Migration

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Magadan in the USSR: The Soviet City People Once Moved North For

1 Sep 2026 3 minute read 1 comment SovietStories

Today, Magadan is usually imagined as a remote northern city from which people try to move back to the mainland. But a few decades ago, the situation was almost the opposite. People came to Magadan from different parts of the Soviet Union, sometimes...

Italy and Spain Are Fighting Over Schengen After the Ceuta Crisis

9 Aug 2026 4 minute read 0 comments CondividiSulWeb

Europe’s border-free area was designed to make travel between member states almost invisible.Now, the migration crisis in Ceuta is putting that principle under pressure.After Italy introduced temporary checks on travelers arriving from Spain, Madrid...

Ceuta Crisis: Why Europe Is Facing a New Border Challenge

1 Aug 2026 7 minute read 0 comments CondividiSulWeb

A strategic European border under pressureThe small Spanish enclave of Ceuta has once again become one of the most discussed migration hotspots in Europe after a sudden increase in irregular crossings from Morocco.Thousands of people attempted to rea...

Trump's "border security teather"

4 Feb 2025 1 minute read 3 comments Vladan Lausevic

  TL;DR In her article "Trump's 'Invasion' Theatrics: Act 1", published in The Border Chronicle, Melissa del Bosque examines Donald Trump's use of executive orders and military operations to create the illusion of an immigration crisis at the U.S.-M...

Immigrants and humans as invaders - the horrible and inhumane communication of Trump and MAGA extremists

1 Feb 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TL;DR Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong's article, "Diseased Illegal Immigrants Aren't 'Invading' the United States," published on Immigration Insights, challenges the claim that illegal immigration poses a significant disease risk in the U.S. Analyz...

Migration to Japan and South Korea is not as selective and exclusionary as many think

31 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR In "Immigration Systems in Labor-Needy Japan and South Korea Have Evolved—but Remain Restrictive," published by the Migration Policy Institute, authors Erin Aeran Chung and Yunchen Tian analyze the restrictive and selective immigration policies...

Biden, Border, Brutality

17 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR In "Biden Didn't Cause the Border Crisis," published by American Purpose, David J. Bier dismantles the narrative that President Joe Biden is responsible for the U.S.-Mexico border crisis. Bier argues that the surge in migration stems from global...

Human security is not about gratitude but a necessity

4 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Rebecca Buxton and Matthew J. Gibney argue that refugees are not obligated to be grateful to countries offering them asylum. They critique the expectation of refugee gratitude, highlighting that asylum is often a legal obligation or compensator...

When Finnish men were seen as "foreigner problem" in Sweden

2 Dec 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic

  In September, Maria Malmer Stenergard, the former migration minister in Sweden and now the current external affairs minister, made several controversial and, more or less, bigoted statements about immigration and immigrants. She said, among other t...

The situation for refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region is dangerous

26 Nov 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic

TLDR Refugees in Ethiopia’s Amhara region face severe violence and insecurity, as highlighted by The New Humanitarian. Eritrean and Sudanese refugees experience daily attacks, kidnappings, and robberies, often perpetrated by local militias and armed...