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The Urbanist - Migration

12 December 2013

Migration: from a City Hall breaking down language barriers in new communities to a capital at the wrong end of a brain drain.

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For most of the last century, Italy’s population flowed outwards. But as the country grew richer, the outside began to trickle in, from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Asia. Today, the country’s roughly three million…

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Data migration

4 March 2016

Canadian telecommunications giant Shaw could be on the verge of upending the country’s data market. After agreeing in January to sell its media division, including cable channel Global Television, for CA$2.65bn (€1.80bn)…

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The Urbanist - Positive migration

2 March 2017

There are many ways to talk about migration and at a time when the debate is so divided, we highlight some of the projects and stories doing it the right way.

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The Urbanist - Climate migration

18 November 2021

How is climate change affecting our migration habits? And are cities equipped to deal with the impending influx of migrants as urban displacement becomes more common?

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Diplomacy

17 January 2019

Australia’s ambassador to Poland and why Canada’s world-stage win isn’t helping at home.

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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 50: Trump’s migration ban

2 February 2017

President Trump’s controversial ‘Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States’ executive order, known by some as the ‘Muslim ban’, has led to criticism from foreign leaders, anger from human…

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Africa / Middle East

18 January 2016

Malian migration and Uganda's elections. Plus: South Africans head home.

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Please turn off the lights

17 June 2009

Do cities have a sell-by date? And if they no longer feel fresh and vital, should we abandon them? That’s what’s happening in Russia. So should the burghers of New Orleans and Detroit do the same?

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Americas

8 October 2014

View from the campaign trail as the US looks to midterm elections, plus why Puerto Rico is losing residents.

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Missing Persons

17 May 2007

Across Europe, villages and towns are being abandoned as people move to the cities – or other richer countries. It is a problem that Spain knows only too well. In its Soria region, there are now 492 empty villages and…

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Africa and Middle East

19 May 2015

Tracking the risk of migration in Eritrea and the latest on the battle for the Western Sahara.

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Coming home

1 May 2009

Thousands of Spaniards lost their citizenship as they fled Spain’s Civil War and Franco. Now Spain is offering its descendents the right to be Spanish. Should other countries who need migrants do more to encourage the…

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The Globalist - South Korea’s Summit for Democracy and an EU-Egypt migration deal

18 March 2024

We get the latest from Gaza, explore the relevance of the third Summit for Democracy and question an EU cash-for-migration deal with Egypt. Plus: the director of the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage, and how to…

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The Globalist - Israeli officials shut down AP broadcast and Finland looks to stem migration from Russia

22 May 2024

We assess why Israel shut down the Associated Press Gaza live video feed. Then: why the Finnish government has proposed emergency legislation to prevent any further migrants from entering the country via the border with…

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Americas

12 April 2016

What might trip up the presidential candidates on their way to the White House? Plus Central American migration to the US.