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Recent posts
- Legal protection, from Minneapolis to Supreme Court and other immigration articles – June 26, 2017 June 26, 2017
- H-2B visas creating U.S. jobs, and other immigration news – June 23, 2017 June 23, 2017
- Big Brother is watching you, too, and other immigration articles – June 22, 2017 June 22, 2017
- World Refugee Day, protecting children, and other immigration news – June 21, 2017 June 21, 2017
- Lessons from a refugee father and other immigration news – June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017
Category Archives: Syria
Cheering for the Olympic refugee team: They’re already winners
Yusra Mardini and her sister fled the war in Syria, two teenagers making their way through Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, the Balkans and Central Europe to Germany. Crossing the Mediterranean in an overloaded rubber boat, they jumped in the water when … Continue reading
63 million people and a crisis of solidarity
A new UN refugee agency report shows 65.3 million people forcibly displaced from their homes around the world. Of that number, 21.3 million are refugees and 3.2 million are aseeking asylum. Another 40.8 million internally displaced persons live inside their … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, Children, Refugees, Syria
Tagged Central America, Europe, immigration, Refugees, Syrian refugees
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April mourning in the Mediterranean —again
One year ago, I wrote “At least seven hundred people, maybe 900 or more, were on the 70-foot ship that sank in the Mediterranean on Sunday. Almost all of them died.” Last week, it happened again. Another boat packed with refugees … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Refugees, Syria
Tagged drowning, Greece, Mediterranean, Refugees, Syrian refugees, Turkey
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As borders close, refugee crisis in Europe escalates
This week, the already-terrible refugee crisis in Europe got worse, as Turkey and the E.U. reached an agreement that severely restricts refugee movement, and Balkan nations closed borders, leaving refugees stranded in makeshift camps.
Posted in Europe, Refugees, Syria
Tagged Afghani refugees, Balkan route, E.U. refugees, Greece, Iraqi refugees, Refugees, Syrian refugees, Turkey
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‘Death is our destiny’ — Syrian refugees
As U.S. attention focuses on ugly Republican debates, Syrians continue to die: some before they can escape the bombs, and others, after escaping, drowning in the Aegean Sea. Throughout the region, countries are overwhelmed with refugees. Jordan has 1.4 million … Continue reading
