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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.
Security personnel approach a plane carrying migrants from Central Asia and India, deported from the United States, at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica, in February 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz)

‘The farther away, the better’ is the problematic logic behind U.S. third‑country deportations

The U.S. strategy of deporting asylum seekers to Global South countries is abhorrent. Migration scholars, human rights organizations and allies must co-ordinate, organize and actively resist.
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.
A child wears and holds Ukrainian flags during a rally on Parliament Hill to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Diaspora communities carry the burden of watching war from afar

Distance does not necessarily protect immigrants from wars happening abroad. Instead, global connectivity embeds the stress and strain of these conflict zones in their daily lives.
Launch of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Ecowas in Accra, Ghana, on 22 April 2025. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images

Ecowas without the Sahel states: how the split is testing free movement and regional legitimacy

Beyond the rights to free movement, the AES withdrawal has real effects on Ecowas in terms of its legitimacy, strength and migrant rights.
Displaced people from the Democratic Republic of Congo arrive in Rwanda in December 2025 after fleeing conflict in the eastern region. AFP via Getty Images

African migration: focusing on Europe misses the point – most people move within the continent

An analysis of the data shows fears of large-scale migration from Africa to Europe are exaggerated.
Sacramento - June 9, 2025: CHP officers watch the crowd during the Stop Deportations, Citizenship for All rally at California State Capitol Park. Conor P. Fitzgerald / Shutterstock

Denaturalization in the Trump era: When the State questions the citizenship of millions of Americans

Under Trump, US citizenship is again a political battleground, as expanded denaturalisation grounds threaten decades of legal protections for millions of naturalised Americans.
The war in Syria that began in 2011 sparked mass migration to neighbouring Turkey. In this photo, Syrians work in their bakery shop in Istanbul’s working-class district of Kucukcekmece on July 5, 2019. Bulent Kilic/AFP

Syrian forced migrants in Turkey have built businesses despite challenges. Here’s what has helped them succeed

Research into these entrepreneurs may carry lessons for societies and governments around the world.

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