Fearing the country’s lax approach to combating the coronavirus, Sweden’s Scandinavian neighbors have all closed their borders to Swedes.
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
Number of Refugees Worldwide Has Doubled in a Decade, U.N. Report Says
Nearly 80 million people, or 1 percent of humanity, now qualify as refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced.
George Floyd Protests Stir a Difficult Debate on Race in France
France has long sought social justice through a commitment to universal ideals. But a younger generation is demanding recognition of racism — and remedies for it.
For Migrants in Russia, Virus Means No Money to Live and No Way to Leave
The coronavirus has highlighted migrants’ inferior status in Russia. With no jobs, and sometimes no health care, many want to go home — but find they can’t.
Risking Their Lives in Canada’s Pandemic and Hoping That’s Enough to Stay
Many asylum-seekers work as caregivers in nursing homes on the front-lines of Canada’s coronavirus crisis. The government is considering allowing them a faster route to stay in the country.
Boris Johnson Pledges to Admit 3 Million From Hong Kong to U.K.
The promise, in reaction to a new security law China is trying to impose on the semiautonomous city, a former British colony, would sharply raise the stakes in a developing standoff.
Hungary Moves to Close Border Camps After E.U. Court Ruling
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has shifted more than 300 asylum applicants out of detention in fenced “transit zones.”
Farm Workers Airlifted Into Germany Provide Solutions and Pose New Risks
Stymied by borders closed by coronavirus restrictions, German farmers decided to fly thousands of seasonal workers into their fields.
Virus Forces Persian Gulf States to Reckon With Migrant Labor
The Mideast’s wealthiest countries depend on foreigners to do jobs their citizens won’t. But the virus has hobbled the arrangement and drawn attention to its inequities.
Filipino Musicians Drive Hong Kong’s Music Scene, but Gigs Have Dried Up
Battered by the one-two punch of protests and a pandemic, Hong Kong’s music venues have mostly gone silent. No one has felt the pinch more than singers, drummers and guitarists from the Philippines.