South Africa's brain drain dilemma
As part of our migration debate, South African Education Minister Kader Asmal reflects on the effect the loss of teachers has had on his country.

Your questions answered
You sent your questions on African migration to BBC News Online's Joseph Winter. He answers a selection of them here.

You asked Irish PM and EU President Bertie Ahern
Put your questions to Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.

Angelina Jolie answered your e-mails on refugees
Actress and campaigner Angelina Jolie answered your questions on her role as UNHCR goodwill ambassador.

Migration: How should it be managed?
It is estimated 175 million people live outside their country of birth. Days before EU enlargement, is Tony Blair right to review immigration?

Ruud Lubbers on refugees - he took your questions
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers discusses the importance of defining the difference between a migrant and refugee.

Mexican migrants' growing influence
Mexicans in the US exert a growing influence on Mexican politics thanks to the money they send back home.

Mauritania's secret slavery
The BBC's Pascale Harter investigates the continued existence of slavery in Mauritania.

Somalia's trafficking boom town
A Somali town is becoming an increasingly popular staging post for those bound for Italy.

Fighting for the migrant vote
As overseas Filipinos are given the vote in national polls for the first time, the BBC's Chris Hogg meets a worker in Hong Kong who is campaigning for a seat.

Policing Spain's southern coast
As Europe questions the safety of its borders in the wake of the Madrid blasts, Tamsin Smith visits Spain's weakest frontier and one of Morocco's major ports.

Australia's unease with outsiders
Migrants have shaped the country but are not always welcome, writes Phil Mercer.

Ireland struggles with immigration
People used to leave Ireland in droves - now the Irish are trying to cope with rising immigration.

Asylum: Lessons from Dover
Dover, a mid-size town and England's major Channel port, has seen many migrants pass through its doors - and not without some problems.

'I felt like I was on a merry-go-round'
Chernor Jalloh was 17 when he left war-torn Sierra Leone - after seven attempts he was granted asylum in Spain.

'European dream is a nightmare'
A Guinean man who has spent years trying to get to Europe tells why he now wants to stay at home.

'How could I have done that?'
Smuggling, expensive visas and a fake wedding, some of the many methods a Pakistani-born man used to try to live in the West.

'I was smuggled out of Hungary'
Tibor Machan was 14 when his parents decided he should leave Communist Hungary.

'I fell into an excellent trap'
Ratnabali Day Sengupta was not planning to stay long in the US - but having got the best the country can offer, she plans to stay until retirement.

'I feel part of Dutch society'
Pakistani Zaffar Siddiqui is one of the 26,000 people who could be deported from the Netherlands under a new bill.

'No longer 100% American'
BBC News Online reader Joy Hoffman, from Oklahoma, writes about life in Russia and Germany.

'I hope to obtain a special permit'
Miguel Angel Gonzalez moved from Mexico to the US in 1995 - now he is trying to commute between the two countries.

Blair pledges immigration review
Tony Blair orders a review of the immigration system, just days before EU enlargement.

UK immigration minister resigns
Downing Street says Beverley Hughes quit as immigration minister because she "unwittingly" misled people.

Partial deal over EU asylum rules
Justice and interior ministers from 25 current and prospective European Union states reach agreement in principle on some key asylum rules.