Migration
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…
Why is Europe's approach to the refugee crisis so incoherent?
Last Sunday saw another twist to the seemingly endless game EU governments are playing with each other over the refugee crisis. Germany abruptly decided to re-introduce border…
The silence of Australia's Imams on the Gulf States and refugees
As I wrote the other week, the Arab world, and the Gulf States in particular, have been happy to bat away any criticism of their complete refusal to resettle any refugees from…