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1 Dec 2015 4 minute read

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Myth 4: Economic migrants are a drain on rich world economies

Migration follows a demand for labour - and benefits the receiving country, writes Dinyar Godrej.

30 Nov 2015 7 minute read

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The lives we left behind

In Greece, Harriet Paintin talks to Pakistani refugees about their dangerous journeys and their families back...

16 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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Don’t let Islamic State turn you against refugees

There’s a reason that the Paris suicide bombers made sure to bring their passports, writes Hazel Healy.

16 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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Is UNHCR failing to protect unaccompanied refugee children?

A chronic lack of coordination between agencies and volunteers is putting minors at risk in Lesbos, says Natasha...

11 Nov 2015 1 minute read

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Moral Maze: Population control

BBC Radio 4 invited New Internationalist editor Hazel Healy to explore whether there is a ‘moral...

5 Nov 2015 6 minute read

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Lampedusa – battered by the winds, gasping for air

Antoine Cassar describes the solidarity and suffocation experienced on the Mediterranean island.

4 Nov 2015 1 minute read

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Refugee crisis worsens in Lesbos as winter looms

New Internationalist co-editor Hazel Healy reports back on the refugee crisis on the Greek...

1 Nov 2015 3 minute read

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How to make room for refugees

Chris Coltrane has had enough of excuses about Britain being full.

27 Oct 2015 3 minute read

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Three reasons why the Paris climate talks should put the migrant crisis at the top of its agenda

The negotiations should consider the migrant crisis, argues Chris Spannos.

7 Oct 2015 5 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Syrian refugees in Bangkok: caught between a rock and a hard place

Alexi Demetriadi reports on those forced to choose between a fast and slow death.

6 Oct 2015 1 minute read

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Jeremy Corbyn 2008: ‘the twilight existence of migrant life’

The new Labour Party leader made prescient observations about the crisis of migration that ring true today.

1 Oct 2015 4 minute read

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Future conditional: temporary refuge in Turkey

Emily Gowdey-Backus details one refugee’s story, set at the intersection of European immigration policy and...

30 Sep 2015 6 minute read

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Escape from Syria

Emily Gowdey-Backus details one refugee’s story, set at the intersection of European immigration policy and...

7 Sep 2015 7 minute read

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Refugee crisis: Lesvos is a waiting hell

Greece is ill-prepared to deal with the crisis on its doorstep, reports Natasha Tsangarides.

4 Sep 2015 3 minute read

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A heart-warming response to the refugee crisis

Mari Marcel Thekaekara finds a ray of sunshine in an email from a friend.

4 Sep 2015 3 minute read

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How Britain helped create this refugee crisis

John Hilary says foreign policy failings have led to the large-scale migration.

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