For those seeking a better, [safer], life, social media is rife with false promises of opportunities abroad.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON MIGRATION | Afghans targeted by surge in online smuggling and visa scams
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ON THE MEDIA | A New Deal for Journalism
The disruption of the media ecosystem and unfair competition driven in part by the move to a digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment jeopardizes the sustainability of journalism, which represents a major democratic danger.
ON THE MEDIA | How can we build a new future for journalism that belongs to all of us?
Policymakers, investors, and funders have often had warm words to say about the value of independent journalism, [but] when it comes to cold, hard cash or meaningful policies, in a world of growing crises, other priorities tend to take precedence.
ON DEVELOPMENT | The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Isn’t More Food
There’s plenty [of food] to go around, but it’s going to the wrong places.
ON MIGRATION | The Condition of the US Refugee Resettlement Program in 2023
The Biden administration announced on September 27 that the cap on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 23 would be 125,000—the same as the cap for FY 22. However, in FY 22 only 25,400 refugees were allowed to resettle in the United States, amounting to only 20% of that year’s cap.
ON MIGRATION | Congress Must Ensure a Permanent Solution and Expand Protections for Dreamers as Litigation Over DACA Continues
While DACA will continue to temporarily remain in effect for renewals, the program is on tenuous ground as its legality is again tested before a Texas trial court hostile to immigrants.
ON THE MEDIA | Media Reform amid Political Upheaval: Lessons from Burma, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tunisia, and Ukraine
Reforming the media sector is central to ensuring the success of a democratization effort. Yet reform efforts can easily stall as [it] contends with entrenched political and business interests vying for control of the information space.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Meet the Afghans determined to give women and girls an education
Despite the dangers and the restrictions, ad hoc charities are springing up to ensure local communities have the support they need.
ON MIGRATION | Canada sees new high in asylum seeker crossings from US
The Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted 23,358 asylum seekers crossing into Canada at...
ON MIGRATION | New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees
Since the U.S. military’s withdrawal from Kabul last year, the Sponsor Circle Program for Afghans has helped over 600 Afghans restart their lives. The Biden administration is preparing to turn the experiment into a private-sponsorship program for refugees admitted through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and is asking organizations [and individuals] to team up with it to launch a pilot program by the end of 2022.
ON MIGRATION | As numbers rise, the hardships of migration through Mexico multiply
Bureaucracy, corruption, violence, and US political pressure are all stalling the human flow.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Don’t forget Afghan refugees in Pakistan flood response
By building an inclusive disaster response, Pakistan’s government has the chance to finally do right by its large Afghan refugee population.