Migrant Workers’ Taskforce has provided a blueprint to do something about it.
To be a good neighbour Australia should invest in a sustainable temporary labour migration scheme for Pacific nations.
Indian migration to North America and the United Kingdom has been studied extensively, but less is known about Australia and New Zealand, the southern-most outposts of the Indian diaspora.
Free trade requires not just the free movement of goods, but of people too. If Donald Trump really wants the U.S. to have a competitive advantage, he should be encouraging more, not fewer, migrants.
A new report by the Migration Advisory Committee on the impact of EU migration on the UK has highlighted the reliance of farms on migrant labour.
Every year, migrant workers come to Canada to pick the fruits and vegetables we take for granted. They aren’t paid well and get none of the benefits they pay into. It’s time to treat them fairly.
After centuries of decline and depolulation, the Highlands have thrived under the EU. Now Brexit threatens to turn back the clock.
There are two ways that international competition can reduce wages. Both are effects of globalisation.
Whether or not food delivery workers feel exploited is irrelevant, because they have few other options.
New research offers a picture of what it’s like to work in Australia illegally. Many workers are exploited, some come knowing they have no work rights, others may be unaware they’re working illegally.
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Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, UNSW
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Doctoral Candidate, Medical Anthropology, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
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Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Law, Adelaide University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Professor of Sociology, York University, Canada
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Professor of Development Studies, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Assistant Professor, Documentary Film, OCAD University
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney