Migrant mothers face multiple barriers to accessing healthcare in New Zealand. New research highlights the difficulties they face, in their own words.
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Whereas Kafka’s Samsa famously wakes up to discover he has been transformed into a bug, the insect evolution of Hage’s unnamed migrant protagonist happens slowly through his circumstances.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada must expedite all pending permanent residence applications for migrant care workers to ensure timely family reunification for these essential workers.
Michigan’s migrant farmworkers are the backbone of the country’s second-most diverse agricultural economy. Social and labor protections for them fall short.
Women who have moved to Australia, particularly from traumatic settings, are particularly at risk of gendered violence. Here’s what our research found helps them to speak up.
The Queensland government’s Olympic legacy strategy aims for a more inclusive community through the power of sports. But more needs to be done to help refugees join in.
The ‘small claims’ court process is supposed to help workers pursue unpaid wages and entitlements without needing a lawyer. But the system isn’t working for migrants.
The system isn’t working well – and among the biggest losers are state governments themselves.
Chile has the largest population of Palestinians outside of the Middle East, they have set up a series of community institutions including a football team.
New research challenges the conventional wisdom that those who enjoy some form of employment and strong support networks are more inclined to attach themselves to a set geography.
Governmental co-operation is needed to accompany refugees through Canadian systems: from arrival, through education paths and into employment.
Refugees play a key role in Turkish politics. Last month’s electoral shock raises the question of how – or whether – elections can change the situation for displaced people.
Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
The proposed EU asylum and migration reforms focus on securing borders and making it easier to deport people, with little protection for migrants and asylum seekers.
Other labour migrants in New Zealand enjoy rights broadly in line with those experienced by citizens and permanent residents – ‘low-skilled’ workers should too.
More than half a million people made the treacherous crossing in 2023 – far higher than in previous years.
The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
In more than a dozen countries this year, populist leaders are poised to either take power or consolidate their hold on the opposition. Migrants are the unfortunate target of populist ire.
New research shows that immigrants who arrive in a new country with better mental well-being are more likely to integrate and be successful.
She reveals a range of African experiences: from traders to martial arts champions, visa overstayers to heart surgeons.
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Equity Studies, York University, Canada
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Research associate, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
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Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab, York University, Canada
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Program Director, Economic Policy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Anthropology, Director, Transnational Research Lab, The Ohio State University
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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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Deputy Program Director, Migration and Labour Markets, Grattan Institute
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Professor of International Politics, University of Warwick
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Research Professor, Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR), United Nations University
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Associate Professor, sociology department, University of Toronto
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Senior Researcher, Political Science, University of Amsterdam
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
