This is a helpful resource to generate productive classroom discussion about immigration, diversity, and assimilation in America.
This article contains some important insights into the burden-sharing dilemma facing Europe over migrants. However, I think the refugee resettlement figures for the EU-28 are somewhat dubious.
This is a helpful article chronicling the evolution of Europe's policy responses to the refugee crisis since the 2013 tragedy in Lampedusa.
Want to know how Obama's oft-decried executive actions on immigration compare with his predecessors? Check out this list. Spoiler alert: they differ only in magnitude.
Immigration is changing, but not like you think. Two potential surprises to note: first, Asia has surpassed Latin America as the primary source of immigrants coming to the US. Second, the size of the undocumented immigrant population remains high, but the size of the illegally immigrating population has fallen to nearly zero.
As we hear about the scale of Europe's migrant crisis, it's easy to fall into the habit of conceiving these asylum-seeking migrants as dehumanized statistics. This article helps re-humanize those fleeing, and just how appalling these families' efforts for a better future really are.
A solid overview of the current crisis facing Europe and the tortuous politics preventing a resolution.
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