Thousands of Haitians who fled the United States on foot last summer have started very different lives in Canada.
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“This Is Our Regional Refugee Crisis”
The U.S. immigration system is ill-equipped to deal with refugees who are feeling real violence and hardship but who don’t qualify for asylum.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Walking the Line in the Bekaa Valley
A traveling crew of slackliners is trying to bring a moment of balance to young Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
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The Lost Kids on the Line
In Lebanon, not far from the Syrian border, a crew of volunteer slackliners tries to bring fleeting moments of magic into displaced children’s lives.
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How Much Would You Endure to Flee Persecution?
Now that Europe welcomes migrants no longer, asylum seekers are making nearly impossible journeys through South America to the United States.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
How Angry Racists Plotted to Kill Somali Refugees in Kansas
A small town welcomed hundreds of Somali refugees. A militia splinter group wanted them dead.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction, Story
The Real Refugees of Casablanca
When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the U.S. consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
The True Story of Refugees in an American High School
The politics of immigration ignores the reality: a classroom of young people adjusting to life in the United States, and a teacher driven to help.
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The Panic in Twin Falls, Idaho
It had one of the most successful refugee resettlement programs in the nation. Then Breitbart came to town.
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The Rainbow Railroad to Canada for Gay Chechen Men
Canada is taking in gay Chechen men subject to persecution, the risk to Canada-Russia relations be damned.