Hundreds of Nigerians fleeing mob attacks have been airlifted out of South Africa, leaving behind their jobs and stores, homes and hopes.
Tag: Immigration and Emigration
Syrian Children Saved a German Village. And a Village Saved Itself.
Four years after Germany took in over one million migrants, integration is quietly working, one village at a time.
War Made Her a Refugee. Now She’s ‘Home,’ in Amsterdam’s Counterculture.
It has been seven years since Souad fled Syria. In the Netherlands, she is learning to define herself as more than just a Muslim, a Syrian or a displaced person.
‘Midnight Traveler’ Review: A Refugee Family’s Search for Safe Harbor
The global migration crisis comes into intimate view in this documentary about an Afghan family’s arduous journey toward asylum.
A Hard Lesson for Migrants Who Give Up: There May Be No Welcome Mat Back Home
An estimated one in four people who migrate in search of opportunity return to their country of birth, by choice or otherwise. For many, it’s a rocky transition.
Is Trump’s America Tougher on Asylum than Other Western Countries?
President Trump’s plan to bar migrants from seeking asylum in the United States is similar to a scheme employed by Australia since 2012. Europe tried a comparable scheme in 2016, but it didn’t work.
Without Homes, or a State: In Dorian-Battered Bahamas, Haitians Are Hard Hit
More than 2,000 people evacuated to Nassau from ravaged islands, almost all Haitian, are in shelters with nowhere to go. ‘Some dogs are living better.’
Hard Truths, Photography and Why We Should ‘Never Look Away’
An exhibit of award-winning New York Times photography is in Australia for the first time. The images present us with an opportunity — if only we’ll engage.
‘This Takes Away All Hope’: Rule Bars Most Applicants for Asylum in U.S.
The new rule will likely place many more migrants in danger as they debate whether to remain in Mexico as asylum seekers, try their luck in an increasingly hostile United States or return home.
‘Protecting Our European Way of Life’? Outrage Follows New E.U. Role
Ursula von der Leyen is under pressure to ditch the title “vice president for protecting our European way of life” for the person in charge of migration policy.