“In Greece, where ancient history meets tourist fantasy, the climate crisis is accelerating faster than almost anywhere else in the global north.”
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The H-2A Visa Trap
“She was sold the American dream with a farmworker visa. Shewound up in a nightmare.”
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At the Gates of Fortress Europe
“The story of Sajjad Mohammedhasan, who sought asylum but received a year in Lithuania’s border prisons.”
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A Family Ranch, Swallowed Up in the Madness of the Border
“Desperate migrants. Cartel violence. It’s all happening in the Chiltons’ backyard.”
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Bringing up the Bodies
“What they would be doing at top speed was exhuming human remains.”
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Relentless Toil: A Reading List About Filipino Laborers
The sacrifices of Filipino workers at home and abroad are enormous.
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‘Do You Know These Women?’
Why were three Afghan women brutally murdered at the edge of Europe? A journey from Mazar-i-Sharif to Istanbul to Athens in search of answers.
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Locked Outside the Gates of Europe
“Caught between pandemic and bureaucracy, Algerian migrants try to find meaning in statelessness.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Yessenia Funes, Carl Elliott, Courtney Shea, Jillian Steinhauer, and Ed Simon.
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Dust and Bones
In 2021, the bodies of 225 migrants attempting to reach the U.S. were recovered from the Arizona desert. This year, 126 bodies have already been found. A third of these deaths are due to environmental exposures — like heat. For the first time, a team of researchers has measured how exactly climate change will exacerbate migrant deaths along the […]