Squatting against oppression: how refugees are fighting back against border controls
Jul 25, 2017 14:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
After surviving the perilous journey to Europe, migrants are met with two seemingly opposite responses. Increasingly, European governments are criminalising migration, militarising borders and expanding detention centres....
Immigrant youth help to build nations
Jun 30, 2017 17:51 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Immigrants and refugees, especially those from developing nations, are often portrayed by segments of the media and policy makers as an economic burden, a threat to our social cohesion and our way of life. However,...
How the spectre of Yugoslavia looms over EU's handling of the refugee crisis
Jun 17, 2017 16:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With peak season approaching for refugees making treacherous crossings to Europe, dont be surprised if we are told again that this is unprecedented. That would certainly be in keeping with what news organisations,...
Refugees welcome? How UK and Sweden compare on education for young migrants
Jun 01, 2017 12:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In the UK, the worlds fifth richest economy, vulnerable children are being denied education. Asylum seekers and refugee children are struggling to access education and unable to attend school or college. This contravenes...
Three things could happen to Lebanon as Syrian refugees rush in — two are worrisome
May 31, 2017 08:01 am UTC| Insights & Views
Syrias humanitarian crisis is the greatest yet seen in the 21st century. Over the countrys seven-year civil war, almost half the population has fled: 6.6 million city dwellers have moved to the countryside and 4.9 million...
May 27, 2017 04:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Slavery has been illegal in every country since the last country to do so, Mauritania, criminalised the practice in 2007. But while slavery is illegal, it has not disappeared. Contemporary slavery in the form of indentured...
The truth behind the ‘migrant work ethic’
May 25, 2017 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The European Union was expanded back in 2004 to include the eight nations of Central and Eastern Europe, known as the A8. Immediately afterwards, the United Kingdom was one of only three member states to allow full access...
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