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Immigrants, in Belgium as elsewhere, often work, sometimes even when their papers are not in order in short-staffed areas, such as elderly care. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock

Is public opinion in favour of granting Europe’s undocumented migrants legal status?

A new study by the University of Liège that takes a closer look at the situation in Belgium shows that there is public support for granting undocumented migrants who work legal status.
Supporters visit Javier Flores, right, while he lived in sanctuary at Arch Street United Methodist Church in downtown Philadelphia in 2017. Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Philadelphia’s 40‑year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador

A historian explores how religious congregations, activists and city officials have supported undocumented immigrants in Philadelphia over the past 40 years.
Newly arrived South Africans listen to U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau deliver welcome statements in a hangar near Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century‑long effort to keep some English‑speaking nations white

Australia, Canada and the US identified themselves as ‘white men’s countries’ in the early 20th century and coordinated immigration restrictions to keep them that way.
Bidibidi in Uganda, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, primarily hosts people fleeing conflict in South Sudan. It also hosted a pilot of the UN’s offsets scheme. Erberto Zani / Alamy

The UN is turning refugees into carbon offset workers

But researchers say the system generates questionable climate benefits, while locking refugees into low-wage labour – new study.
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.

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