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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  China’s relations with the African continent: Three elephants in the room

  Written by: Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi All articles by Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi

  How racism, the media and local realities could shape the future of migration between China and Africa

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  As COVID brings migrants home, how can Nepal reintegrate returning workers?

  Written by: Chandan Sapkota All articles by Chandan Sapkota

  Money from overseas makes up a quarter of GDP, and the effects of the pandemic are putting a squeeze on an already...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  Anywhere but here? China’s response to refugee protection during COVID-19

  Written by: Lili Song All articles by Lili Song

  The pandemic is having a profound impact on refugee protection globally. But is China doing enough?

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  How COVID-19 exposed China’s anti-Black racism

  Written by: Xianan Jin All articles by Xianan Jin

  The draconian measures taken in many Chinese cities to control the pandemic exacerbated the marginalisation of Black people

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  Permanently temporary: The problem with Canada’s immigration policy

  Written by: Armine Yalnizyan All articles by Armine Yalnizyan

  You can’t build a thriving economy or a society on temporary residents

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Analysis

  Why the Canadian government must review its immigration policy

  Written by: Andrew Griffith All articles by Andrew Griffith

  Canada’s immigration planning is increasingly divorced from the real impacts of COVID-19 – and undervalues...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  What will migration look like after the pandemic?

  Written by: Antoine Pécoud All articles by Antoine Pécoud

  Increased control of people’s mobility because of COVID-19 might not be so easy to undo.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  Is COVID-19 an opportunity to achieve the rights of refugees?

  Written by: James Milner All articles by James Milner

  Let’s be sure to seize this opportunity that comes in the guise of a terrible pandemic.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures: Opinion

  COVID-19 was a big test for UN migration initiatives. Did they succeed?

  Written by: Marion Panizzon All articles by Marion Panizzon

  Migrants working in frontline jobs are twice as likely to contract the coronavirus. They are also less likely to...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Sri Lanka’s returning migrants need more than plane tickets and quarantines

  Written by: Bilesha Weeraratne All articles by Bilesha Weeraratne

  Bringing migrants home during the pandemic is not only a health concern but a social and economic one as well.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  COVID-19 is pushing migrants back to their home countries

  Written by: Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak All articles by Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

  Written by: Mahreen Khan All articles by Mahreen Khan

  With large numbers of migrants returning to their countries of origin due to the pandemic, better reintegration...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Europe must recognise the vital contributions of vulnerable migrants

  Written by: Simone Baglioni All articles by Simone Baglioni

  It is time for EU governments to implement fair migration policies that recognise the vital role of its migrant workforce.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  The other pandemic for migrant workers: wage theft

  Written by: Nicola Piper All articles by Nicola Piper

  Written by: Laura Foley All articles by Laura Foley

  Employers are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis to unlawfully dismiss their migrant workforce and to withhold...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Returning ‘heroes’: Filipino migrant workers met with a devastated economy

  Written by: Sophie Henderson All articles by Sophie Henderson

  COVID-19 has exposed deep-seated cracks in the Philippines’ export-based and remittance-dependent economy.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  What will international migration in West Africa look like after COVID-19?

  Written by: Joseph Teye All articles by Joseph Teye

  Travel restrictions may force more and more West Africans to use irregular channels of migration in the future.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Are Canadians really open to more migration in the future?

  Written by: Phil Triadafilopoulos All articles by Phil Triadafilopoulos

  Canada’s embrace of territorial closure during the COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with a spike in xenophobia and racism.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Immigration is the key to Canada’s survival and recovery after COVID-19

  Written by: Evangelia Tastsoglou All articles by Evangelia Tastsoglou

  For Atlantic Canada to get through this crisis, a balance between public health regulations and migration are necessary.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Are Canadians changing their attitude on migration due to COVID-19?

  Written by: Andrew Parkin All articles by Andrew Parkin

  Written by: Keith Neuman All articles by Keith Neuman

  Canadians have a front row seat to the spectacle of a society in which immigration and racial diversity have become...

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  Hero nurses, untrustworthy domestic workers, and vilified sex workers

  Written by: Maria Cecilia Hwang All articles by Maria Cecilia Hwang

  Written by: Rhacel Salazar Parreñas All articles by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

  In times of pandemic, women migrants are facing restrictions on their mobility and the devaluation of their labor.

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  Published in: Migrant Futures

  The future of international students in Australia hangs in the balance

  Written by: Helen Forbes-Mewett All articles by Helen Forbes-Mewett

  Health, economic, and political conditions will determine the fate of international students in Australia.