by Maya Barr | 6 Jul 2020 | Immigration, Refugees, Youth Voices
I’d gone to Chinatown before, but only when I looked closely did I see how waves of immigration have shaped its character and history. It is easy to take for granted the lessons one can learn just a subway ride away. I live in New York City, not too far from...
by Helen Womack | 1 Jul 2020 | Europe, Immigration, Refugees
The EU has been criticized for inconsistency towards asylum seekers. But some European nations have admitted refugees — who are now paying back. Asylum seekers attend a German language course in Vienna, Austria, 23 February 2016. (EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA) The grand...
by Marwa Awad | 5 May 2020 | Health and Wellness, Refugees
While comfortable in COVID-19 lockdown in Rome, I think of refugees of war in Iraq and Syria who are also isolated, but desperate and without a choice. As a humanitarian worker who has worked in Iraq, Syria and lately Italy, I have witnessed close-up how isolation and...
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by Bernd Debusmann Jr | 20 Jun 2019 | Americas, Donald Trump, Eyewitness, Immigration, Refugees, United States
By Bernd Debusmann Jr. Several years ago, I remember standing near the Mexican side of the Suchiate River, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala. There, in broad daylight and in full view of bored-looking Mexican police officers, people were crossing...
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by News Decoder | 12 Jun 2019 | Americas, Immigration, Personal Reflections, Refugees, United States, Women's rights, Youth Voices
By Gilda Temaj Marroquin I come from Guatemala, where education is not a priority, women and men are not treated equally, many people live in poverty and big dreams tend to vanish little by little until they completely disappear. I was raised in a small village called...
