Migration

August 06, 2020

A group of five nongovernmental organizations are pressuring the French government to build a special housing facility exclusively for migrant youth as they await legal decisions on their status in the country.

Conflict & Justice

Family of Chinese pro-democracy activist held in secret detention calls for his release

The World

August 03, 2020

Ding Jiaxi had been on a collision course with the Chinese government perhaps ever since 1989 when he was a college junior in Beijing.

Top of The World

Melbourne struggles with second coronavirus spike; Former US Marine sentenced in Russia; UK's largest pension fund to divest from fossil fuels

The World

July 30, 2020

Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as Melbourne grapples with a spike in coronovirus cases. And, former US Marine Trevor Reed has been sentenced to nine years in jail in Russia. And, the National Employment Savings Trust, the UK's largest pension fund, announced it will begin divesting from fossil fuels.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.

The World

July 29, 2020

The situation at Primex Farms highlights the tightrope farmworkers must walk to protect their health and jobs while avoiding retaliation from their employers.

Borders

Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights

The World

July 27, 2020

A Canadian judge ruled the bilateral agreement between the US and Canada violates asylum-seekers’ rights because of what happens after people are turned back to the US.

Conflict & Justice

Expulsions, pushbacks and extraditions: Turkey’s war on dissent extends to Europe

The World

July 23, 2020

The Gülenists, dubbed by Turkey as FETO, the Fethullahist Terror Organization, are being purged on a massive scale. Those who have been accused include scientists, schoolteachers, policemen and journalists.

Justice

Why US immigration judges are leaving the bench in record numbers

The World

July 20, 2020

The US immigration system is situated within the Department of Justice, a law enforcement agency. That's always been a problem, explains Judge Ashley Tabaddor. But under the Trump administration, immigration judges have faced "unprecedented micromanagement" — and it's causing many of them to resign or retire early.

Global Politics

The problem with offers of citizenship to those fleeing Hong Kong

The World

July 16, 2020

Physicist Yangyang Cheng was born in mainland China and took advantage of a visa program a decade ago to come to the United States to study. She says she's troubled by the language politicians and governments are using to promote resettlement policies for Hong Kong residents.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

'Love is essential': Some EU countries relax rules for separated cross-border couples

The World

July 15, 2020

Closed borders during the coronavirus pandemic have taken long-distance relationships to a whole new level. Now, some countries are providing sweet relief for cross-border couples. Norway's new rules took effect July 15.

Immigration

He's out of prison and has COVID-19. But he's still sheltering from ICE.

The World

July 14, 2020

After spending almost his entire adult life in a cell, Chanthon Bun was released from prison July 1 and expected to be put in ICE custody for potential deportation. But ICE agents never showed up — and it may be due to a public campaign to keep immigrants out of ICE detention during the coronavirus pandemic.

Migration

Who is responsible for migrant youth in France?

Family of Chinese pro-democracy activist held in secret detention calls for his release

Melbourne struggles with second coronavirus spike; Former US Marine sentenced in Russia; UK's largest pension fund to divest from fossil fuels

Farmworkers are getting coronavirus. They face retaliation for demanding safe conditions.

Canada judge rules sending asylum-seekers back to the US violates their rights

Expulsions, pushbacks and extraditions: Turkey’s war on dissent extends to Europe

Why US immigration judges are leaving the bench in record numbers

The problem with offers of citizenship to those fleeing Hong Kong

'Love is essential': Some EU countries relax rules for separated cross-border couples

He's out of prison and has COVID-19. But he's still sheltering from ICE.

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