Global Issues
Migration and Border Policy links: Syrian small businesses, EU-Turkey deal, education by phone and more
By Daniel Thambar, an intern with the Lowy Institute’s Migration and Border Policy Project.
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched a project to support 300…
Is the AIIB still ‘lean, clean and green’?
It is just over two years since the United Kingdom announced (to the surprise of everyone involved, most notably the United States, but also China) that it would join the new,…
What keeps global security academics awake at night
At the start of a Global Security course I ask my undergraduate students what they think are the greatest threats to global security. This year I went a step further, surveying…
Migration and Border Policy links: Britain’s impossible target, Sth Korea’s policy,‘genuine refugees’ and more
By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy program.
Murdoch University's Mary Anne Kenny explains who is considered a 'genuine refugee'…
US moves closer to Australia's treatment of those on wrong side of migration law
On 25 January US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order directing US executive departments and agencies ‘to employ all lawful means to enforce the immigration…
Migration and Border Policy links: US ructions, Yemen, refugee return and more
By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy project.
US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly released two memos detailing the…
Migration and Border Policy links: IOM's anti-trafficking app, Kenya’s High Court ruling and more
By Daniel Thambar, an intern with the Lowy Institute’s Migration and Border Policy Project.
The Kenyan government’s bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world (the Dadaab…
Losing the plot on immigration policy
After three decades in the immigration business, I thought I understood how it worked, but now I am convinced I have lost the plot.
In the past, governments that were concerned…
Trump's travel ban likely to go to US Supreme Court
It is often said that a week is a long time in politics, but in the United States the weekend saw the political and legal landscape change almost by the hour.
On Friday evening…
Migration and Border Policy links: The US immigration ban, the Calais camp saga, displacement tracking systems, and more
By Daniel Thambar, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy Project.
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order which imposes a 90-day visa ban on…