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Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a large number of migrations over a long period of time. Migrations and Cultures shows the persistence of cultural traits in particular racial and ethnic groups.

The Australia Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189) is a sought-after visa for skilled workers looking to migrate to Australia permanently. As a points-based visa, the Independent visa doesn’t require sponsorship from an employer, state, territory, or family member. It is designed to attract highly skilled professionals who can contribute to Australia's growing economy. Applicants are assessed based on factors like age, education, work experience, and language proficiency. This visa offers permanent residency, allowing individuals to live, work, and study anywhere in Australia, with the ...

A new podcast exploring stories about forced migration as told by those who lived through it.

Want to know what’s happening in the world of data and business? Tune in to 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 to keep up with the current trends and developments. Host and technology industry veteran 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐡𝐥 is joined by special guests – experts and thought leaders – as they analyze the latest data news. These bi-weekly, 15-minute episodes feature insightful discussions on hot data topics such as moving to S/4HANA, application retirement, data compliance, data strategy, data migration and much more. ...

This Very Short Introduction audiobook looks at the phenomenon of international human migration - both legal and illegal - and offers an objective stance on the topic, and its benefits and challenges. Khalid Koser reveals the opportunities migration presents that must be taken advantage of in the current economic climate, and debunks common myths to demonstrate that society, as we now know it, cannot function without migrants.

This podcast draws on new research to unpack the forces shaping migration flows and the political conflicts surrounding them—from policies and refugee crises to workforce dynamics and integration. Dr. Comte hosts world-class thinkers, policymakers, and innovators to tackle the big questions of our time: Does mobility drive prosperity or conflicts? How do states manage human movement? What’s next for a world on the move? Dr. Emmanuel Comte is a historian of human movement who has lived and worked as a researcher in nine countries and global metropoles from San Francisco to Cyprus.

Border and Rule explores a number of seemingly disparate global geographies with shared logics of border rule that displace, immobilize, criminalize, exploit, and expel migrants and refugees. With her keen ability to connect the dots, Harsha Walia demonstrates how borders divide the international working class and consolidate imperial, capitalist, and racist nationalist rule.

In May 1830, the United States formally launched a policy to expel Native Americans from the East to territories west of the Mississippi River. Justified as a humanitarian enterprise, the undertaking was to be systematic and rational, overseen by Washington's small but growing bureaucracy. But as the policy unfolded over the next decade, thousands of Native Americans died under the federal government's auspices, and thousands of others lost their possessions and homelands in an orgy of fraud, intimidation, and violence.

Whether valorized as the heartland or derided as flyover country, the Midwest became instantly notorious when COVID-19 infections skyrocketed among workers in meatpacking plants - and Americans feared for their meat supply. But the Midwest is not simply the place where animals are fed corn and then butchered. Native Midwesterner Kristy Nabhan-Warren spent years interviewing Iowans who work in the meatpacking industry, both native-born residents and recent migrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia.

This Very Short Introduction covers a broad range of issues around the causes and impact of the contemporary refugee crisis for both receiving states and societies, for global order, and for refugees and other forced migrants themselves. Gil Loescher discusses the identity of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons and how they differ from other forced migrants. He also investigates the long history of the refugee phenomenon and how refugees became a central concern of the international community during the 20th and 21st centuries.

In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism, and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a new route through Ireland’s history, literature, and landscape.

A prize-winning journalist upends our centuries-long assumptions about migration through science, history, and reporting - predicting its lifesaving power in the face of climate change.

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In this podcast series, Lara Momesso returns to the field, this time turning the microphone towards British citizens living alongside new migrants to the UK. Through thoughtful conversations, she explores how the presence of immigrants in the UK has shaped the lives, views, and emotions of its citizens. Whether you're a recent immigrant curious about how you're perceived, a British citizen or a more established migrant interested in hearing diverse perspectives from your fellow locals, this podcast offers an open space to listen, reflect, and engage.Migration in Focus is created in ...

Journey without End chronicles the years-long journey of "extracontinentales"—African and South Asian migrants moving through Latin America, toward the United States. Based on five years of collaborative research between a journalist and an anthropologist, this book makes a narrative-driven critique of how state-level immigration policy fails extracontinental migrants.

An intersectional analysis of evangelical purity culture’s influence on gender, sexuality, race, and national identity in the United States. With a foreword by Linda Kay Klein, author of Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. In...

Im SVR-Podcast "Migration im Fokus" sprechen wir mit Expertinnen und Experten aus dem Sachverständigenrat für Integration und Migration (SVR) und seinem wissenschaftlichen Stab über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Integrations-, Migrations- und Asylpolitik. Wir liefern Hintergrundinformationen, bereiten Ergebnisse aus Studien und Gutachten des SVR und seines Stabs verständlich auf und versorgen unsere Zuhörenden mit spannenden Erkenntnissen aus der Wissenschaft. Jedes Mal mit einem Schwerpunktthema aus dem Bereich Integration und Migration. Einfach mal reinhören!

Conversations about migration are often inside the box: numbers, causes, effect on the economy, how to prevent it. This podcast unboxes migration. It opens up questions on movement and justice and disrupts conventional thinking to better understand how mobility, in all its forms, is a necessary part of all our lives.Our approach is creative, making connections between different types of movement, going beyond the human and across time. It is also critical, challenging assumptions and prioritising justice, as well as conceptual and research driven (we are academics after all!). We call this ‘...

Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series delves into the often-overlooked stories of the Loyalists‚Americans who chose to stay loyal to the British Crown during and after the American Revolution. While many historical accounts portray these individuals negatively, this volume offers a fresh perspective, exploring their motivations for relocating to Canada and beyond instead of remaining in the fledgling United States. Estimates suggest that around a million Loyalists sought refuge in Canada between 1783 and 1784, as articulated by contemporaries like John Adams. These were not ...

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