Refugees

July 15, 2019

The proposed changes, set to become official on Tuesday, represent the latest effort by the Trump administration to crack down on immigration, the signature issue that helped propel Trump to the White House in the 2016 election and one already figuring prominently in the 2020 campaign.

Displacement

Brazil resettles Venezuelan refugees — with US help

PRI's The World

July 15, 2019

If Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump are so similar, why is Brazil responding so differently to incoming refugees?

Justice

Detention centers are ‘worthy of your disgust’ in their own right, says Jewish Latina activist

PRI's The World

July 11, 2019

The term "concentration camps" has been used to describe migrant detention centers on the southern border under the Trump administration — and not without controversy. But the term has particularly affected some Latinx Jews.

Conflict & Justice

There is 'a grave hole in the international response' to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

PRI's The World

July 10, 2019

Cameroon is facing multiple armed insurgencies that have killed and displaced thousands. David Miliband, chief executive of the International Red Cross, says he saw "utter devastation" during a recent trip there.

Immigration

The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly

The Conversation

July 09, 2019

Trump has expanded and escalated the most punitive policies he inherited from his predecessors.

Migration

Venezuelans with Lebanese roots bring Latin flavors to the Beirut food scene

PRI's The World

July 05, 2019

Some Venezuelans of Lebanese descent are reverse-migrating, fleeing Venezuela's economic crisis and finding refuge in the country of their ancestors.

Migration

EU ‘complicity’ led to migrant deaths in Libyan airstrike, MSF says

PRI's The World

July 03, 2019

The European Union has a policy of sending migrants back to Libya after they're intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea. But in Libya, they're held in abysmal detention centers — and some rights groups say that makes the EU complicit in an airstrike Wednesday that killed over 40 migrants.

Borders

Rep. Judy Chu: CBP agents 'must be held accountable' for secret Facebook group

PRI's The World

July 02, 2019

US Border Patrol agents used a Facebook group to make vulgar remarks about migrants and members of Congress. The group’s existence was exposed as US Representative Judy Chu toured Texas facilities recently that held migrant children in abhorrent conditions.

Refugees

German captain becomes anti-populist heroine in Italy migrant standoff

Reuters

June 28, 2019

After two weeks at sea, the dreadlocked 31-year-old captain, Carola Rackete, has become a symbol of defiance for challenging the authority of minister Matteo Salvini, known as "Il Capitano" at home for closing ports to non-government rescue ships.

Refugees

These asylum-seekers won their refugee cases in Greece. Some wish they hadn't.

PRI's The World

June 27, 2019

On June 30, Greece will revoke cash cards, apartments and other support for asylum-seekers who have been granted refugee status, leaving some refugees desperate to find work and wondering how they'll manage.

Refugees

Trump administration moves to stop more immigrants from seeking US asylum

Brazil resettles Venezuelan refugees — with US help

Detention centers are ‘worthy of your disgust’ in their own right, says Jewish Latina activist

There is 'a grave hole in the international response' to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

The long, bipartisan history of dealing with immigrants harshly

Venezuelans with Lebanese roots bring Latin flavors to the Beirut food scene

EU ‘complicity’ led to migrant deaths in Libyan airstrike, MSF says

Rep. Judy Chu: CBP agents 'must be held accountable' for secret Facebook group

German captain becomes anti-populist heroine in Italy migrant standoff

These asylum-seekers won their refugee cases in Greece. Some wish they hadn't.

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