Migration

Earlier this week Malcolm Turnbull said it wasn’t his job as Prime Minister of Australia 'to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries' after President Trump…

Migration and border policy links: Executive orders, the battle for Mosul, ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’, and more

By Daniel Thambar, an intern with the Lowy Institute’s Migration and Border Policy Project. US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders to restrict immigration…

Migration and border policy links: Economic benefits, UK public opinion, Ukraine and more

By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy's Institute's Migration and Border policy project McKinsey Global Institute research reveals that migration generates significant…

Migration and Border Policy links: The impact of Mosul, social cohesion in Australia, irregular migration, and more

By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy Project. The NSW Government has announced job assistance training for refugees arriving to…

Reports

Australia and the anti-trafficking regime in Southeast Asia

This working paper reviews recent trends in human trafficking in Southeast Asia and the status of the anti-trafficking regime in ASEAN member states. It examines…

Migration and border policy links: Calais, resettlement, cross-border linkages and more

By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Migration and Border Policy Project. Earlier today the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) released a report…

Migration and Border Policy Links: Haiti, Rakhine, the EU moves to stop exodus from Africa and more

By Rachael Buckland, an intern with the Lowy Institute's Migration and Border Policy project In Haiti more than 1.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and more…

Australian leadership needed to scale the refugee summit

On 19 September, a UN high-level meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants is expected to endorse an outcome document that commits states to negotiating a …

The migration-security nexus in Asia and Australia (part 4)

There are clear signs that policy circles now consider migration to be an emerging security issue. For the first time this year’s Shangri-la Dialogue had a session on…

Syrian refugee crisis: Time for the G20 to step up

By the Lowy Institute's G20 Fellow Tristram Sainsbury and Research Associate Casper Wuite. Chatham House's Paola Subacchi recently asked why the G20 has not addressed the Syrian…