This Month
Crackdown on overseas students triggers rise in refugee applications
A big spike in applications for refugee status is being explained by the federal government’s attempts to cut the number of overseas students in the country.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Review
As the world looks elsewhere, famine descends on Darfur
Conflicts in the Gaza Strip and Ukraine have attracted international attention while children die unnecessarily in Sudan.
- Nicholas Kristof
June
Skilled refugees could unlock $9b in extra GDP
Maths graduate Wissam Chabo applied for 100 jobs before getting work in a local cafe. Research shows skilled migrants are badly underutilised, even during Australia’s skills shortage.
- Euan Black
An insider’s account of Germany’s AfD: ‘The wrong people stayed’
As Germany’s far-right celebrates a strong performance in European parliament elections, a former leader argues the party has lost its way.
- Henry Mance
May
- Opinion
- Immigration
Dutton’s migrant crackdown treats economy with disdain
In the populist pitch to bring down house prices, there is little recognition of the role of migrants in filling acute skills shortages across the economy.
- Jessica Gardner
Dutton to slash migrant intake, ban foreign property buyers
The opposition leader has vowed to slash permanent migration by a quarter and ban foreign investors buying established homes for two years.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Review
Chinese asylum seekers are paying $15,000 to reach the US via Mexico
About 37,000 people from the Asian nation were detained at the United States’ southern border last year.
- Slavoj Žižek
April
Albanese tries to shift blame on alleged attack by freed detainee
Labor is under fresh pressure over its management of immigration detainees set free by the High Court after the alleged bashing of a Perth grandmother.
- Andrew Tillett
Ryanair CEO would ‘happily’ offer flights deporting people to Rwanda
Michael O’Leary shrugged off warnings from the United Nations, which said airlines facilitating the removals could be complicit in violating international law.
- Kate Duffy and Charlotte Ryan
‘A mishmash’: backpackers not equal under visa rules
Different regulations can apply to countries even from the same continent when it comes to language requirements.
- Julie Hare
- Analysis
- Immigration
Immigration politically toxic, but it’s helping drive US growth
Immigration has been good for the US economy, just as an out-of-control border becomes the No.1 issue for voters in some states and No.2 in swing states.
- Matthew Cranston
March
Corporate Travel’s margins from refugee work could be more than 50pc
The ASX-listed group, which better known for organising trips for business clients, has sought to keep details of the United Kingdom contract secret.
- Liam Walsh and Jonathan Shapiro
February
- Analysis
- Immigration
Immigration could save the US from recession. But there’s a catch
The immigration crisis is fuelling economic growth, according to experts. Others say it can burden cities with huge costs and drive down productivity and wages
- Matthew Cranston
Asylum seeker boat lands in northern WA
More than two dozen asylum seekers apparently arrived from Indonesia and walked for 35km after landing at Beagle Bay.
- Aaron Bunch
December 2023
EU, France deliver migration crackdowns as populists surge
A “breakthrough” deal could end years of infighting over illegal immigrants. Emmanuel Macron needed a key rival’s support for his tough reforms.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Analysis
- Immigration
How immigration became a toxic brew
Migrants have been used to tackle dire demographic trends and shrinking workforces. But anxious voters are telling politicians to find another way.
- Hans van Leeuwen
October 2023
Corporate Travel hired for Israel evacuation work
The travel agency also promised shareholders a $100 million share buyback at its AGM on Wednesday.
- Liam Walsh
August 2023
New York city faces $18b price tag to handle migrant crisis
Mayor Eric Adams said the extraordinary cost could jeopardise the city’s ability to provide goods and services to its more than eight million residents.
- Laura Nahmias
July 2023
- Opinion
- Immigration
The global immigration backlash
Left-leaning and centrist parties are largely accepting of high intakes, so right-wing parties have become attractive to voters who favour closed borders.
- David Leonhardt
New phase of far-right politics brings down Dutch ‘Teflon Mark’
Prime Minister Mark Rutte resigned after his coalition partners rejected his tough new line on refugees, favouring his own political future over compromise, critics say.
- Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Claire Moses
