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Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

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Posted by Vuong Hoang. Colgate class of 2024.Source: Metz, Cade, and Adam Satariano. “Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee.”The New York Times, 13 Apr. 2022. The Russian-Ukrainian War occuring in the Republic of Crimea right now is having massive and potentially irreversible economic impacts. The refugee crisis and the many sanctions against Russia are not the only factors that will have long-lasting implications on the global economy, as there is another significant shift happening inside Russia –…

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New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

New Policies Will Be Made to Deal With the Immigration Crisis at U.S. Borders

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Posted by Aiden Huang. Colgate Class of 2023 Source: Parti, T., & Hackman, M. (2022, April 18). “U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Top One Million in Six Months”. WSJ.  The immigration crisis due to the pandemic and the recent wars has put huge pressure on U.S. borders. Since October, the U.S. has arrested more than a million illegal immigrants — the fastest pace of illegal border crossing in about two decades. On the other hand, only 11,397 people were permitted to enter…

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Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

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Post by Candido Martinez. Colgate University Class of 2023. Source: Metz, C., & Satariano, A. (2022, April 13). Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee. The New York Times. With the Russia-Ukraine war, Russians have begun to flee their country. At the forefront of those leaving are tech workers, causing Russia to experience a massive brain drain. So far, around 70,000 tech workers have left the country and another 100,000 are expected to follow. Financing this exodus of…

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The United Kingom Set to Ease Pressure of Illegal Immigration by Striking a Deal with Rwanda

The United Kingom Set to Ease Pressure of Illegal Immigration by Striking a Deal with Rwanda

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The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and the United Kingdom made a deal with the Rwanda government to calm the pressure of illegal immigration in Britain. The UK will give Rwanda 120 million pounds for the country to harbor British undocumented immigrants. Since the genocide, Rwanda has been one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa, and Johnson claims that it is “one of the safest countries in the world right now.” Rwanda states that they will offer these immigrants access to…

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Britain to Deny Entrance and Send Refugees to Rwanda

Britain to Deny Entrance and Send Refugees to Rwanda

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Posted by Ryan Moffatt, Colgate University Class of 2023 Castle, Stephen, et al. “U.K. Plans to Send Some Asylum Seekers to Rwanda.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/world/europe/uk-rwanda-asylum-seekers.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article. Britain is in the process of implementing a new plan that would deny certain refugees entrance to the country and send them to Rwanda. The plan would stop refugees and asylum seekers from entering Britain, instead forcing them to relocate to Rwanda. The U.K would be…

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C.D.C Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration

C.D.C Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration

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Posted by Nina Armideo, Colgate University Class of 2022 Source: Sullivan, E. (2022, April 1). C.D.C. Confirms It Will Lift Public Health Order Restricting Immigration. The New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2022, from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/us/politics/cdc-immigration-title-42.html On May 23, the United States will lift Title 42, an order which gives border officials control to prevent migrants and asylum seekers from entering the United States. This was an emergency public health order which was intended to reduce the spread of the pandemic….

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Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process

Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process

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Posted by Emma Lombardo. Colgate class of 2022.  Source: Sullivan, Eileen. “Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process.” The New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022. Under the Biden administration’s new policy, immigrants seeking asylum in the United States will be able to have their claims evaluated by asylum officers instead of immigration judges. With more than 670,000 cases pending, this plan will take the burden off of backlogged immigration courts, as well as greatly shorten the process. The new process is…

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Refugee Crisis Will Test a European Economy Under Pressure

Refugee Crisis Will Test a European Economy Under Pressure

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Cohen, Patricia. “Refugee Crisis Will Test a European Economy Under Pressure.” The New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/16/business/economy/ukraine-refugee-crisis-europe-economy.html This article provided an overview of the economic effects of the war in Ukraine. The conflict has led to the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II. More than three million people fled Ukraine within three weeks of Russia’s invasion. The article gave information that led me to believe that the structural economic effects of the humanitarian crisis could create…

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Ukrainian Children Flooding Polish Schools

Ukrainian Children Flooding Polish Schools

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Source: The Economist Newspaper. (n.d.). How Polish schools are coping with an influx of Ukrainian children. The Economist. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/04/04/how-polish-schools-are-coping-with-an-influx-of-ukrainian-children  “How Polish Schools are Coping with an Influx of Ukrainian Children,” published by The Economist, discusses the current effects Polish schools are enduring in response to the massive increase in Ukrainian refugees. As a result of Russian attacks, Poland has become a popular destination country for many Ukrainians. It states that “so far more than 160,000…

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Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market

Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market

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Source: Hackman, M. (2022, April 5). “Add Declining Immigration to Problems Weighing on the Labor Market.” The Wall Street Journal As immigration to the U.S. began to slow down during the Trump administration and further declined during the COVID-19 pandemic due to Title 42, there are approximately 2.4 million fewer working-age immigrants in the country than if previous immigration trends from 2017 had continued. Moreover, immigrants currently in the U.S. are experiencing larger wait times to receive their work permits,…

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