Jonathan Kent

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Jonathan Kent is a research fellow with the World Refugee Council. His research examines the intersections of refugee and migration governance, asylum and border control policy in Western liberal democracies, and the role of technology in refugee protection. Jonathan was a former Cadieux Léger Fellow with Global Affairs Canada and a junior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. His research has been published in International Studies Review, Geopolitics, and International Migration. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto.

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Central American immigrants walk between a newly built Bollard-style border fence and the older "legacy" fence after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on February 01, 2019 in El Paso, Texas.

Building Walls and Deporting People to “Safe” Countries Is Not Deterrence, It’s Defense

Feb. 12, 2020 Jonathan Kent, Kelsey Norman and 1 more