The long decline: Mass migration batters Balkans
AFP , Sunday 2 Jan 2022 Abandoned shops and mostly empty streets offer few signs of life in North Macedonia’s Valandovo, where young people are fleeing in large numbers hoping to […]
Switzerland. Asylum requests expected to rise in 2022
The outgoing head of Switzerland’s migration secretariat says the country should see around 15,000 applications for asylum next year, up from 14,500 lodged in 2021, as more migrants attempt to […]
Migration is key issue facing Middle East
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON December 20, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/m5uu5 Among the issues that will shape the Middle East in 2022 is migration. While the level of violence in several conflicts […]
Switzerland. Residents with migration background twice as likely to be unemployed
Last year 2.766 million people – 38% of Switzerland’s permanent resident population aged 15 and over – had a migration background, 0.3 percentage points more than in 2019.This content was […]
The majority of Central Americans who want to migrate internationally are driven by economic factors, report says
POLITICS PUBLISHED TUE, NOV 23 2021 Annika Kim Constantino@ANNIKAKIMC The majority of Central Americans who want to migrate internationally are motivated by economic factors, a new Migration Policy Institute report […]
The West African returnees using film to flip script on migration
This year’s IOM Global Migration Film Festival highlights the work of returnees exploring the complexities of migration. By Portia CrowePublished On 26 Nov 2021 Dakar, Senegal – The last thing Aïssata Ndiaye remembers […]
Europe must take responsibility in migration crisis: Parliament head
BY DAILY SABAH ANKARA NOV 28, 2021 – 1:13 PM GMT+3Braving the cold, exhausted migrants await disembarkation operations from the Alan Kurdi ship at the port of Olbia, Italy. (Getty Images) […]
Islam and Islamophobia, and how democracies have responded
Direct Democracy Since 9/11, popular votes have increasingly been aimed against Islam, replacing the anti-Semitic and anti-communist slogans of the time before the terrorist attacks. Healthy democracies, however, have not […]
How world can prepare for climate-fueled migration
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON July 26, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/72k6x Events in the last few weeks have highlighted the immediacy of climate change impacts around the world: Extreme heatwaves and historic […]
Afghan translators fleeing the Taliban land in Britain
At the end of May, Britain announced it would accelerate plans for the relocation of Afghan staff who worked with the military. (Reuters) Short Url https://arab.news/wdtkb In the two decades […]
Illegal Pushbacks: Children Caught in “The Game” on the Croatian Border
Among the thousands of people trying to cross the border from Bosnia-Herzegovina into Croatia are numerous families. The children are forced to watch as their parents are beaten and humiliated. […]
Immigration to Canada falls by half on COVID-19 pandemic disruptions
Final government data shows Canada added 184,370 permanent residents in 2020 Published: February 12, 2021 A traveller wearing a protective mask walks through Vancouver International Aiport (YVR) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. Image Credit: Bloomberg Immigration into Canada fell by almost half last year, hitting […]
Priti Patel isn’t just wrong over her immigration stance – she’s living in a whole other reality
The government are distracting from their failings by returning to what they know – getting tough on immigration Jess Phillips@jessphillips 16 hours ago This week is has been the virtual Conservative […]
Swiss set to rebuff right-wing attack on EU immigration
About 36% of the care personnel in Switzerland come from other countries. © Keystone/Christian Beutler Voters on Sunday will have the final say on a proposal to scrap a major […]
Trump Suspends Visas Allowing Hundreds of Thousands of Foreigners to Work in the U.S.
The move is fiercely opposed by business leaders, who say it will block their ability to recruit critically needed workers from countries overseas. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has issued a series of policy changes affecting almost every aspect of the immigration system.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times By Michael […]
Remains of ‘Lady in the Well’ in Turkey reveal Asia to Med migration began 4,000 years ago
by REUTERS WASHINGTON History Jun 02, 2020 West Asia, which includes Anatolia, the Northern Levant and the Southern Caucasus, is seen in this partial map. The orange marker shows the […]
Swiss to re-open borders with neighbouring countries
By Urs Geiser May 13, 2020 – SWISSINFO.ch The border with neighbouring Germany was closed in mid-March as part of efforts to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
‘Doors will close for Brits in EU’: Why the UK’s post-Brexit immigration plan has sparked alarm
The Local news@thelocal.fr @thelocalfrance 19 February 2020 Photo: AFP It’s fair to say the UK government’s planned new post-Brexit immigration system – with its language requirements and minimum salary levels […]
UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers
Lisa O’Carroll, Peter Walker and Libby Brooks Britain is to close its borders to unskilled workers and those who can’t speak English as part of a fundamental overhaul of immigration […]
How genetics is settling the Aryan migration debate
Tony Joseph June 16, 2017 New DNA evidence is solving the most fought-over question in Indian history. And you will be surprised at how sure-footed the answer is, writes […]