Using archeological, genetic, and climate data, scientists have pieced together an outline of the human odyssey—the journey that took our species from Africa to all corners of the globe. Experience this 200,000-year migration using an interactive human migration map. Read More…
Historic population and cropland data illustrate the relationship between the spread of human civilization and agriculture on Earth between 10,000 BCE and 2,000 CE. Read More…
Hundreds of migrants, marooned in freezing weather on the Belarus side of the Poland-Belarus border, tried to rush into Poland. Polish border forces used water cannons and tear gas to drive them back. Read More…
Migrants have been placed in a warehouse along the Belarus-Poland border, after spending weeks camped out in fields. Between 2,000 and 4,000 migrants are at the border, many of them from Syria, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. Read More…
Western leaders have accused Belarus’s president of manufacturing a migrant crisis along the E.U.’s eastern border. Several people have already died of exposure. Aid workers worry the death toll will increase as winter sets in. Read More…
The 6-year-old girl who was pleading with Border Patrol officials for her mother, begging for her aunt — on the excruciating audio published by ProPublica that helped galvanize opposition to family separations — had set out just weeks before from this village in the rolling foothills of western El Salvador, leaving behind her grandmother and …
A 3/9 – channel video installation by Argentinian artist Gabriela Golder. The video installation focuses on the topical issue of migration, zooming in on migrants’ real-life situation and experience of uprootedness. Asked about their stories, they cite political and economic reasons for emigrating to Argentina. Their narratives bring out the underlying processes of cultural transformation …
Denied citizenship, forced from their homes, and subjected to cruelty; Al Jazeera investigate the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya.
This social experiment that took place in Australia begins with a man wearing a sign that reads “refugees are scum.” This incites angry reactions from locals and one pedestrian even rips the sign off of the demonstrator. But what are the reactions from the public when he switches his placard to say: “Help the refugees?” …
More than 1.5 million people live in Manhattan. If this happened to all of them, would you notice?
On 19 April, one year after the tragic single drowning of hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, which marked the beginning of the “migration crisis”, we look back on how the crisis unfolded through 2015, and how the EU developed its comprehensive response. This is the “inside story”, as told by key witnesses from …
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Two reports from the Center for Immigration Studies are discussed; Janice Kepharts’s “Immigration & Terrorism: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Staff Report on Terrorist Travel” and James R. Edwards’ “Keeping Extremist Out: The History of Ideological Exclusion and Need For Its Revival.” Both reports are centered on efforts to prevent further attacks on American soil and …
The short documentary Stitches is the story of a man who finds peace in knitting —after establishing a life in exile as an Afghan refugee during the Soviet–Afghan War. The subject is the filmmaker Abdullah Abo Jassin’s uncle, who writes, “His story connects in a way with all what my family has been through over …
From VICE News: “Desperate to escape conflict and poverty, thousands of migrants and refugees attempt the perilous journey to Europe each year, with many crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa in rubber dinghies and wooden boats. In the wake of the decommissioning of Mare Nostrum, a search and rescue operation run by Italy, the …
Journalist and author Caitlin Moran recently took to her YouTube channel, Caitlin’s Moranifesto, to ask the questions “What is a Refugee?” and “Why should we be supporting them?” “Refugees,” Moran says, “are also preventing themselves from being weaponised in the future. How many people who can’t leave Syria and Afghanistan… will be coerced into joining Isis …
Light on the Sea: One Woman’s Story from the Front Lines of the Refugee Crisis This documentary takes us to the front lines of the world’s refugee crisis as Neda, a Syrian American, helps refugees coming from boats into Lesbos, Greece. No media spin. No politics. Just people who want to live. Credits: Directed and …
“With his brow furrowed in concentration, Abu Abdullah rhythmically strums his oud, exploring the core of a melancholic melody. Mohamad Isa Almaziodi’s robust and melismatic voice soars above, full of emotional ornamentation – sighing and repeating, rising and falling – until he runs out of breath and the phrase is forced to finish. In his …
“Inside one of the aid tents set up inside the migrant camp known as the ‘jungle’ 12 year old Sultana Adam helps her mother to hand out bags of food for the estimated 3000 residents. Sultana fled her home in Jalalabad four months ago and walked for a month to make it to Calais and …
Kunkush the cat was a beloved member of a family who became refugees when they fled Iraq for the safety of Europe. Travelling through Greece, cat and family became separated, sparking an international online search in hopes of reuniting them. This is Kunkush’s story: Credits: The Guardian Refugee cat’s epic journey to find family Refugee …
From Reuters: “The marble plaques in this makeshift cemetery on the Greek island of Lesbos mark the graves of unknown refugees and migrants. Many of the those buried here were from the Middle East — all of them drowned in the Mediterranean trying to get to Europe’s shores. Their headstones bear no names … mute …
From the National Institute of Economic and Social Research: “Opinion polls have shown for some time that the public sees immigration as one of the most important issues facing Britain (Ipsos Mori, 2015). At the same time, public understanding of evidence on the economic impacts of immigration is poor and strongly influenced by the media. …
From the creator, Eduard Buturuga-Pascu: “Just before 2014 started, the media, encouraged by the PM started to spread disinformation about Romanians and Bulgarians immigrants, suggesting a ‘flow’ or a ‘wave’ is imminent. I’m trying to suggest that this is not true, and although immigration has to be sorted out, Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants will not …
From the artist’s website: “In 2008 I was carrying out fieldwork among a group of Egyptian immigrants in Milano, Italy, as part of my MA dissertation. There was a strong visual component to this research, and I took many photographs that I kept showing to my subjects and friends. With one of them, Osama el-Sayed, I …
Roald Seeliger presents a moving and unconventional infographic describing Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis.
From the musician: “When Director Damian Weilers came to me with the idea of using The Road as a soundtrack to the plight of those displaced in Calais, I knew that this could be a platform to focus attention on an issue we both felt was important. To me, this isn’t a political issue – …
“Home to Me: Immigrant Stories from NC” is a multimedia series from the NC Justice Center’s Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project based on the belief that stories told by immigrants, in their own words, have the power to change our assumptions about who immigrants are and deepen our understanding of the migration experience.
“Shelbyville Multimedia introduces you to the cast of Welcome to Shelbyville, a handful of straight-talking people in rural Tennessee who are taking immigration into their own hands – by welcoming newcomers. Developed by Active Voice, Shelbyville Multimedia is a platform to promote community-building and harmony between native-born Americans, immigrants and refugees nationwide. Many of its …
Immigrants, migrants and refugees are often in the news — but why do people get up and leave their homes in the first place? AJ+ host Dena Takruri explains the root causes behind migration around the world.
This video is from France’s Musee de l’Histoire de l’Immigration, located in the 12 arrondissement, next to the Bois de Vincennes. It tells the story of immigration in France through the lens of historiography, corroborated by over 350 archival documents that can be found in the museum’s collection. The video project consists of seven sections, …
Language of Belonging is a multi-platform education resource based on the ground breaking Indigenous animation Wadu Matyidi. Designed specifically for Primary-aged students, this diverse learning program explores Adnyamathanha language, culture, stories and traditions, encouraging students to develop their own portfolio and cultural understanding. This is an interactive game, based on the Wadu Matyidi animation, exploring the language and …
