Friday, 7 February 2020

Why development will not stop migration

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Among the many myths perpetuated about migration, one of the most common is that ‘South–North’ migration is essentially driven by poverty ...
Friday, 31 January 2020

Climate refugees: The fabrication of a migration threat

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In recent years, it has become popular to argue that climate change will lead to massive North-South movements of ‘climate refugees’. Conce...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Myths of migration: Much of what we think we know is wrong

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The debate over migration is plagued by a variety of inaccuracies and misunderstandings - on both the right and the left. Here is what the ...
Friday, 16 December 2016

There is no 'silver bullet' migration policy

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By Katharina Natter   Intensified border controls and development cooperation have become the pillars of European immigration policy ov...
Friday, 28 October 2016

Migration Matters

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While migration has become a political 'hot topic', public debates about migration have often remained remarkably fact-less. T...
Monday, 29 August 2016

The case for border controls

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Sovereign states have good reasons for controlling their borders. States are political communities with a need to define who is member, an...
Monday, 22 August 2016

Refugees: A small and relatively stable proportion of world migration

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The recent news coverage about migration, and particularly the 'refugee crisis', often gives the impression that border crossings b...