insert_link Opinion Pieces Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous By Ali Bhagat, Simon Fraser University and Genevieve LeBaron, Simon Fraser University In recent years, western nations have been sending asylum seekers who arrive at their borders to other countries. This is a practice known as offshoring. The UK has become the recent poster country of this practice. The UK, whose plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was later scrapped after domestic and […] todayJuly 31, 2024 17
insert_link World Hungary cracks down on illegal immigration Hungary has announced its priorities for its upcoming presidency of the European Council including plans to crack down on illegal immigration. And its slogan has drawn strong parallels to the one used by Donald Trump on the campaign trail. William Denselow reports from Brussels. todayJune 19, 2024 27
insert_link World EU migration policy is getting tougher: the 3 new tactics used to keep African migrants out By Chris Changwe Nshimbi, University of Pretoria and Inocent Moyo, University of Zululand Nearly a decade has passed since migration to Europe from Africa and the Middle East reached a peak in 2015, referred to as the year of the “migrant crisis”. Over a million people from Africa and the Middle East applied for asylum in the European Union (EU). Since then, numbers have […] todayJune 11, 2024 13
insert_link World We polled EU citizens on what they want asylum policy to look like – their answers may surprise you Asylum seekers arriving on the Greek island Lesvos in 2015. Nicolas Economou/Shutterstock By Natalia Letki, University of Warsaw; Dawid Walentek, Ghent University; Peter Thisted Dinesen, University of Copenhagen, and Ulf Liebe, University of Warwick The issues of migration and asylum are contentious in Europe, and have caused deep rifts among EU member states for years. These topics are fully on the agenda for the 2024 EU elections. […] todayJune 6, 2024 22