List of Migration and Immigration articles
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A Palestinian man and his wife ride a donkey cart past street art showing doctors wearing masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza Strip, on Nov. 16, 2020. Countries Are Ramping Up Vaccinations. What About Refugees?
With millions stranded in camps with limited access to shots, there’s a big problem looming in the world’s quest to quash COVID-19.
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A man hangs a Burundian flag on the lead bus transporting repatriated refugees arriving at the Gisuru border crossing on Oct. 3, 2019 in Ruyigi, Burundi. Kicking Refugees Out Makes Everyone Less Safe
Tanzania is pushing Burundian refugees out—and endangering the region’s stability.
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Hundreds of people gather for a "Lights for Liberty" protest against migrant detention camps and impending raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York City, on July 12, 2019. What to Expect From Biden’s Immigration Policies
Latin America expert Shannon O’Neil discusses Biden’s plans to reverse family separation, rebuild the asylum and refugee system, and give hope to “Dreamers” and their families.
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A woman counts money outside a U.S. remittance collection agency in San Isidro, San Salvador, on June 10, 2020. The Pandemic May Change Remittances—for the Better
Long denominated in cash, payments back to home countries are finally going digital.
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People hold signs during a rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in San Diego on June 18, 2020. Let’s Not Blow This Chance to Fix Immigration
Biden’s reform plan is laudable. But it repeats the battles of the Obama years.
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People walk by a sign for both a coronavirus testing clinic and a COVID-19 vaccination location Blocking Undocumented Immigrants From Vaccination Is Self-Sabotage
A crucial and vulnerable population needs rapid access to the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Workers clear snow in Seoul Migrants Are Doing the Jobs South Koreans Sneer At
The system punishes undocumented workers but winks at their employers.
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The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra Why Did the Central African Republic Declare a State of Emergency?
The country’s postelection violence threatens a humanitarian catastrophe—and a continued standoff between Russia and France for influence in Central Africa.
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Revelers celebrate news of Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president in Washington on Nov. 7, 2020. Biden’s Bold Gamble on Immigration Is About America’s Future
Failed immigration reform gave rise to Trumpism. Success could finally cool the debate.
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Pro-Tibetan supporters Refugees Are Victims of Chinese Espionage, Not Accomplices
A Tibetan case reveals how the Chinese Communist Party coerces communities worldwide.
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A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the southeastern Turkish town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border on Oct. 19, 2014. Refugees Can’t Live in Limbo Forever
Governments and aid organizations think of displaced populations as temporary. But it is time to face reality.
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Migrants, many from Cameroon, listen to names being called in Tijuana, Mexico The United States Has Failed Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers
Fleeing a civil war shaped by the West, Cameroonians have been met on American shores with hostility, high-risk conditions, and now unconscionable deportation.
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A Sudanese asylum-seeker talks during an interview in the southern part of Tel Aviv where thousands of them live, on Oct. 25. The Kafkaesque World of Sudanese Refugees in Israel
Aid organizations fear that Israel is about to deport thousands of asylum-seekers to Sudan now that the two countries have made peace.
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An elderly woman waves to a volunteer during Christian Orthodox Easter celebration in Bucharest, Romania, on April 18. Western Europe Is Losing Its Immigrants
Eastern Europeans are returning home in droves. Here’s what that means for Eastern Europe’s economies—and the European Union.
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A Navajo man on a horse poses for tourists in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Utah, on May 16, 2015. After the Travel Collapse, Build Tourism Back Better
To bring back jobs and make travel sustainable, Biden should reverse decades of neglect and reestablish a national U.S. tourism policy.