#Emigration

Why do migrants come here?English is the most widely spoken language on earth, and if you're a desperate migrant needing a home, a job and an application for refugee status,
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The Lais’ wrenching decision to uproot their family, which @Reuters has documented for the past five months, provides a glimpse of the deep societal wounds that mass emigration could inflict
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Oh man. A towering figure in Irish football all throughout my young life. We’re gonna feel this one https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/1281861662421798913 He brought total magic and confidence to a country that was
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A few reflections on the union debate. Firstly, independence/ reunification is an ever present fault line. But Brexit has made it (at least for now) a very serious issue. The
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We are no longer living in a country recognised for its human rights. The UK is firmly rolling back human rights, it is corrupt, prejudiced, and a dangerous place for
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The coming "brain gain" for eastern Europehttps://www.economist.com/europe/2021/01/30/how-the-pandemic-reversed-old-migration-patterns-in-europe Those numbers are big even if only a fraction stay permanently. In UK or French term
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1/20 Parution aujourd’hui de mon livre Le Choc démographique aux éditions @OdileJacob (2/20) 2020, un moment clé dans l’histoire du monde : les + de 65 ans sont désormais plus
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This week I'll tweet a lot about development, aid, and emigration from low-income countries. First: a new estimate of the cost, in foreign aid, to deter one irregular migrant to
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For the past week, Hong Kong has grappled with daily arrests and detention of some of its most dedicated activists. Is the only option to flee, "or stay here and
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Thread: Eastern Christianity, Catholic and Orthodox can survive mass emigration and displacement by seeing its mission and gifts as universal and not as particular and bound to an ethnicity as
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This goes to multiple phenomena, the biggest of which was the opening to urban America and political machines to emigration from the Russian Empire. American industrial centers became flooded with
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The 'social norm' at play - and the one Micheal Martin will NOT talk about today in his speech - was: if you speak up against the Church and the
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One reason you know Mama Diaspora and other Nigerian elites aren't serious about the diaspora (and @cchukudebelu talks about this often) is that diaspora-building gets harder as communities get more
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Whisper it quietly but I’m beginning to see (some) positives in the No deal scenario for.......Europe.German media seems increasingly resigned to it - and there’s a reason for this -
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LEBANON IS GONE & LOST (I'M GENUINELY SORRY FOR IT)By Seshan IyerWhy CAA and NRC are the last chance for India's existence. Please read carefullyLebanon – a glaring example of
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1/n It's unfortunate that this is the takeaway. I have spoken frequently about the objections I have to the intrusion of the state in private affairs and the benefit we
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