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International Migrants Day: Why We Should All Celebrate

Today marks the 13th anniversary of International Migrants Day, a day identified by the United Nations to respect and recognise the freedoms, plights, and fundamental rights of migrants everywhere. However, while the vast major...
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The Growth Of UKIP Should Be A Wake-Up Call For Traditional Parties.

The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) is taking the country by storm. Some polls claim that the British Eurosceptics will beat all three traditional political parties in the upcoming EU election. Even if this prediction ...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Human Rights

Russians Wary Of Snowden Asylum

After spending six weeks ensconced in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Edward Snowden was finally permitted to leave the airport “transit zone” after he received temporary asylum in Russia for the period of one year. Slipp...
by Daniel Kennedy
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Asia

Bought Brides: A Challenge To China’s Immigration Policy?

The huge flow of internal migrants in China is well-known and has been thoroughly reported on by observers of Chinese society (see this FAR article). Although less sizeable, another kind of migration is creeping up on the Part...
by Erik Svanberg
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Australia’s graphic campaign targeting asylum seekers: An effective tool?

Australia’s immigrant policies are arguably some of the toughest in the world, but the Australian Government’s latest attempt to deter asylum seekers sparked unparalleled international criticism. The new campaign fe...
by Tímea Fazekas
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Australia

‘No Advantage’ for Anyone: Australia takes a humanitarian step backwards

The Federal Government of Australia has announced changes to its policies that will see Australia take a huge leap backwards in the humanity of its processing of refugees and asylum seekers. Allow me a moment here for honest di...
by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
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Africa

Why The Russian, Nigerian And British Governments Are Acting Like Big Bullies

One story that has emerged in the “weird news” sections of many online news outlets over the past few days is the news that a Nigerian woman disowned her cat for displaying ‘homosexual tendencies’. The woman from Lafi...
by Michael Osiyale
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North America

“Ask Angy” Humanizes the Experience of Undocumented Immigrants

“Isn’t it kind of ironic that we’re undocumented, but you have to prove that you’re undocumented with all these documents?,” Angy Rivera concludes in one of her videos. Angy is a college student born in C...
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Africa
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UK Officials Restrain And Assault Blind Bisexual Asylum Seeker

A blind bisexual asylum seeker was allegedly assaulted by UK deportation officers at Heathrow airport on Saturday, the 5th of April. Alain Kouayep Tchatchue reportedly fled his native Cameroon, where same-sex acts are punishabl...
by Isabella Grotto
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