Oct 24, 2022
For those seeking a better, [safer], life, social media is rife with false promises of opportunities abroad. Source: Afghans targeted by surge in online smuggling and visa scams, The New Humanitarian, by Ali M Latifi, October 24, 2022; Photo: Jorge...
Oct 18, 2022
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...
Sep 29, 2022
The Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted 23,358 asylum seekers crossing into Canada at unofficial entry points during the first eight months of the year. Asylum seekers are forced to cross border at informal...
Sep 26, 2022
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...
Sep 21, 2022
Bureaucracy, corruption, violence, and US political pressure are all stalling the human flow. Source: As numbers rise, the hardships of migration through Mexico multiply, The New Humanitarian, by Lillian Perlmutter, September 21, 2022: Photo: Lillian...
