Fixing Europe’s migrant predicament requires a new approach
The causes behind the sudden and ugly new migrant tableau are blurred, but one theory is the Belarus government may be inviting immigrants in and then urging them to enter Poland and the EU.
At least 27 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel
The dead, including five women and a little girl, were part of a group whose inflatable boat was found completely deflated by rescuers
Team successfully replicates imagined ancient sea migration from Taiwan to Okinawa
A team of Japanese and Taiwanese paddlers in a dugout canoe on Tuesday successfully replicated a hypothetical human migration between Taiwan and Okinawa about 30,000 years ago. During the two-day, 200-kilometer voyage from Taitung County, southeastern Taiwan, to Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, the team of ...
Canoeists begin another attempt to replicate ancient sea migration between Taiwan and Japan
Museums in Taiwan and Japan on Sunday launched a third attempt to replicate a hypothetical human migration from Taiwan to Okinawa about 30,000 years ago. The voyage in a dugout canoe is one of multiple research projects signed in 2017 between Taiwan's National Museum of ...
There are some strategies by which Japanese and foreign advocates for migrants can argue for their rights to work and belong in Japan.
Scientists warn global warming could decimate fish supplies and fuel migration
Millions of people could lose their livelihoods, food source, and be forced from their homes if the world does not meet the Paris goal to curb global warming which is endangering fish numbers, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday. A study by the University of British ...
Cities seek cash and tech as they plan a safer and greener future
As 1.4 million people move to cities each week, local abilities to keep residents safe can become strained, increasing the risk of disasters, warned the United Nations secretary-general. "The answer is to build resilience to storms, floods, earthquakes, fires, pandemics and economic crises," said Antonio ...
What wild sheep can teach humans about leadership
Do certain bighorns pioneer migrations? Or do herds tap into crowd wisdom?
Millionaires jumping ship yet another symptom of Brazil's woes
Two thousand Brazilian millionaires left the country in 2017, according to the New World Wealth, a global market research group based in Johannesburg. For the third year in a row, Latin America's largest economy featured in the top ten of countries ranked by the outflow ...
Chaos in Merkel's coalition after minister dangles resignation
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday will make a last-ditch effort to end a migration row with her conservative allies by holding more talks with her interior minister, whose offer to resign cast doubt over whether her fragile government can survive. Horst Seehofer offered to ...
Migrant misery, from Europe to the U.S.
Poor immigrants are finding the welcome mat missing almost everywhere they go.
Migration due to climate to surge by 2050 unless emissions are curbed: World Bank
More than 140 million people in Africa, Latin America and South Asia could move to another part of their country by 2050 to escape the worsening impacts of climate change — unless urgent action is taken to curb global warming and help people adapt, ...
