Category: migration

Americans on the Move, Looking for Less Populated and Greener Pastures

“Vote with your feet,” said President Ronald Reagan in 1982. Forty years later, many Americans are still heeding his advice and moving to what they see as greener pastures. Florida, with its sunshine, warmth, and no individual state income tax, is a big draw, as demonstrated by the annual study of interstate migration by United…


Citizens Continue to Exit High-Tax US States

Commentary If you’re still wondering why raising the cap on the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction was important enough to Democrats to sacrifice their stated principles and resort to brazen gimmicks in order to fit it into the reconciliation bill, look no further than the latest release of the IRS’s tax migration data, covering tax years 2018-2019. The data shows that…


Lukshenko Hybrid-Warfare On Polish and Baltic Borders Tests EU Resolve: Expert

Pressure is mounting on the European Union (EU) to deal with the alleged weaponisation of migrants by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Lukashenko and his regime ordered thousands of migrants from the Middle East to be shipped to the EU borders in Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, threatening the cohesion and solidarity between the EU and its…


Poland Fears ‘Major Incident’ as Migrants From Belarus Head for Border

KYIV—Polish authorities accused Belarus of trying to spark a major confrontation on Monday and said they had mobilized additional soldiers as footage on social media showed hundreds of migrants walking toward the Polish border. In one video, shared by the Belarusian blogging service NEXTA, migrants carrying rucksacks and wearing winter clothing were seen walking on…


EpochTV Review: Exodus Out of California

Commentary Host Siyamak Khorammi talks with Joel Kotkin, an expert in urban studies, about why large numbers of people are moving out of California in this episode of Epoch TV’s California Insider. Kotkin is a professor at Chapman University and the director of the Center for Demographics and Urban Policy at the university. The video begins…


Greece Opens New Migrant Holding Camp on Island Amid Tougher Policy

ATHENS—Greece opened a new holding camp for migrants on Saturday on the island of Samos, close to Turkey, and said other new facilities would follow in coming months as it tightens migration policy. The minister opening the camp said it would offer “lost dignity” to those seeking protection. Aid groups said the new facility, which…


Afghanistan Could Be Catalyst for Common EU Migration Policy: Commissioner

ZURICH—Events in Afghanistan could be a catalyst for the European Union to forge a common migration policy, European Commissioner Margaritis Schinas said in a newspaper interview. EU states are concerned that the Taliban takeover could trigger a replay of the crisis of 2015/16, when the arrival of more than a million migrants, predominantly from the…


Visit the Best Places to Witness Wildlife Migration Paths

Every year sees tens of thousands of animals and birds move around the country as they head to sunnier climates and breeding grounds. In my experience, nothing is better than seeing such spectacles of nature, and if you pick the right time, you and your family should be able to witness these migrations up close….


Spanish Police Arrest 2 for Migrant Tragedy in Atlantic

BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands. Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of…


Scientists Hail Golden Age to Trace Bird Migration With Tech

TAKOMA PARK, Md.—A plump robin wearing a tiny metal backpack with an antenna hops around a suburban yard in Takoma Park, then plucks a cicada from the ground for a snack. Ecologist Emily Williams watches through binoculars from behind a bush. On this clear spring day, she’s snooping on his dating life. “Now I’m watching…