All of the left-wing candidates in the French presidential election have detailed immigration policies in their campaign manifestos. Some proposals, such as the regularization of undocumented migrants and the end of bone testing for unaccompanied minors, are shared by all of the candidates. InfoMigrants explores where they differ.
The three far-right candidates in the French presidential election – Marine Le Pen, Éric Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan – have made immigration their main electoral issue. They all want to abolish State Medical Aid, birthright citizenship and family reunification. But are their proposals actually feasible?
With less than two months before the first round of the French presidential election, immigration is once again a major campaign issue for a number of candidates. While the issue has always been a source of passion and tension, "the debate has become more radical," says François Héran, chair of Migrations and Societies at the Collège de France, and author of the book 'Parlons immigration en 30 questions' ('Let's talk about immigration in 30 questions').
Previously confined to far-right circles, the "great replacement" theory is taking hold more widely in political discourse. For the first time, the term has been used by a Republican right-wing presidential candidate, Valérie Pécresse.
He fled Iran a decade ago. Now Shoan Vaisi is standing for Germany's parliament. The Left Party candidate and former professional wrestler has a political mission.
Around 60.4 million people are eligible to vote in the 2021 German national election, including 7.4 million citizens with migrant roots. But the manifestos of the six most popular parties differ greatly when it comes to migration and asylum policy. We summed up where the parties stand regarding integration, deportations and other relevant issues.
Germany’s electorate includes some 7.4 million citizens with international roots, while many more millions of residents from abroad aren’t allowed to vote. Both groups are often overlooked by political parties.
As Lithuania struggles to stem the flow of migrants trying to enter the country from neighboring Belarus, border guards have said that they have begun to push back migrants trying to enter the country using irregular methods of crossing.
Reza Jafari was only 13 years old when he arrived in France as an unaccompanied minor. Over a decade later, the young Afghan has become a fervent defender of undocumented migrants living on the streets of Paris. He has set his sights on politics and is running as a candidate for The Greens in the upcoming French regional elections .
Higher numbers of asylum seekers lead to greater support for right-wing political parties, researchers in Germany say. One study found that housing asylum seekers in reception centers gives anti-migrant parties a boost at the ballot box.
As the UK gears up for an election on December 12, all parties are busy launching their manifestoes and making promises. The Conservative Party, currently ruling as a minority government, has just promised a fast track “NHS Visa” to make it easier to attract and retain the hundreds of thousands of non-British health workers on which the country relies. Previously they would impose a 'zero-tolerance' policy on migration.
Pietro Bartolo, known as the "doctor of migrants" for his work on the island of Lampedusa, has been elected to the European Parliament. He has vowed to go "to work, without fear."