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Migrant Matters is a multimedia blog/publication amplifying the stories of people on the move.
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Why should low-skilled migrants pay to work?
Why should low-skilled migrants pay to work?
Most migrants take on high interest loans to cover these upfront recruitment costs with the understanding that they will forfeit a minimum…
Natalia Nagree
Oct 9
Haitian Immigrants Already Knew that Lies Kill
Haitian Immigrants Already Knew that Lies Kill
The hateful rhetoric against Haitians from the Trump/Vance ticket is the latest development in a long history of US anti-Haitian racism.
Allison Bostrom
Oct 4
Olympic-Level Hypocrisy
Olympic-Level Hypocrisy
The 2024 Olympic Games have sent a very clear message to refugees: you are welcome…under very specific circumstances.
Allison Bostrom
Aug 19
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Is the US serious about combating migrant child trafficking?
Is the US serious about combating migrant child trafficking?
How degradation in child labor laws, labor shortages, and stalled immigration policy contribute to migrant child trafficking into the US.
Natalia Nagree
Aug 7
Operation Allies Tolerated
Operation Allies Tolerated
A few years after the fall of Kabul, how is the US program for Afghan refugees faring?
Allison Bostrom
Jul 31
Offshore detention centers: Great for politics but not the fiscal budget
Offshore detention centers: Great for politics but not the fiscal budget
Two years after the UK and Rwanda signed the Migration and Economic Development Partnership, on April 23rd 2024, UK’s parliament passed The…
Natalia Nagree
Jul 1
Shrinking space
Shrinking space
Externalisation is the new migration policy mantra. And it is very problematic.
Eugenio Ambrosi
Jun 20
The Rohingya Crisis and the Fight for Burmese Democracy: Where is the international community?
The Rohingya Crisis and the Fight for Burmese Democracy: Where is the international community?
Solutions for the Rohingya are tied to Myanmar’s democracy movement. Why isn’t the international community more committed to it?
Allison Bostrom
May 16
EU’s fork in the road:
EU’s fork in the road:
To welcome or not to welcome immigrant
Natalia Nagree
May 16
The ‘root cause’ of migration? The US.
The ‘root cause’ of migration? The US.
There’s a lot of chatter about the ‘root causes’ of Central American migration in the US, asking the important question — why do people…
Leah Durst-Lee
Mar 28
From Re-Migration to Re-Naturalization and Back. Again.
From Re-Migration to Re-Naturalization and Back. Again.
The reemergence of racist immigration and citizenship laws in Germany and Austria
Omeed
Mar 12
Averroes’ Daughter
Averroes’ Daughter
I was born and raised in Pakistan. My parents come from vastly different backgrounds. My mother is the daughter of a land-owning British…
Maria Khan
Mar 8
The “Asylum Crisis” is a Choice
The “Asylum Crisis” is a Choice
The US implicitly chooses each day to imperil migrant lives, but we can choose differently.
Allison Bostrom
Mar 6
Sudan’s Refugee Crisis: A Saga of Struggle Unfolds
Sudan’s Refugee Crisis: A Saga of Struggle Unfolds
In the heart of Sudan’s ongoing turmoil lies a humanitarian catastrophe unfolding at an alarming pace. Nearly a year into the relentless…
Mohamedkhaled
Feb 26
The Senate’s New Border Deal: Dead on Arrival?
The Senate’s New Border Deal: Dead on Arrival?
Republican lawmakers in Congress are desperately distancing themselves from what could be their most pivotal accomplishment on immigration.
Mohamedkhaled
Feb 8
European immigration: a so-called threat which really looks like Karma
European immigration: a so-called threat which really looks like Karma
Even with my bachelor degree I wasn’t counting for much more than a technician in the french kingdom of the holy nerds. I was no royalty…
Magali M.
Nov 23, 2023
Keep them far away
Keep them far away
The broader consequences of ineffective migration policies
Eugenio Ambrosi
Nov 17, 2023
Keeping online spaces safe for refugees’ political participation
Keeping online spaces safe for refugees’ political participation
In conversation with human rights defender Yambio David
Kristen Allen
Aug 24, 2023
Remember, unite, renew
Remember, unite, renew
The spirit of kwibuka and how lessons from Rwanda might help Rohingya healing.
Kristen Allen
Aug 7, 2023
America’s longest war: will we ever learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?
America’s longest war: will we ever learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?
Years of deception and missed opportunities have only made the plight of Afghans worse today.
Yuri Dafonseca
Jul 27, 2023
Challenging the refugee “crisis”
Challenging the refugee “crisis”
What’s the crisis - the people at the border or the international community’s failed response?
Leah Durst-Lee
Jul 3, 2023
Dreamers’ Scholarship Realities
Dreamers’ Scholarship Realities
In 2014, TheDream.US began providing scholarships to Dreamers.
Ellen Balleisen
Jun 14, 2023
Iraq and the perils of collective forgetting
Iraq and the perils of collective forgetting
As Americans once again move on to other issues, the legacy of the Iraq war is still felt by many
Yuri Dafonseca
May 10, 2023
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