Displacement

September 28, 2020

Until recently, it was mostly Syrian and Palestinian refugees making the trip across the Mediterranean Sea. But increasingly, Lebanese citizens are filling the boats.

History

A slave ship’s logbook from 1795 reveals harrowing details of the middle passage

The World

September 24, 2020

The logbook, recently discovered in a California closet, now has a new home at Georgetown University where it is being preserved by scholars and digitized.

Top of The World

EU to overhaul migration policy; China aims for net-zero emissions by 2060; Lukashenko inaugurated again in Belarus

The World

September 23, 2020

The European Union is calling for a comprehensive system to manage migration across its 27 member states, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a bold new Paris climate accord target for net-zero carbon emissions by 2060, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was inaugurated again Wednesday.

Environment

Brazil’s wetlands ravaged by out-of-control wildfires

The World

September 22, 2020

Over 7 million acres of the Pantanal has gone up in smoke — roughly 50% more than all of the land that has burned so far along the entire US West Coast.

Critical State

Civilian decision in conflict: Part I

Inkstick Media

September 22, 2020

Critical State takes a deep dive into one of the most fundamental choices civilians make in wartime: whether to stay in their homes and live under the control of an armed group that has conquered their city — or to abandon their homes and flee to somewhere they hope will be safer.

Refugees

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

The World

September 21, 2020

Greek authorities have moved almost all of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees on Lesbos island into a new camp after the Moria camp where they were living was destroyed by fire.

Migration

After fire, Greek police move asylum-seekers to new camp

Associated Press

September 17, 2020

Greek police are moving hundreds of migrants to an army-built camp on the island of Lesbos Thursday after a fire destroyed an overcrowded facility, leaving them homeless for days.

Migration

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they've never known

The World

September 16, 2020

In the early 2000s, the United States resettled thousands of Somali Bantu, a group of marginalized tribes who have faced years of discrimination. Nearly 20 years later, many of their adult children are facing the unimaginable: deportation to Somalia.

Justice

Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries

Associated Press

September 15, 2020

The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday.

Migrants displaced by fire at Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Nobody’s life is safe here'

The World

September 14, 2020

Most of the migrants spend their days and nights on the side of the road, taking shelter under canopies they’ve cobbled together using the little they have and whatever else they can find: sticks, olive branches, blankets.

Displacement

Lebanese take to the sea — risking their lives to reach Europe

A slave ship’s logbook from 1795 reveals harrowing details of the middle passage

EU to overhaul migration policy; China aims for net-zero emissions by 2060; Lukashenko inaugurated again in Belarus

Brazil’s wetlands ravaged by out-of-control wildfires

Civilian decision in conflict: Part I

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

After fire, Greek police move asylum-seekers to new camp

US-based Somali Bantu face deportation to a country they've never known

Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries

Migrants displaced by fire at Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Nobody’s life is safe here'

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