Dispatch

The view from the ground.

  • Migrants wait outside the offices of the International Organization for Migration in Tunis after Tunisian police dismantled a makeshift camp in the city on April 11.
    Migrants wait outside the offices of the International Organization for Migration in Tunis after Tunisian police dismantled a makeshift camp in the city on April 11.

    Stranded in Tunisia

    The country has become the favored departure point for Europe, but Kais Saied’s crackdown is endangering migrants whether they stay or go.

  • Family photos shared by their mother show 15-year-old Dafna Elyakim (left, smiling and holding up two fingers on each hand in V signs) and 8-year-old Ella Elyakim (wearing a tanktop and shorts, barefooted and smiling as she stands in a rocky landscape).
    Family photos shared by their mother show 15-year-old Dafna Elyakim (left, smiling and holding up two fingers on each hand in V signs) and 8-year-old Ella Elyakim (wearing a tanktop and shorts, barefooted and smiling as she stands in a rocky landscape).

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    They feel trapped in a nightmare—and ignored by their government.

  • (L-R) The chairman of the "Voice" (Hlas) political party Peter Pellegrini, the Chairman of the social democratic Smer party Robert Fico and the chairman of the  far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko take their seats as they agreed on a coalition to form a new government in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 11.
    (L-R) The chairman of the "Voice" (Hlas) political party Peter Pellegrini, the Chairman of the social democratic Smer party Robert Fico and the chairman of the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko take their seats as they agreed on a coalition to form a new government in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Oct. 11.

    Robert Fico Isn’t the Next Viktor Orban

    Slovakia’s resurrected leader needed allies to form a government—and he isn’t as pro-Russian as many observers fear.

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