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The European Union’s tough new stance on immigration and asylum policies has ramifications for the region’s labor shortages, coming demographic crises, and adherence to the rule of law. Brussels-based journalist Shada Islam writes that perhaps the most controversial aspect of this new stance is Italy’s choice to intercept refugees in the Mediterranean and the subsequently push them back with...

The hard times of the global economic crisis has forced foreign workers in Japan into a quandary. “To leave or not to leave?” This is perhaps the question that most foreign workers will be asking themselves as the government tempts them with thousands of dollars in exchange for agreements to permanently leave the country. If they return under this program, they will be ineligible to reapply for a...

Fewer Africans seek greener pastures in Europe because of the global recession. The dearth of lucrative economic opportunities with their northern neighbors means less numbers of Africans are willing to risk their lives in often fatal journeys across the ocean. Experts emphasize that immigration is directly connected to the lure of economies elsewhere because people are driven by the hope for...