A collection of articles that highlight the intersection of journalism and migration.
AUSTRALIA
- The Dream Boat Nov 15, 2013 [The New York Times]
- Joel Van Houdt: “Once You Are in the Boat There is No Way Back” Dec 9, 2014
- Australia’s Shipwrecked Refugee Policy Mar 2013 [The Monthly]
EUROPE
- Europe’s huddled masses Aug 16th 2014 The Economist
- Immigration and Islam: Europe’s Crisis of FaithJan 16, 2015, The Wall Street Journal
- Greece outlines radical immigration reforms 5 Mar 2015 Al Jazeera
- Does Immigration Mean ‘France Is Over’? Jan 5, 2014 The NY Times
- Europe’s Anti-Immigrant Parties Stand to Gain Ground in Wake of Paris Attacks Jan 16, 2015 The Wall Street Journal
- The rise of far right parties across Europe is a chilling echo of the 1930s The Guardian
MIDDLE EAST
- Why Netanyahu can’t lure a mass migration of European Jews to Israel — Feb 20, 2015 [The Washington Post]
- Why Israel Wants Europe’s Jews (Hint: Not Just to Shield Them From Terrorists) — Feb 20, 2015 Bloomberg News
- The threat to France’s Jews — 15 Jan 2015 [The Guardian]
- How Yarmouk refugee camp became the worst place in Syria — Mar 5, 2015 [The Guardian]
- Witnessing Heartbreak and Hope at a Syrian-Refugee Camp in Jordan — Sep 2014 [Vanity Fair]
- Desperate Syrian refugees caught in perfect storm — [The Telegraph UK]
MYANMAR
- Myanmar Policy’s Message to Muslims: Get Out Nov 6th, 2014 [The New York Times]
- For Myanmar Muslim Minority, No Escape From Brutality Mar 14, 2014 [The New York Times]
- These Aren’t Refugee Camps, They’re Concentration Camps, and People Are Dying in Them Jun 17, 2014 [TIME Magazine]
- Burma’s ‘hidden genocide’: A rare visit to Rohingya refugee camps May 18, 2013 [The Star]
- Special Report – Thailand secretly dumps Myanmar refugees into trafficking rings — Dec 5, 2013 [Reuters]
- Interview: Covering the Plight of Myanmar’s ‘Stateless’ and ‘Vulnerable’ Rohingya [follow up to Reuters Special Report]
- Thomson Reuters Foundation’s showcase on the plight of the Rohingya
UNITED STATES
- Trapped on the Border [Politico]
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant Jun 22, 2011 [The New York Times] See also: As An Activist, How Do You Cover Immigration As A Journalist?
- NPR Borderland: We Took A 2,428-Mile Road Trip Along The Mexico Border: Here’s What We Saw[NPR] For more info on this series, visit here.
- The Mexican immigrant who achieved the American dream via Wall Street [The National]
- Starting From the Bottom: Why Mexicans are the Most Successful Immigrants in America [Slate]
- Mexican Immigrants: How Many Come? How Many Leave? [Pew Hispanic]
- Mexican Crackdown Slows Central American Immigration To U.S. [NPR]
- THE OTHER IMMIGRANTS: WHY MEXICO’S BRIGHTEST GET LURED TO THE U.S. [The Wilson Quarterly]