They live quietly and discreetly, doing the jobs that others don’t want, usually in the grey economy and for poor pay. They learn to avoid risks: they go home late and don’t stay in too long, in order to avoid any migration service visits. But despite the risk, or perhaps because of it, many are choosing to become politically active. These are their stories.

Uber’s intermediaries often cut abusive deals with drivers, adding a layer of uncertainty to an already precarious work arrangement

Poland’s booming economy attracted thousands of Ukrainian workers, who struggle to integrate amid xenophobia and fear.

As Spain becomes the busiest pathway in the Mediterranean route to Europe, migrants are trapped in limbo in its North African enclaves.

At the gates to Europe, trafficking victims are being separated from their children.

As more migrants head to Europe via Morocco, Rabat is taking advantage of its newfound position to extract concessions. 

A large portion of the African and European continents are separated by hundreds of miles of sea, but in Melilla and Ceuta, the barrier is just a few feet of wire and mesh.

The Spanish city of Melilla is a fortified pocket of Spain in Morocco, where young migrants from across Africa gather to attempt the dangerous crossing into the E.U.

Melilla es el enclave más alejado de España en África, separado de Marruecos por una valla de 18 pies que divide al resto de África de la Unión Europea. Esta es la silenciosa crisis migratoria de una ciudad que se ha convertido en una trampa para los menores extranjeros no acompañados que, a través de ella, intentan llegar a Europa.

As rates of migration from sub-Saharan Africa increase, how will Europe protect its most vulnerable asylum seekers?

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2018 marks the third year of the Welcoming Communities Transatlantic Exchange, a program that brings together US and German community leaders to share strategies for welcoming and integrating immigrants and refugees.

Prof. Alexander Betts on his new study on Syrian refugees in Europe and the political consequences that their exclusion from the labour market might have.