Not everyone who wants to migrate will ultimately do so, but their aspirations matter. Migration aspirations shape education, career choices, family formation and even political engagement.
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El Salvador has the highest prison population rate in the world. The US administration intends to increase the number of people behind bars there.
The UK’s ongoing need for workers drives migrants to take huge risks and face high financial costs.
The findings are a window into the rich inner lives of whales – and allow us to check the health of the ocean.
A survey of hundreds of Floridians found that nearly two-thirds of non-US citizens and one-third of US citizens hesitated to seek medical care.
Rural violence is a huge problem in South Africa that deserves a strong response. But white people are not the only casualties.
Drowning, blunt force trauma and exposure to extreme weather are among the risks that migrants face making the dangerous journey across the US-Mexico border.
Recognising informal traders would help create a more robust tourism sector in South Africa.
For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.
Trump isn’t alone in using tariffs, travel bans and sanctions to make countries play ball on deportations. But the other side of migration diplomacy can be incentives for countries willing to take on refugees.
Global north policies are increasingly nasty but these countries are ageing fast – without migrant labour, they face economic hardship.
With the downfall of the old Syrian regime, countries like Germany which welcomed Syrian refugees are now talking about sending them home.
Understanding this migration is crucial. New developments proposed in Bass Strait, particularly offshore wind farms, may introduce challenges for migrating birds.
State-level immigration policies can have surprising ripple effects.
New Zealand generally compares well on global measures of freedom, happiness and transparency. But rankings in some important areas have been sliding for years now.
Will protecting monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act improve their chance of surviving? Not necessarily, 2 entomologists caution.
New research shows how hoverflies adapt so they can migrate extremely long distances.
Conservatives say the U.S. immigration system is broken, but it was never fixed. More than 100 years ago, white migrants invaded Indigenous territory — but they had
the power to change laws.
African countries seem to agree that migration can link to development outcomes, but struggle with actually implementing it.
Revisions to migration data are inevitable if ONS sticks to its current timelines.
Top contributors
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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
