This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every morning in New Bedford, MA, seafood workers clock in before dawn to plants that line the waterfront, donning gloves and plastic gowns over double layers of sweaters to keep…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When undocumented migrants cross the U.S.–Mexico border into southern Arizona, they face a perilous journey through the Sonoran Desert, some of the most inhospitable terrain in North America. Summer temperatures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of this year, a full 1 percent of humanity (80 million people) is living in displacement—as refugees, internally displaced persons, or asylum-seekers—because of conflict or persecution. Forced displacement has doubled in the past…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world enters a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic amid surging cases and a growing global vaccine divide, few other times in history have underscored the need for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is thus clear that not all climate-induced displacement is the same and that such differences need to be accounted for within any normative framework applicable to climate-induced migration. These…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the beginning of 2021, Catalina Jaramillo had just started working as a staff writer at FactCheck.org, investigating and correcting misleading information about COVID-19 in Spanish. Immigrant communities were facing a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the wake of the 2015-16 European migrant and refugee crisis, mental health has emerged as a critical issue—not only for the well-being of asylum seekers who may have experienced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past year, there has been an increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. This guest blog…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every day, we see targeted efforts to limit the rights, diminish the dignity, and harm the lives of immigrants, in particular immigrants of color. Throughout American history, immigration laws have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Cyclone Yaas slammed into her home in southwest Bangladesh in May, destroying it and sweeping away in the floodwaters the small amount of cash she had saved, Amina Begum…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite the promise of a new administration, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers still face the threat of detention, deportation and hostile local and state policies. One way undocumented immigrants can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Early in November 2020, conflict broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and refugees started fleeing in their masses to neighbouring Sudan. The journey requires crossing up to 350 km…