Migration

How Trump’s bilateral deals with Central America undermine the US asylum system

October 02, 2019

For the US, the deals with Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to take back migrants are like a fortification, shielding the country from taking responsibility for people seeking international protection. They add yet another line of defense to other drastic measures the US has recently taken to keep them out.

After years of racial discrimination in Russia, this Korean Uzbek community finds peace in New York City

GlobalPost

September 30, 2019

Under the Trump administration, new immigration policy restrictions may impact the 1,000-strong community of Korean Uzbeks in New York City, some of whom came to the US seeking reprieve from harassment and assault in Russia.

Refugees

IRC ‘shocked again’ as Trump slashes refugee resettlement numbers

The World

September 27, 2019

The Trump administration has announced that the US will accept only up to 18,000 refugees in fiscal year 2020.

Immigration

US refugee agencies wither as Trump administration cuts numbers to historic lows

The World

September 27, 2019

Resettlement agencies are being forced to close as the Trump administration cuts refugee admissions. Experts say the damage will long outlast this president.

Religion

Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia

GlobalPost

September 16, 2019

These incidents of arson and murder come at a time when tensions between the country’s ethnic groups — including Oromo, Amhara and Tigrayan — are already high and causing divisions.

Immigration

Supreme Court's asylum decision is a 'recipe for chaos,' experts say

The World

September 12, 2019

Lawyers in the US and Mexico say the decision to temporarily allow a new Trump administration asylum ban to go into effect could overwhelm Mexico's asylum system and encourage asylum seekers to take more covert routes into the US.

Displacement

USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life

The World

September 11, 2019

Omer Azizi spent much of the past year developing an app that he calls Safar, meaning “journey” in both Farsi and Arabic, to solve the information gap that exists for refugees worldwide. It came out of an assignment in a unique class he took last year from the engineering school at USC.

Immigration

A father with HIV was separated from his daughters at the border

WNYC

September 04, 2019

The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy of separating kids from parents ended in June of 2018, after massive outrage. But Andrea and her sisters are among more than 950 kids the ACLU now claims were taken from parents after that date.

Migration

As asylum-seekers trek north, Canada examines border loophole

The World

August 30, 2019

The Trudeau government has started taking some steps to curb irregular migration into Canada. But whether a treaty-setting asylum policy with the US will be negotiated remains a question.

Migration

Sicilian school helps migrant teenagers overcome their fear of the sea

The World

August 27, 2019

The risk of migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea is higher than it’s ever been — 15% of migrants who boarded boats in North Africa bound for Italy in the first six months of this year drowned.

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