Nottingham Trent University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. In the current frenzied media and political debate about the chaotic situation in Calais and the supposed benefits ...

Europe is in the midst of what’s being called a refugee or migrant crisis. Nearly 340,000 people have sought to cross European Union borders since January, including more than 100,000 in July alone.

Refugees and economic migrants are commonly mistaken to be the same people moving from country to country. In one minute, learn why we need to understand the unique plight of refugees and what some of ...

Despite a recent drop in oil prices and the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, the economies of Persian Gulf countries expanded between 2005 and 2015. This economic expansion in countries like Saudi ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is author of ‘Free’ “Could you tell us how exactly you got here?” The man who sat in front of me, ...

People walk along snow covered fields after crossing the Macedonian border into Serbia, near the village of Miratovac, on January 19, 2016. (DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images) Whether Trump knows it or ...

The sight of Germans and Austrians cheering the arrival of trainloads of weary asylum-seekers has been a source of inspiration to the desperate tide pouring into Europe from the Middle East, Africa ...

Throughout the world, refugees, asylum seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons are the victims of racial discrimination, racist attacks, xenophobia and ethnic intolerance. Racism is both a ...

Between 2005 and 2015, the number of migrants living in the Middle East more than doubled, from about 25 million to around 54 million, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from United ...

Covid-19 travel restrictions brought human mobility to a grinding halt and left millions of people stranded globally. While the focus must remain on the acute health crisis and equitable vaccine ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When the mayor of New York, of all places, warned that a recent influx of asylum seekers would destroy his city, something didn’t add up. “I said it last year ...

Editor’s Note: Jan Semmelroggen is senior lecturer in Geography at Nottingham Trent University. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. CNN is showcasing the work of The ...