Editorial September 2026 | Xenophobia and truth
Facts are often missing from debates on migration. Has the deportation of undocumented people from the US resulted in more jobs and services for US citizens? Did the busing of 50,000 migrants out of South Africa deliver more medicines to the country’s dilapidated clinics? Will Europe’s documented youth have more access to housing if unsuccessful asylum seekers are safely stashed behind barbed wire in “return hub” countries?

Facts are often missing from debates on migration. Has the deportation of undocumented people from the US resulted in more jobs and services for US citizens? Did the busing of 50,000 migrants out of South Africa deliver more medicines to the country’s dilapidated clinics? Will Europe’s documented youth have more access to housing if unsuccessful asylum seekers are safely stashed behind barbed wire in “return hub” countries?