Sanctuary policies protect immigrants but don’t threaten public safety
Counties that limit cooperation with ICE see deportations after book-ins to county jails drop by a third, but there’s no measurable effect on crime
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Modern humans took detours on their way to Europe
Favourable climatic conditions influenced the sequence of settlement movements of Homo sapiens in the Levant on their way from Africa
Read moreTighter border policies leave migrants vulnerable to effects of climate change
Open borders strengthen developing countries economically
Read moreHigher suicide risk among older immigrants with untreated depression
The risk of suicide is clearly elevated in the category of older women with untreated depression who were born outside
Read moreMigration Narratives: Diverging Stories in Schools, Churches, and Civic Institutions
New book examines how Mexican migrants and longstanding residents in an American town adapted to rapid migration across two decades
Read moreMethod used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19
What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and then essentially came to a
Read moreFriendly interactions with Chinese people reduced COVID-19 prejudice
People with a history of positive social interactions with Chinese people were less likely to support discriminatory anti-Chinese policies as Covid-19 reached the UK – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Read moreModern humans reached westernmost Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously known
Discovery may indicate modern humans and Neanderthals lived in the area concurrently
Read moreAssessment of disparities in COVID-19 testing, infection across language groups in Seattle
What The Study Did: Researchers evaluated the proportion of patients who completed COVID-19 testing and the proportion of positive cases
Read moreTaking in refugees does not strongly influence xenophobia in East German communities
Research team investigates 236 communities: anti-immigrant attitudes widespread – local refugee numbers make hardly any difference
Read moreNew funding explores the social, cultural and economic impact of COVID-19
Seven University of Ottawa professors are among recipients of millions in funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Read moreCannabis farms are a modern slavery ‘blind spot’ for UK police, study suggests
Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims
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