Today's immigration laws have teeth, and their bite is toxic for people seeking asylum
Oct 04, 2016 09:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
As a dock city, Liverpool has served as a gateway to the sugar trade, slavery and global transport for hundreds of years. It has long been a city of immigrants from Ireland, India and Pakistan to Somalia, Ethiopia and...
We're failing to solve the world's 'wicked problems.' Here's a better approach
Oct 04, 2016 08:28 am UTC| Insights & Views
We live in a world burdened by large-scale problems that refuse to go away: the refugee crisis; terrorism; rising sea levels; frequent floods, droughts and wildfires; not to mention persistent inequality and violation of...
Immigrants told to leave UK face huge hike in fees to appeal decisions
Sep 28, 2016 16:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Immigrants appealing through the courts for a right to remain in the UK will soon face a huge increase in procedural costs after the government announced fee hikes of over 500% for some types of appeal through the...
History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Sep 27, 2016 18:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The rate of hate crimes reported in the UK has rocketed since the country voted to leave the European Union in June, according to the National Police Chiefs Council. In 2013 we published research on the parallels...
Refugees, migration addressed in first-time UN summit: What was accomplished?
Sep 22, 2016 23:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This week the United Nations General Assembly held the first-ever Summit for Refugees and Migrants. According to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the summit represented a watershed moment to strengthen governance of...
How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
Sep 21, 2016 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
September has seen a surge of international summits. First came the G20 in Hangzhou, then ASEAN and the East Asia Summit in Vientiane, plus the Pacific Islands Forum in Pohnpei. And, on consecutive days this week, the...
Net migrant inflows to New Zealand remain strong, will support demand conditions in economy
Sep 21, 2016 04:56 am UTC| Commentary Economy
The migration and travel figures are largely unchanged in New Zealand. Net migrant inflows continue to be strong, and are unlikely to see any significantly changes any time soon. New Zealand recorded a net inflow of 5,600...
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