Migration
A Glimpse into the Future: Migration
How has the debate around migration changed in the last 10 years and how will it continue to develop over the next decade? What are the new technologies impacting immigrants and refugees?
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Global Issue
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Economy
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Migration
Migration
Voting with their feet? Why young Africans are choosing migration over the ballot box
The most commonly cited reasons for people migrating from Africa to Europe revolve around the search for economic opportunity and jobs. But is poor governance at home the real driving force?
Global
This is the role that the G20 will play in the refugee agenda
The scale of forced migration today has revealed troubling flaws in organizations designed to help and protect.
Migration
Finland is one of the best countries to live, so why are so many smart young people leaving?
Young Finnish professionals are attracted to major European capitals., and are moving away.
Migration
84% of refugees live in developing countries
Millions of refugees settle in the world’s poorest countries, placing a heavy burden on economies struggling to grow and with few extra resources to support the people coming in.
Migration
The number of displaced people in the world just hit a record high
The UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report identifies an ever-growing refugee population, mainly from Syria.
Migration
Migrant or refugee? Why the line is sometimes blurred
Parvati Nair looks at the distinction between migrants and refugees and examines two similar stories, with very different outcomes.
Migration
Why there's only one real solution to the refugee crisis
The only real option for tackling the refugee crisis is to address the causes of people’s displacement, this requires adapting development policies to economic reality.
Migration
How Google searches could help governments map immigration flows
A study found that the search terms used by Middle Easterners en route to Europe were pretty close predictors of their movements.
Cities and Urbanization
Safe havens: why cities are crucial to the global refugee crisis
Where nation states and populists are closing borders and rejecting migrants, cities are open, diverse and cosmopolitan - making them a potential antidote to reactionary nationalism aroun...
Cities and Urbanization
This is the bright flight, or why young people are leaving the cities
Hyper-urban migration is occuring, and cities need to respond.
Fragility, Violence and Conflict
Syria has changed the way we respond to refugees. Here's how
Increased connectivity, biometric registration and a smart use of data have increased what we can do for the displaced.
Innovation
Meet the refugee building homes out of discarded plastic bottles
Breica, who has a Master’s degree in energy efficiency, built the first house for his grandmother using 6000 plastic bottles filled with sand and straw.
Migration
15 years of migration in 15 mesmerizing maps
Maps created using data from UNHCR show the flow of migrants around the world since 2001.
Middle East and North Africa
If we can help Somalia, we can help Libya’s migrants too
There are at least 400,000 migrants inside Libya now - many held in detention centres with appalling conditions. Improving life for them could be the path to putting this battered country...