Category: Opinion

Mice, rats, birds and a single goldfish, all living in Tempelhof refugee shelter. "What hurts me the most is that the people responsible for the camp think that living in a disgusting and dirty room is normal in our culture."

Part eight of our course Migration 101: Borders have partially returned to the European Union, from Brexit to Hungary’s fences. But borders and visas do not always have their intended effect, argues Hein de Haas, one of the leading scholars in the field of migration studies.

Part one of our course Six Impossible Ideas (after Brexit): Suzie Hall of the London School of Economics takes us to a super-diverse street in South London, telling us what we can learn about the ways migration shapes modern cities and economies.

Part one of our course Migration 101: More people than ever before are on the move, right? It’s not that simple, explains Hein de Haas, one of the world's leading migration researchers.

Part five of our course Migration Matters: You may have heard that immigrants alter the fabric of receiving societies. It’s true, to some extent. But these changes are not fundamental or structural in nature, says renowned scholar Hein de Haas.

Part ten (the final part) of our course Migration 101: Renowned migration scholar Hein de Haas takes us a step back from the pro vs. con debate on migrants and refugees, helping us to examine migration from the perspective of the shared human story.

Part nine of our course Migration 101: Countries tend to prefer high-skilled migrants to low-skilled migrants, despite having industries that require low-skilled workers. Is it possible to entertain both approaches, asks scholar Hein de Haas, and what else should migration policies be thinking about?

Part seven of our course Migration 101: Given the public debate on migration today, one might assume that countries around the world are becoming more restrictive on migration. Yet these policies are not actually more restrictive; rather they reflect a global class system, says migration scholar Hein de Haas.

Part six of our course Migration 101: We may assume that a higher quality of life at home would prevent a potential migrant from going abroad. But this is not so often the case, says Hein de Haas, renowned migration researcher.

Part five of our course Six Impossible Ideas (after Brexit): Myria Georgiou of the London School of Economics poses the question, are European media reflecting the refugee crisis or helping create it? Myria also tells us about her research into the ways in which newspapers in nine European countries covered the so-called crisis in 2015.

Part four of our course Migration 101: Many fear that climate change will bring much of the world's poor to the shores of Europe. But is this based in evidence? Not exactly, says Hein de Haas, one of the world’s leading migration scholars.

Part three of our course Migration 101: We often think that poverty is the main driver of migration, but it’s not that simple, says migration scholar Hein de Haas.