Migration/Immigration

In the name of fighting illegal immigration, the EU, the United States, and Australia are emboldening authoritarian regimes, fueling abuses and corruption, and stoking intolerance at home.

A memo details the Trump administration’s efforts to end waivers for hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Central American nationals and send them home.

Here’s what doing so would mean for immigration levels.

Tearing down all barriers to migration isn’t crazy—it’s an opportunity for a global boom.

The European Union is funding the Libyan coast guard to keep migrants out of Europe and detain them in a failed state—and that leaves them at the mercy of militias and human traffickers.

Defining “us” and “them” is crucial for the success of far-right parties, and the boundaries are constantly shifting.

As the cases of Israel and Jordan show, an influx of migrants can prompt lasting economic reform.

The far-right is associated with the disaffected masses—but has a growing intellectual class.

The ANC government must acknowledge that xenophobic violence is a hate crime and a betrayal of the African allies that aided it during the darkest days of apartheid.

Instead, Washington should focus on helping end conflicts around the world.

Voters across the political spectrum have become hostile toward the millions of people who fled Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponents are now responding with tough talk on repatriation.

The immigration issue is there for the taking for Democrats—if they don’t treat it as a culture war.

Italy’s interior minister has already passed draconian laws to stop humanitarian rescue ships. If he manages to become prime minister, it will only get worse.

Beirut is ready to send refugees home, but there isn’t much for them to go back to.

Refugees who fled the Khmer Rouge as children are being deported from the United States in record numbers—and are adapting as adults to life in a country most have never known.

Boris Johnson’s Brexit guru sees a quick departure from the EU as the best way to neutralize Britain’s far-right.

Ankara once welcomed millions of Syrians as “guests.” Now, as anti-refugee sentiment rises, they are being sent back across the border, where they face danger and death.

Under U.S. domestic and international law, public servants locking up immigrants at the border could be prosecuted.