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Black Migration and Climate Displacement in the United States
June 12, 2024By Chase Louden “The elusiveness of ‘Home’ has characterized Black existence in the United States” —Jacqueline Patterson, “Displaced on Repeat: Black Americans and Climate Forced… Read more
How Migration Will Define the Future of Urbanism and Architecture (2016)
January 26, 2022This defiant attitude was how Martin Barry, Chairman of reSITE, opened their 2016 Conference in Prague three weeks ago. Entitled “Cities in Migration,” the conference… Read more
13 Artists On: Immigration
January 26, 2022Art doesn’t just reflect the world — it engages with it. Some 10 million to 15 million undocumented immigrants currently live in the United States,… Read more
Anti-immigration and racist discourse in social media (2019)
January 26, 2022This article assesses the strategies of anti-immigration actors on social media and the discursive construction of immigrants and refugees in user interaction on Facebook. It… Read more
Stop Collecting Immigrants’ Social Media Data (2019)
January 26, 2022Since the 2016 election, Congress has woken up to the consequences of allowing social media companies to hold vast stores of information about hundreds of… Read more
Report: Social media playing a role in fueling migration crisis on border (2021)
January 26, 2022(NewsNation Now) — A new report claims social media platforms such as Facebook are encouraging illegal migrant smuggling and promoting hatred toward migrants, further turning up… Read more
‘Unchecked’ social media platforms fueling migration crisis on border, industry experts say (2021)
January 26, 2022Human trafficking routes, modes of transit, prices, and even discounts freely promoted on Facebook sites, report finds. McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Misinformation and disinformation… Read more
Homeland Security to collect social media usernames on immigration and visitor applications (2019)
January 26, 2022Washington CNN — The Department of Homeland Security plans to begin requesting social media information on applications for immigration benefits and foreign travel to… Read more
How social media has changed migration to the United States (2021)
January 26, 2022For migrants traveling north to the U.S.-Mexico border from countries like Chile and Brazil, the trip has become virtually impossible without two things — a… Read more
Sheriff ordered deputies to take cash from undocumented immigrants, investigators allege (2022)
January 25, 2022A sheriff in Texas is accused of regularly ordering his deputies to seize cash and vehicles from undocumented immigrants during traffic stops, even if they… Read more
Biden’s policies on immigration (2020)
January 25, 2022President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make the United States a welcoming place for immigrants, but his plans to dismantle the Trump administration’s barriers to immigration could… Read more
Migrant caravans could be early test for Biden and post-Trump relations with Mexico (2020)
January 25, 2022MEXICO CITY — President Trump didn’t force Mexico to pay for a border wall, but his bully tactics turned the country into a formidable barrier… Read more
Migrant arrests at the U.S. border rose to a 13-month high in September (2020)
January 25, 2022The number of migrants that U.S. border agents took into custody rose to a 13-month high in September, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection… Read more
Pope Francis Heads to Cyprus Aiming to Highlight Plight of Migrants (2021)
January 25, 2022Even as the world focuses on a new coronavirus variant, Francis is embarking on a trip that incorporates longstanding priorities like opening borders and welcoming… Read more
How the Belarus Standoff Is Unlike Recent Migrant Crises (2021)
January 25, 2022The images at the Belarus-Poland border look familiar, but this emergency has little in common with previous waves of people from Syria, Myanmar and Afghanistan.… Read more
Mexico to Allow U.S. ‘Remain in Mexico’ Asylum Policy to Resume (2021)
January 25, 2022A judge had ordered the Biden administration to restart the Trump-era program, but doing so required cooperation from Mexico, which had been reluctant. Read More… Read more
State Media Show Polish Forces Using Water Cannons on Migrants (2021)
January 25, 2022Hundreds 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… Read more
Belarus Shelters Hundreds of Migrants (2021)
January 25, 2022Migrants 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… Read more
Migrants Stuck at Belarus’s Border Amid Its Standoff With the E.U. (2021)
January 25, 2022Western 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… Read more
What Economists Think About Immigration Doesn’t Really Matter (2021)
January 25, 2022Labor shortages in the United States have led to renewed calls to increase immigration to enlarge the work force. (Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa… Read more
Unauthorized Migration Across the Mexico-U.S. Border Slips (2021)
January 25, 2022Border crossings declined for the third consecutive month in October, but thousands of Haitians and other migrants were waiting in Mexico, hoping to head north.… Read more
It’s Time to End the Pandemic Emergency at the Border (2021)
January 25, 2022President Biden took office pledging to rescind the Trump administration’s deliberately harsh policies toward migrants who show up at America’s doorstep. But as Mr. Biden’s… Read more
Migrant Crisis in Belarus Tests Putin’s Uneasy Alliance With Lukashenko (2021)
January 25, 2022Last year Vladimir V. Putin helped save Aleksandr G. Lukashenko’s Belarusian regime. But Russia now has an ever-more-erratic ally and risks entanglement in a dangerous… Read more
In Border Crisis, Europe’s Unsavory Migration Deals Come Home (2021)
January 25, 2022Europe has long paid other nations to keep refugees away from its borders. Now, Belarus wants something, too, and has brought migrants right to Europe’s… Read more
Getting Migration in the Americas Right (2019)
January 25, 2022The United States must reject the politics of cruelty and chart a new course on migration policy that is cooperative, compassionate, and pragmatic. Read More… Read more
Number of migrants now growing faster than world population, new UN figures show
January 25, 2022The figures reflect a jump from 2010, when the global number was at 221 million, and currently international migrants – defined as anyone who changes… Read more
Why Migration Is Bigger and More Contentious Than Ever (2019)
January 25, 2022The world is on the move as never before. Migrants, defined as people living outside their country of birth whether for work, to follow a… Read more
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence (2018)
January 25, 2022Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return?… Read more
THE LUCRATIVE BUSINESS OF FENDING OFF MIGRANTS
January 25, 2022Pitou remembers someone yelling, “Go, go!” Three hundred young men, including him, began sprinting toward the fence. The first barrier was short. The second was… Read more
Prison or deportation: The impossible choice for asylum seekers in Israel (2018)
January 25, 2022Just two months from now, the Israeli government says it will begin indefinitely imprisoning asylum seekers who refuse deportation. IRIN Middle East Editor Annie Slemrod… Read more
Half a million and counting: Venezuelan exodus puts new strains on Colombian border town (2018)
January 25, 2022The town of Cúcuta offers few jobs, little shelter and much crime, but for Venezuelan migrants it’s better than home. Read More… Read more
A Dream Displaced (2018)
January 25, 2022he boy looked tentative as he took his seat at the sixth-grade graduation. Bone-thin with thick glasses, Jose turned to look for his parents in… Read more
My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant (2011)
January 25, 2022One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. “Baka malamig doon”… Read more
The story behind the girl in the recording who begs for her aunt after being separated from her migrant mother (2018)
January 25, 2022The 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… Read more
They made the long, rough journey to cross the U.S. border alone. Here are their faces and voices. (2015)
January 25, 2022“Unaccompanied” is an audio-visual story of young immigrants in the Washington, D.C. area who were among the thousands of children seeking refuge from the violence… Read more
Marooned In Matamoros (2021)
January 25, 2022Fleeing gang violence in El Salvador, Nancy and her two children sought asylum in the United States. Instead, they found themselves stuck in a border… Read more
Father and Son, Forced Apart at the Border (2018)
January 25, 2022A 5-year-old boy named José and his father fled the violence in Honduras and headed to the United States. They were separated at the border.… Read more
What Migrants Are Fleeing (2018)
January 25, 2022The Trump administration’s recent border policy is, in part, a response to the large numbers of migrants who have been making the journey to the… Read more
Carlos’ Secret (2017)
January 25, 2022The story of what happened when federal agents showed up in a small town that had overwhelmingly voted for President Trump, and his campaign rhetoric… Read more
Where We Come From (2021)
January 25, 2022How many times in your life have you been asked, “Where are you from?” If you’re a person of color living in the United States,… Read more
How Did We Let People Die This Way? (2021)
January 25, 2022Over the past year, a record 2,000 migrants from Africa have drowned trying to reach Spain. Many of these migrants — mostly from Morocco, across… Read more
The Sunday Read: ‘How Climate Migration Will Reshape America’ (2021)
January 25, 2022In August, Abrahm Lustgarten, who reports on climate, watched fires burn just 12 miles from his home in Marin County, Calif. For two years, he… Read more
News Articles: 2021
December 31, 2021January 2021 Low Covid testing rates in western Sydney blamed on failure to get message to migrant communities The Guardian Migrant Caravan, Now in Guatemala, Tests… Read more
City of Ghosts (2017)
November 15, 2021Directed by Matthew Heineman, this film tells a story of brave citizen journalists who face the realities of life undercover, in exile and on the… Read more
News Articles: 2020
December 31, 2020January 2020 Trump Administration To Curb Immigrants From 6 Nations, Including Nigeria – NPR News Supreme Court Allows Trump to Implement Income-Based Restrictions on Immigration – Wall… Read more
News Articles: 2019
December 31, 2019January 2019 More Than 100 Migrants Die at Sea in Wreck Off Libya, Survivors Say – The New York Times At Least 52 Dead After… Read more
From Penal to “Civil”: A Legacy of Private Prison Policy in a Landscape of Migrant Detention
November 11, 2019Sarah Lopez American Quarterly Johns Hopkins University Press Volume 71, Number 1, March 2019 pp. 105-134 10.1353/aq.2019.0005 Abstract: Texas has more migrant detention centers and… Read more
The New Yorker: Mapping the Journeys of Syria’s Artists
November 11, 2019The New Yorker featured an article about Syrian disbursement across the Middle east and Europe. The project tracks several Syrians, including a poet and a… Read more
Migration Data – The State of Global Movement
October 28, 2019Bloomberg News recently published data looking at global migration patterns by country. It’s a comprehensive, interactive data visualization tool that illuminates the extraordinary number of… Read more
John Oliver Breaks Down The State of Legal Migration in The U.S. in 2019
September 24, 2019The HBO network show ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ breaks down the current state of legal migration in the United States after a summer… Read more
News Articles: 2018
December 31, 2018January 2018 Migrant slavery in Libya: Nigerians tell of being used as slaves BBC NEWS JANUARY 2 Returning Migrants Start Over in Sierra Leone NEWS… Read more
News Articles: 2017
December 31, 2017January 2017 Hungry Venezuelans flood Brazilian towns, as threat of mass migration looms THE WASHINGTON POST JANUARY 1 The Islamization of Germany in 2016 GATESTONE JANUARY 2 Over 8,000… Read more
News Articles: 2016
December 31, 2016January 2016 DENMARK’S MIXED MESSAGES FOR REFUGEES NPR JANUARY 31 ONCE MIGRANTS REACH EUROPE, COUNTRIES FACE INTEGRATION CHALLENGE NPR JANUARY 29 LONG JOURNEY HOME FOR MIGRANT WORKERS… Read more
World Press Photo Contest 2016: Reporting Europe’s Refugee Crisis
December 8, 2016World Press Photo Contest 2016 View Russian photographer Sergey Ponomarev’s collection of winning images from the 59th World Press Photo Contest. See all: world press… Read more
Camp Code: How to navigate a refugee settlement
November 27, 2016Claudia Martínez is an independent researcher who articulated brief sketches describing the spatial and material organization of refugee camps in the Palestinian camp of Bourj Al… Read more
Refugees Caught Up in Child Prostitution
August 30, 2016Journalist Daniel Howden explores the rise of prostitution among underaged refugees who are settled in Greece. A two-part investigation for Refugees Deeply that reveals a… Read more
A Yemeni Teenager’s Trip to Estonia, by Way of Guantánamo
August 30, 2016New York Times reporter Charlie Savage describes the impact of an article he wrote about an ex-Guantanamo detainee – on readers, the subject and the… Read more
What the Refugee Crisis tells us about Journalism
May 9, 2016“Take any crisis that makes the headlines — the flow of refugees in the Middle East, Europe and the Horn of Africa; outbreaks of deadly or devastating viruses such… Read more
What’s missing from coverage on migration? Migrants.
March 1, 2016From The Guardian: “A study of media coverage, released today, looked at how migrant voices and experiences were framed in the run-up to last year’s… Read more
What Does Poland Think of This Offensive Polish Magazine Cover About ‘Islam Raping Europe’?
February 28, 2016“This week, the popular right-wing Polish magazine wSieci ran a cover that has offended a lot of people. Reason being: It features an image of… Read more
News Articles: 2015
December 31, 2015February 2015 Perception, Policy, and Migration 17 Feb 2015 Pacific Standard Magazine IOM: Some 3,800 Migrants Rescued from Mediterranean since Friday 17 Feb 2015 Voice of America News Canada’s… Read more
Around the Globe: Intersection of Journalism and Migration
October 19, 2015A collection of articles that highlight the intersection of journalism and migration. AUSTRALIA The Dream Boat Nov 15, 2013 [The New York Times] Joel Van… Read more
Migration and the media – guide for journalism students
October 19, 2015Migration is a complex issue, the range of views is huge and strong positions are often taken – not surprising considering that discussion can involve… Read more
The Migrant Files
October 19, 2015A database on the more than 28,000 migrants who died on their way to Europe since 2000. Winner of the Datajournalism Awards. Navigate through 2858… Read more
“Illegal,” “undocumented,” “unauthorized”: Issue frames and perceptions of immigrants
October 19, 2015Source: Journalist’s Resource “Illegal” — the label used by many to describe immigrants who lack official documents — is more and more frequently being swapped… Read more
The Forgotten Lives of Refugees
October 19, 2015Christopher Dickey talks to António Guterres, the United Nations’ high commissioner for refugees, about the world’s desperate, dispirited, and displaced. If there is one faint… Read more
Comparative Pilot Study on Media Coverage of Migration
October 19, 2015Can mainstream media be assumed to reflect in a constructive manner upon one of society’s most salient issues – migration? If so, will migration coverage… Read more
Democracy in the Age of New Media: A Report on the Media and the Immigration Debate
October 19, 2015Source: Brookings The U.S. media have hindered effective policy making on immigration for decades, and their impact has been increasing in recent years as a… Read more
Humanity In The News: An Italian Case Study On How To Tell The Migrant Story
October 19, 2015This article was written by Aidan White and originally published at The Ethical Journalism Network on 09 June, 2014. One of the toughest tests of ethical… Read more
News Articles: 2014
January 30, 2015DETROIT’S IMMIGRATION SOLUTION THE NEW YORK TIMES FEBRUARY 5 SWISS IMMIGRATION: 50.3% BACK QUOTAS, FINAL RESULTS SHOW BBC NEWS FEBRUARY 9 STUART HALL OBITUARY THE… Read more
News Articles: 2013
January 29, 2015IMMIGRATION: ROMANIAN OR BULGARIAN? YOU WON’T LIKE IT HERE THE GUARDIAN JANUARY 27 TECH FIRMS PUSH TO HIRE MORE WORKERS FROM ABROAD THE NEW YORK… Read more