Lin Taylor
Inclusive Economies Correspondent
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Lin is based in London where she covers global inequalities, migration, women’s rights, climate change, digital rights, human trafficking and modern slavery, and other under-reported stories. Lin has reported from Jordan, Fiji, Vanuatu, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Calais in France, Spain, Serbia, Croatia, and of course, Australia, where she was born and bred after her family fled Vietnam as refugees in the late 1970s. She previously worked as a digital journalist and editor with CNN International. Prior to that, she was a multiplatform journalist and editor at SBS Australia, an award-winning national television and radio broadcaster.
Yesterday
Heatwaves have broken records around the world this year, with warnings issued across the United States and temperatures endangering lives across southern Europe.
In June, millions of Americans sweltered as temperatures exceeded 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). In early July, Europe was gripped by a heatwave that meteorologists said was "exceptional" because it struck so early in the year.
July 23, 2025
President Donald Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' will hit poor countries that rely on money sent home by loved ones working U.S. jobs, with analysts predicting a new 1% tax will shave hundreds of millions of dollars off annual remittances received.
The levy was signed into law on July 4 and is due to come into force next January.
July 21, 2025
European countries have tightened migration policies this year, with more changes expected, despite a 38% drop in illegal migrant entries last year to the lowest level since 2021.
Elections this year have seen far-right, anti-migration parties grow in popularity and immigration remains a politically charged topic in the bloc's 27 member states.
July 17, 2025
Sudanese climate activist Roaa should have been leading meetings with other youth advocates at a United Nations climate conference in Germany in June.
Instead, the 24-year-old was at home, having wasted hundreds of dollars and nearly two months preparing for a visa that was denied in less than 48 hours. Many of her peers, mostly from the Global North, flew into the city of Bonn without a hitch.
July 02, 2025
More than a third of people living in the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu have applied to permanently migrate to Australia under a landmark visa scheme, Australian government figures show.
Australia's new Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) lottery allows Pacific Islanders, whose coastal homes are sinking under rising seas because of climate change, to apply to become permanent residents each year.
June 24, 2025
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned women's constitutional right to abortion, a battle was launched over who has access to reproductive data and how it is used.
Debate has intensified over how reproduction-related data is collected, if law enforcement can access it and how big tech and businesses should handle it in the U.S. and abroad.
June 23, 2025
Scammers and loan sharks are preying on migrants in Britain, exploiting their desperation to stay in the country as the government clamps down on migration, money experts say.
Newly arrived asylum seekers, refugees and temporary workers, who are often unfamiliar with Britain's banking and migration systems, have been targeted with offers of fraudulent debt solutions, private loans and visa help.
June 16, 2025
After fleeing Ukraine with her new-born baby and toddler in 2022, Lidiia rebuilt her life Britain, but now the 36-year-old fears she will have to return next year because there is no easy way to get the right to permanently stay in her new home.
With the Russian invasion well into its fourth year and little sign of peace, Lidiia, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect her privacy, is terrified for her children.
June 11, 2025
Although the lid has been lifted on the brutal conditions in cyber-scam compounds across Southeast Asia, rescuing victims is still complicated and made ever more difficult because of U.S. aid cuts, says a leading expert.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked by criminal gangs to scam centres in recent years, the United Nations has said, where they have been forced to contact people via social media and messaging apps to lure them into making fraudulent investments, a scheme known as "pig butchering."
June 02, 2025
As the number of people fleeing war, poverty and climate disasters reach record levels worldwide, governments are increasingly turning to digital fixes to manage migration.
In April, Britain said it would use artificial intelligence to speed asylum decisions, arming caseworkers with country-specific advice and automated summaries of key interviews.