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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: Borders & BelongingMaggie Perzyna debunks myths about migration with the help of experts from around the world
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: I Am Not Your RefugeeA podcast created with refugees working to challenge stereotypes around migration
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: Killing the TruthEvery week, somewhere in the world, a journalist is killed. Most of the murders are never solved. Killing the Truth...
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: Changed My MindWe talk to people who have undergone a serious shift of opinion about something that matters deeply to them
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Published in:PodcastsPodcast: ourVoicesourVoices explores the ongoing crisis of our economic system – and promotes intelligent debate about what should replace it
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisBorders & Belonging: Should we call people climate refugees?It’s a snappy phrase, but maybe tells the wrong story
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisHow migrants are changing the male face of Ghana’s gold minesMigration is allowing more and more women to become big players in an industry normally seen as men’s work
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: Are migrants the answer to labour shortages?Hear experts dissect the Global North’s attempts to counter the ‘great retirement’ with more workers from abroad
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionHow grassroots democracy has become a xenophobic weapon in South Africa‘Active citizenship’ sounds like a great idea – but used against undocumented migrants it can encourage murder
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: The migrants that the West doesn’t talk about70% of the world’s migrants aren’t headed for the Global North. Why are they moving and what do they need?
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionWhy so many of the world’s students want to go to Chinese universitiesThey offer three things that Western rivals can’t
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionChina gives scholarships to Africans but then moves the doctoral goalpostsLots of African students are studying for PhDs in China – but why is it so hard to graduate?
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: How did China become a world student hub?Once, Chinese students dreamed of studying abroad. Now it’s the other way around
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisWhy some migrants are deemed more deserving than others in Global BritainForeign policy determines why migrants from Hong Kong got a better deal than Syrians or Ukrainians
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionWhy Fortress Europe won’t solve the migration crisis – and what willEurope wastes money on futile border fences when better solutions are staring it in the face
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionAI could predict climate crises, but that’s not what climate migrants needStates that are more likely to withstand climate change challenges are also more likely to use advanced technologies...
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: When AI is managing migration, should we be afraid?Artificial intelligence can predict crises and get help to migrants who need it – but the dangers are serious
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisSmuggling or trafficking? For minors with few choices, the line is blurredExploitation is often one facet of children’s attempts to navigate an increasingly divided world
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisWhy Keir Starmer is embracing a points-based immigration systemThe UK is on its fourth points-based system – but it’s no such thing
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureBorders & Belonging: Human smuggling or human trafficking? Why the difference mattersPoliticians blur the difference because it helps them block the flows of all migrants and refugees
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Published in: Podcasts: FeaturePolish key workers feel unwelcome in the UK thanks to Brexit plus COVIDHow Brexit and COVID sharpened imagined borders within workplaces
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionBrexit means less hope for multiculturalism in the EUThe UK didn’t need the EU to enjoy multiculturalism – quite the reverse
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Published in: PodcastsBorders & Belonging: How has Brexit changed the UK for migrants?A few years on from Brexit, are labour shortages changing minds about migrants, or are they forever stigmatised?
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Published in: Podcasts: AnalysisBorder walls hurt the weakest and least to blame in the climate crisisFortified borders don’t stop migration – they just make inequality worse, just like climate change
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Published in: Podcasts: OpinionDespite Europe’s new wall, the migration route through Belarus is here to stayPushing ‘irregular’ migrants back from Poland, Lithuania and Latvia won’t stop them coming