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Temporarily Protected, Permanently in Limbo
As the Russian invasion rages on in Ukraine, countries from around the world have come together to support refugees fleeing the country....
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Jan 15, 20235 min read


The Wretched Refused: How US asylum policy has failed Venezuelan economic refugees
“Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Today, US...
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Apr 6, 20215 min read


Protection Paradox
Laden with bundles of belongings, a mass of Venezuelan migrants cautiously pick their way across a frothing river. Grandmothers, pregnant...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read


Bad Refugees and Recalcitrant Countries
Back in December, The Atlantic broke the story that the Trump administration was in talks with their Vietnamese counterparts to...
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Sep 20, 20195 min read


Refugees and Reunification at Risk in the Republic of Korea
President Moon Jae-in of South Korea launched a historic visit when he landed in Pyongyang, North Korea on September 18, 2018 to broker a...
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Oct 30, 20188 min read


Discrimination of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
My grandfather Fayez Hamdan Fayad will never forget the year 1948. A Palestinian refugee, he will always remember the time he was forced...
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Oct 19, 20185 min read


Double Trouble: International Law Failing the Rohingyas
In the past few years, issues surrounding immigration, refugees, and displaced persons have proven to be ones transcending national...
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Oct 27, 20177 min read
Heated Conflict: Redefining Refugees
“Before the drought, I would have to dig 60 or 70 meters to find water. Then I had to dig 100 to 200 meters,” said former Syrian...
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May 15, 20177 min read


Rethinking “Integration” and “Assimilation” of Refugees
The number of international migrants has increased by 41 percent between 2000 and 2014, and it reached 244 million in 2015, with 20...
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Mar 13, 20177 min read


Antonio Guterres: A Strong Leader for the UN
The post of Secretary General of the UN, perhaps the most symbolically important leadership position in the international community, is...
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Feb 8, 20175 min read


Alone and Afraid: Unaccompanied Child Migrants in the US
In 2015, the UN High Commission on Refugees interviewed over 400 children who had been taken into custody by the US federal government...
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Nov 2, 20164 min read


Refugee Resettlement: The Reality Behind the Rhetoric
Long before 31 governors declared that their states would refuse to accept Syrian refugees, some local pockets in the United States had...
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Feb 25, 20166 min read


BPR Interviews: Stacie Blake
Stacie Blake is the Director of Government and Community Relations for the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She has...
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Dec 21, 20154 min read


Merkel’s Migrant Crisis
Since January, an estimated 710,000 migrants and refugees have entered the European Union. This number is about two and a half times the...
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Nov 2, 20156 min read


The Politics of Denmark and Germany’s Low Birth Rates
A Danish ad encouraging couples to have more sex has recently gone viral. The ad, created for a travel agency, specifically encourages...
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Oct 23, 20155 min read


Losing Ground: What Today’s Global Refugee Crisis Tells Us About Preparing Our World For Climate Cha
In his historic address to Congress in September, Pope Francis likened the magnitude of the current refugee crisis to that of World War...
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Oct 12, 20156 min read


Forty Years Forgotten in the Western Sahara
For more than 150,000 Sahrawis, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the start of their life as refugees in the Western Sahara. There...
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Mar 20, 20155 min read


Stranger On Our Shores
According to the Migrants’ Files, over 23,000 migrants died trying to reach Europe between 2000 and 2013 — a number so staggering that...
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Oct 22, 20147 min read


Victory for Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Asylum
In 2005, a woman identified in court documents only as “A-R-C-G-” fled from her abusive husband to the United States. She had endured...
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Sep 25, 20145 min read


Forgotten Friends and a Failure of American Bureaucracy
The American government’s relationship with individual allies overseas – whether in war or peace – is a long and controversial one. 40...
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Sep 24, 20132 min read
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