Expecting backpackers to work in tough conditions for months, only to be entered into an uncertain visa ballot, is a gamble for farmers and regional communities.
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The changes run the risk that more women will remain silent and be forced to remain in violent and dangerous situations.
The White House’s controversial Aliens.gov portal dehumanises undocumented non-US citizens by blurring the boundaries between the term “illegal aliens”, or unauthorised residents, and extraterrestrials.
The government has increased the cost of applying for partner visas by 25%. It’s a system that ensures migration revenue while worsening the burden on couples.
The children and young people involved in the research were clear on what would help them most.
Think it’s easy to get a visa to Australia? Or that migrants get government benefits? Think again.
Family reunification is often framed as a cost, but evidence shows it functions as social infrastructure that supports work, well-being and economic stability.
About 1 in 4 doctors practicing in the US were born abroad.
Immigration to Australia has surged since the COVID pandemic. But our research shows only about one in five become citizens within seven years.
Egypt has hosted more Sudanese refugees than any other country since the start of the 2023 civil war.
An estimated 150,000 fewer international students are expected to be attending American universities and colleges this fall because of visa restrictions and other Trump administration policies.
A former deputy secretary of the immigration department under the Howard government says ‘it’s time politicians on both sides pulled up their socks’.
Australia’s process of granting (and cancelling) visas is back in the spotlight. It’s a complicated issue, both legally and politically.
After the Home Affairs Department cancelled the visas of prominent Israeli politicians, the Netanyahu government quickly retaliated.
The language around immigration in the US is almost as complicated as the system itself.
Many of the world’s best and brightest STEM researchers have long moved to the US. But now that brain gain is at risk of reversing to become a brain drain, with science funding and visas in chaos.
The rush for ‘climate visas’ to escape Tuvalu shows the extraordinary need for schemes that enable people to migrate in a warmer world.
An immigration historian says removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race, what they say or believe – or all three.
The Australia–Tuvalu Falepili Union, as it is known, is the world’s first bilateral agreement to create a special visa like this in the context of climate change.
Wealthy foreigners will soon be able to buy permanent US residency for US$5 million.
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