Record numbers are attempting the treacherous continent-crossing route through the Darién Gap to the United States. Here’s one person’s story. Source: A Cuban asylum seeker’s dangerous odyssey, The New Humanitarian, by Joshua Collins, May 10,...
On August 2nd Rahmat Jafari, editor of three of The Fruit of Our Labor films, contacted me. He asked about new US Congressional legislation that I had also just heard about in the news. The US Congress passed special legislation to allow US media organizations...
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...
Creating a stronger culture of welcome is the only way to replace narratives and policies of cruelty and indifference towards people on the move. Source: How talking about ‘humanity’ and not ‘crisis’ can aid all refugees right now, The New Humanitarian, Thomas...
With a decimated refugee support system, efforts to integrate Afghan evacuees in the US face an uphill struggle. Source: Why some Afghan evacuees are still in US bases six months on, The New Humanitarian, by Thomas Nocera, 9 February...
