Politics

The Dispossessed

John Washington and Anna-Catherine Brigida / Texas Observer Dec 8, 2022 The Biden administration has neither halted family separations nor compensated past victims of the practice. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Politics

Unequal Mercy

Helen Benedict / TomDispatch Dec 7, 2022 Should we continue to favor white Christian refugees over everyone else, we will shred the promises and values enshrined in our democracies. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Tear Gas Sprayed Across Migrants at Turkey-Greece Border

MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and SUZAN FRASER / The Associated Press Mar 7, 2020 EU leaders accuse Erdogan's government of using the refugees' desperation "for political purposes" as open-borders policy causes rush. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russia, Turkey Announce Cease-Fire in Northwestern Syria

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and SUZAN FRASER / The Associated Press Mar 5, 2020 Putin and Erdogan reach deal to try to ease escalating tensions with Assad-led forces in Idlib and say they will help refugees return home. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Refugees Mass at EU Border as Turkey-Syria Conflict Intensifies

COSTAS KANTOURIS and ANDREW WILKS / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2020 Thousands try to enter Greece by land and sea, trying to escape a Russian-backed Syrian offensive in Idlib province. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

GOP Governors Grapple With Whether to Accept Refugees

GRANT SCHULTE and JULIE WATSON / The Associated Press Dec 22, 2019 After a Trump executive order they are caught between immigration hardliners and Christian evangelicals who believe in helping migrants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Wants to Charge Asylum Fees for Refugees Fleeing Hardship

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Nov 10, 2019 "It's an unprecedented weaponization of government fees," says an immigrant assistance company worker. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Historic Bill in U.S. House Offers Protection to Climate Refugees

By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Oct 24, 2019 The Climate Displaced Person's Act of 2019 would throw a legislative life-line to climate-displaced persons (CDPs), Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Truthdigger Pia Klemp Is the Badass Hero the World Desperately Needs

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 The German sea captain, who has personally rescued thousands of migrants from drowning, faces a harsh prison sentence for her valiant deeds. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Revolutionary Writer for Our Darkest Days

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 30, 2019 Novelist Ali Smith manages to render humanity's astonishing resilience in the face of “volcanic political canyon-ing across the world.” Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 24, 2019 A new asylum rule is part and parcel of the president's systematic assault on migrants, which plays well with his xenophobic base. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

A Grim Border Drowning Underlines Peril Facing Many Migrants

PETER ORSI and AMY GUTHRIE / The Associated Press Jun 26, 2019 A searing photograph shows the bodies of a father and his daughter, who tried to swim to the U.S. after attempts to seek asylum were frustrated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )