Yesterday
- Opinion
- Review
Chinese asylum seekers are paying $15,000 to reach the US via Mexico
About 37,000 people from the Asian nation were detained at the United States’ southern border last year.
- Slavoj Žižek
April
Albanese tries to shift blame on alleged attack by freed detainee
Labor is under fresh pressure over its management of immigration detainees set free by the High Court after the alleged bashing of a Perth grandmother.
- Andrew Tillett
Ryanair CEO would ‘happily’ offer flights deporting people to Rwanda
Michael O’Leary shrugged off warnings from the United Nations, which said airlines facilitating the removals could be complicit in violating international law.
- Kate Duffy and Charlotte Ryan
‘A mishmash’: backpackers not equal under visa rules
Different regulations can apply to countries even from the same continent when it comes to language requirements.
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- Immigration
Immigration politically toxic, but it’s helping drive US growth
Immigration has been good for the US economy, just as an out-of-control border becomes the No.1 issue for voters in some states and No.2 in swing states.
- Matthew Cranston
March
Corporate Travel’s margins from refugee work could be more than 50pc
The ASX-listed group, which better known for organising trips for business clients, has sought to keep details of the United Kingdom contract secret.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
February
- Analysis
- Immigration
Immigration could save the US from recession. But there’s a catch
The immigration crisis is fuelling economic growth, according to experts. Others say it can burden cities with huge costs and drive down productivity and wages
- Matthew Cranston
Asylum seeker boat lands in northern WA
More than two dozen asylum seekers apparently arrived from Indonesia and walked for 35km after landing at Beagle Bay.
- Aaron Bunch
December 2023
EU, France deliver migration crackdowns as populists surge
A “breakthrough” deal could end years of infighting over illegal immigrants. Emmanuel Macron needed a key rival’s support for his tough reforms.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- Immigration
How immigration became a toxic brew
Migrants have been used to tackle dire demographic trends and shrinking workforces. But anxious voters are telling politicians to find another way.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October 2023
Corporate Travel hired for Israel evacuation work
The travel agency also promised shareholders a $100 million share buyback at its AGM on Wednesday.
- Liam Walsh
August 2023
New York city faces $18b price tag to handle migrant crisis
Mayor Eric Adams said the extraordinary cost could jeopardise the city’s ability to provide goods and services to its more than eight million residents.
- Laura Nahmias
July 2023
- Opinion
- Immigration
The global immigration backlash
Left-leaning and centrist parties are largely accepting of high intakes, so right-wing parties have become attractive to voters who favour closed borders.
- David Leonhardt
New phase of far-right politics brings down Dutch ‘Teflon Mark’
Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned after his coalition partners rejected his tough new line on refugees, favouring his own political future over compromise, critics say.
- Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Claire Moses
June 2023
Amazon, Marriott among firms pledging to hire refugees in Europe
Multinational companies including Amazon, Marriott and Hilton pledged on Monday to hire more than 13,000 refugees, including Ukrainian women who have fled the war with Russia, over the next three years in Europe.
- Courtney Bonnell
At least 78 killed in shipwreck off Greek coast
Greece is one of the main routes into the European Union for refugees and migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
- Stamos Prousalis
May 2023
‘Totally out of hand’: America counts the cost of immigration crisis
Thousands of immigrants are now sleeping in the streets in the US. Troops have been sent to the border and millions of dollars are being spent on camps and transport.
- Matthew Cranston
April 2023
Why the US is bracing for immigration surge
A key law will soon be cut that could open the flood gates to millions more migrants in the United States, creating political and economic headaches for Joe Biden.
- Matthew Cranston
Why it will take more than €1 villas to solve a population crisis
Europe and the UK are struggling to balance declining birthrates, shrinking populations, jobs shortages and a surge in illegal immigration.
- Hans van Leeuwen
How progressive Denmark became the face of the anti-migration left
Denmark, polite and progressive, is profoundly sceptical of asylum seekers, a vivid example of how far-right ideas are flourishing,
- Emily Rauhala
