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A Disservice to the Diaspora

Nayan Chanda November 26, 2014
India’s strong diaspora, 25 million in all, contributes to economic growth in many ways. India is the world’s biggest recipient of overseas remittances, with amounts that surpass foreign direct investment. A large section of the diaspora often goes under-appreciated, comments Nayan Chanda, YaleGlobal editor in his Businessworld column: “Remittances from the diaspora have risen from a mere $2.1...

Barack Obama: “We Are and Always Will Be a Nation of Immigrants”

Paul Lewis November 21, 2014
The US president took steps to allow millions of immigrants to remain in the country without fear of deportation. He has authorized increased resources for border security, and set priority of removing “felons, not families.” Another program will defer action on 3.7 million immigrants who are parents of US citizens or legal residents – if they have lived in the country for more than five years,...

Map of International Phone Calls Explains Globalization

Tim Fernholz November 12, 2014
International phone calls were once limited to wealthy nations. Shipper DHL has released its third edition of global connectedness index that tracks all manner of exchanges between countries, describing it as detailed analysis of the state of globalization. Tim Fernholz focuses on phone calls for Quartz and reports that growing diasporas of workers and dropping phone rates are driving global...

The Not-So-Good News About the Border Crisis

Emily Schwartz Greco November 10, 2014
Since summer, the number of child immigrants arriving at the border has decreased by 7,000 per month – a drop attributed to increased detention of children seeking refugee status and growing xenophobia in the United States. US foreign policy for Latin America, whether interventions on the drug trade or discouragement of family planning, has contributed to crises in countries like El Salvador and...

Germany Says UK Could Leave EU if Cameron Insists on Migrant Quotas

Peter Dominiczak November 4, 2014
Freedom of movement for its citizens is a fundamental right in the European Union, and some Germans suggest that the United Kingdom could set off on its own if it tries to set internal immigration limits. “Cameron has said that he will reform Britain’s relationship with the EU before holding an in-out referendum in 2017,” reports Peter Dominiczak for the Telegraph. That could include a quota...

Bangladeshi Workers Organize to Protect Their Most Valuable Export: Themselves

Tiffany Williams October 15, 2014
In Bangladesh, a densely populated country of 157 million, export of migrant workers has become a staple of the economy. Lacking viable economic opportunities at home, laborers often look abroad for a source of income. Facilitating such migration has become a business in itself, with agencies charging exorbitant fees. These middlemen, or “Dalals,” have come under intense scrutiny for failing to...

Europe's Deadly Borders: An Inside Look at EU's Shameful Immigration Policy

Maximilian Popp September 16, 2014
European nations fiercely protect their borders, and Frontex is the continent’s border agency. “But now the civil war in Syria is creating millions of new refugees, and the next exodus is beginning in Iraq, as the terrorist group Islamic State continues to make inroads into the country,” writes Maximilian Popp for Spiegel Online. Popp notes that EU policies have not changed since the tragic 2013...