The UN refugee convention’s first protected category is race. Yet the current refugee system does not protect Haitians from racism and its consequences.
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Rwandan authors have long been sidelined in debates about Rwanda and other conflict-affected societies.
Putin has a history of forcing civilians to migrate during a conflict, part of a broader strategy to overwhelm other countries with new refugees and destabilize their economies.
Italian aid workers charged with helping migrants travel through the country were acquitted in May 2022. But migrants are often not well received in Europe, despite a welcome of Ukrainian refugees.
Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.
As Islamic geometric patterns and arabesque designs have migrated globally, they’ve been adapted, and may not even be recognized as bearing the influence of Islamic societies.
Opportunities for social mobility, rather than simply economic incentives, have generated emigration from China to countries like Ghana.
Even once the war in Ukraine ends, the millions of people who fled from their homes might not be quick to return. The faster the war ends, the more likely it is they will go back.
As climate change and other conflicts put humans and other species on the move — and sometimes in conflict — we need to rethink the way we approach conservation.
Ghanaian footballers chased migration to the US after the removal of Nkrumah as president.
While most people offering support to Ukrainians are well-intentioned, it’s not always the case. There are a reports of women and girls fleeing Ukraine being raped in their new countries.
Critics who are irritated by a lack of an apparent villain in ‘Encanto’ need to take a closer look at the effects of colonial displacement.
Given Poland’s long stance against immigrants and refugees, it might not always be a warm welcome for Ukrainians.
Genetic analysis of caribou populations reveals that some groups are genetically more predisposed to migrating than others. But human activities are affecting these behaviours.
Wealthy states sort people into hierarchies, keeping ‘unwanted people’ in their regions of origin while facilitating mobility for supposedly ideal migrants.
A migrant’s dream is tied to the dreams of their family, the analysis found. The same is true of their actions.
Classic literature is full of themes that speak to refugees’ experience today, from the Book of Exodus to ‘The Grapes of Wrath.’
It isn’t at all clear Australia can find enough migrants to meet the Treasury’s proposed target. Even if it can, net migration is determined by other things.
The European response to Ukrainian refugees shows a system working mostly as it should, but some people are still left behind.
The conflict is already driving thousands of Ukrainians to leave their country and seek safety elsewhere.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Senior researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Peace and Security, Coventry University
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Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
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Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct professor, Adelaide University
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society & School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
