News Articles: 2020

January 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 Street Journal

Los Angeles church raided in FBI immigration-fraud bust – Fox News

U.S. collecting DNA samples from some migrants — including teens — in first stage of program – CBS News

Analysis: Texas Catholic bishops are critical, but in the pews, immigration views are split – Texas Tribune

Inside Trump’s tent immigration courts that turn away thousands of asylum seekers – Guardian

Illegal immigration across border down for the seventh straight month – The Washington Times

February 2020

UK gov’t says migrants must be highly skilled, speak English – Al Jazeera

More than two-thirds of migrants fleeing Central American region had family taken or killed – The Guardian

Trump’s Policy Of Forcing Immigrants To Wait In Mexico Has Been Blocked By A Federal Appeals Court – Buzzfeed

Trump had ‘productive’ meeting with Cuomo over NY immigrant policies: official – Reuters

Undocumented immigrants arrested in California courthouse — despite state law – The Hill

Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses – AP

March 2020

Migration has to be stopped: Govt to SC amid Covid-19 spread fears – Hindustan Times

Covid-19: Supreme Court Seeks Report From Government On Steps To Prevent Migration Of Workers – Bloomberg

Coronavirus: India’s pandemic lockdown turns into a human tragedy – BBC NewsThe Great American Migration of 2020: On the move to escape the coronavirus – Washington Post

Migration is helping Africa in many ways – Economist

EU offers Greece migration support amid mounting refugee crisis – Deutsche Welle

Migration: tales of brutality along Europe’s borders – Financial Times

Turkey defies EU pressure to shut border, says to host migration summit – Reuters

April 2020

‘Everyone at risk’ as coronavirus cases tick up among migrants and refugees sheltering in Greece – UN News

Greeks fear Erdogan readies another migration wave by sea – Euractiv

Afghans flee home from coronavirus-stricken Iran, spreading the disease – LA Times

How COVID-19 is throttling vital migration flows – World Economic Forum COVID-19 & Immigration Detention: What Can Governments and Other Stakeholders Do? – UNICEF

Covid-19 is not only a health crisis, it’s a migration crisis – The Interpreter

Venezuelan migrants block Bogota road, demand to travel home – ReutersCoronavirus: Lockdown in India has affected 40 million migrants, says World Bank – Business Times

More than nine-in-ten people worldwide live in countries with travel restrictions amid COVID-19 – PEW

May 2020

Australian Opposition Calls for Migration Rethink Post Covid – Bloomberg

UK migration: Net migration from outside EU hits ‘highest level’ – BBC News

Rescued migrants stranded at sea, not allowed to any EU port – Associated Press

Statistics: More migrants left Denmark than entered in 2019 – Associated Press

Migrants stranded ‘all over the world’ and at risk from coronavirus – UN News

What’s happening in Venezuela’s COVID-19 border quarantines? – The New Humanitarian

Caught between climate and virus threats, migrants have no safe place to go – Reuters

Coronavirus: Immigration detention centres in crisis – BBC News

British MPs back plans to tighten immigration rules – Al Jazeera

Inside the campaign to cut immigration to the United States amid the coronavirus pandemic – CNN

20,000 migrants have been expelled along border under coronavirus directive – CBS News

Will Filing For Unemployment Hurt My Green Card? Legal Immigrants Are Afraid – NPR News

The Trump administration is using the pandemic as an excuse to target immigrants and asylum seekers – VOX News

June 2020

New Book Argues Migration Isn’t A Crisis — It’s The Solution – NPR News

Migrant Crossings into Europe Spiked in May – Deutsche Welle 

Covid-19 has squeezed migrants’ remittances to their families – The Economist

International Migration Film Festival Puts Refugees in the Picture With Top Talents, Titles – VarietyMigration to Advanced Economies Can Raise Growth – IMFMigration is normal, accept it – Nature

Hundreds of Venezuelans camp in northern Bogota, await return home – Reuters

Stanford Immigration Experts on SCOTUS DACA Decision – Stanford

Trump, citing pandemic, orders limits on foreign workers, extends immigration restrictions through December – Washington Post

Citizenship by drive-thru? Immigrants now take oath without leaving car – USA Today

Thousands of immigrants are stuck in ICE centers. Getting out depends on the judge – LATimes

July 2020

Migrants and the media: what shapes the narratives on immigration in different countries – The Conversation

The Faces of Deportation – Rolling Stone

Immigrant Nation: A Rare Look Inside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Draws Legal Threats – The New York Times

Scenes From an American Tragedy: The Texas Border Crisis – Rolling Stone

A doctor’s story: inside the ‘living hell’ of Moria refugee camp – The Guardian

How the White House Is Trying—and Failing—to Keep States from Resettling Refugees – The New Yorker

Why migration is essential for survival — for animals and for humans – The Washington Post

August 2020

The ‘missing’ immigrant voters whose absence might swing the election – The Washington Post

How Netflix’s Immigration Nation shows the true horror of Ice agents – The Guardian

Central Americans have long migrated north. Today, their studies are getting their due. –  Los Angeles Times

September 2020

How Immigration Is Changing The U.S. Economy – NPR

Immigrants, hit hard by the pandemic, are sending even more money back to Mexico – Los Angeles Times

Report: Immigration detention center should release inmates – The Washington Post 

Rights groups appalled as Trump cuts US refugee admissions to record low – The Guardian

Six Ideas for New Monuments – Los Angeles Times 

Unforgetting by Roberto Lovato – New York Times

October 2020

Art and Migration: on cultural internationalization in the age of displacement Dutch Culture

When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art ICA Boston

November 2020

Migrants are off the agenda for the UK press, but the damage is done The Guardian

The Great American Migration of 2020: On the move to escape the coronavirus Washington Post

December 2020

Coronavirus triggers an ‘existential’ moment for Europe Washington Post

‘Black book’ of thousands of illegal migrant pushbacks presented to EU The Guardian

Punishing hurricanes may prompt more Central American migration Los Angeles Times

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