Refugees

July 01, 2020

This week, heads of 20 aid agencies published an open letter urging the UN Security Council to reopen the Al Yarubiyah crossing into Syria. The crossing was closed last January, with fatal consequences, the aid groups say.

Refugees

Under Greek law change, thousands of refugees could soon become homeless

The World

June 30, 2020

The Greek government says it wants to make room for asylum-seekers waiting out their applications in camps on the Greek islands and elsewhere. More than 6,000 refugees are at risk of being evicted and that number will keep growing every month.

Conflict & Justice

US targets Assad govt and backers with toughest sanctions yet against Syria

The World

June 19, 2020

The aim is to prompt the Syrian president to negotiate an end to the war that has lasted almost a decade.

COVID-19: The latest from The World

Options dwindle for Venezuelan migrants across Latin America during the pandemic

The World

June 17, 2020

COVID-19 has left Venezuelans across the region reeling and with dwindling options, at the same moment the World Health Organization declared Latin America the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

Top of The World

Trump administration proposes more hurdles for asylum-seekers; Amazon halts police use of facial recognition technology

The World

June 11, 2020

The Trump administration is proposing an overhaul of the asylum system that would make it much harder for applicants to win protection in the US. And, Amazon said Wednesday it plans to halt sales of its facial recognition software to police for a year. Also, on Wednesday, Brazil's most populous state, São Paulo, reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running.

Obituary

Teresa Romanowska survived Nazis, Soviets and cancer, but died of COVID-19

The World

June 09, 2020

The pandemic is robbing the world of institutional memories of the past as older people fall victim to COVID-19. Indira Lakshmanan, the senior executive editor for National Geographic, shares her mother's story.

Immigration

Guatemalans deported from US shunned at home over coronavirus fears

The World

May 21, 2020

At least 115 people returned to Guatemala by the US have tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival. Deportees are being shunned, threatened or chased away by neighbors who fear they are bringing back the virus with them.

Global Politics

Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents

The World

May 15, 2020

Under a United States peace plan unveiled earlier this year, Israel had the US's green light to annex large parts of the West Bank. If that happens, life for the Palestinians and Israeli settlers who live there could get even more complicated.

Top of The World

Experts update predictions on economic crisis; Iraqi protesters are regrouping; Saving a trove of Viking artifacts

The World

May 06, 2020

The economic fallout of the novel coronavirus pandemic will have wide-ranging consequences. In Southeast Asia, some fear it will increase trafficking and forced labor. Iraqi protesters are regrouping, even as the pandemic has hampered street demonstrations. And for many immigrants' families worldwide, remittences are a lifeline. Those payments are expected to plummet. A frozen pass in Norway holds secrets of the Viking era. Plus, this sourdough library is a quarantine baker's dream.

Migration

'We're dead here': Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus

The World

April 30, 2020

With borders closed and entire countries on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, some 2,000 migrants — many of them children under age 5 — have been detained for months in Panama, near the rainforest separating South and Central America.

Refugees

People in northeast Syria are in desperate need of help. Aid groups can’t get to them.

Under Greek law change, thousands of refugees could soon become homeless

US targets Assad govt and backers with toughest sanctions yet against Syria

Options dwindle for Venezuelan migrants across Latin America during the pandemic

Trump administration proposes more hurdles for asylum-seekers; Amazon halts police use of facial recognition technology

Teresa Romanowska survived Nazis, Soviets and cancer, but died of COVID-19

Guatemalans deported from US shunned at home over coronavirus fears

Israeli plans for annexation weigh heavily on Jordan Valley residents

Experts update predictions on economic crisis; Iraqi protesters are regrouping; Saving a trove of Viking artifacts

'We're dead here': Migrants stranded in Panama rainforest amid coronavirus

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