The Supreme Court barred a lawsuit against a U.S. Border Patrol agent for entering the property of a U.S. citizen without a warrant and assaulting him.
Which Afghans actually managed to get on the planes after the fall of Kabul? … [Of the ~76,000 evacuated in August] 30,000 of these people … are associated with the CIA … 36,000 Afghan evacuees, or about 40 percent of those rescued, could not claim any direct U.S. government service but managed to get on the planes anyway …
The Boston asylum office approved 15.5% of cases between 2015 and 2020, the nations second lowest rate.
The Maine organizations argued in their report that the Boston office is “dominated by a culture of suspicion and distrust toward asylum seekers.”
They said they found evidence of national origin and language bias, as non-English speakers and those hailing from African and the Middle Eastern nations were less likely to be granted asylum.
Poland is rushing to build a border wall and taking a harder line against those helping asylum seekers from the Middle East and Africa while welcoming Ukrainians.
As the politics of immigration ramp up, Utah is proving that bipartisan and public-private collaboration is still possible.
Record numbers are attempting the treacherous continent-crossing route through the Darién Gap to the United States. Here’s one person’s story.
Greek security forces are employing third country nationals … “to force [migrants] onto small boats, take them to the middle of the Evros River, and force them into the frigid water, making them wade to the riverbank on the Turkish side. None are apparently being properly registered in Greece or allowed to lodge asylum claims.”
Creating a stronger culture of welcome is the only way to replace narratives and policies of cruelty and indifference towards people on the move.
“Because of my own experiences, I feel the pain and suffering of Ukrainian refugees more than most. But when people started to come to Poland from Ukraine, and I saw how enthusiastically Polish society welcomed them, it hurt so much.”
Climate change is not driving mass migration to the Global North. That doesn’t mean those most affected don’t need help.
Including the views of refugees in efforts to reform the global refugee system is not yet the norm. It desperately needs to be.
‘Telling our own stories’: Rohingya lives, through a camera lens —
Daily joys, growing hardships: Emerging Rohingya photographers are documenting their refugee community’s stories, one snapshot at a time.