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09 January 2025
LA Wildfires Devastate Landmarks, Homes, and Migrant Communities
With over 2,000 homes lost, families navigate the bitter aftermath of nature's fury, rallying support and prayers online.
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24 May 2024
Sub-Saharan Migrants are Bearing the Brunt of Tunisia’s Crackdown on Civil Society
Two activists break down how Sub-Saharan migrants became the scapegoat for a failed economy and violent EU policies.
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05 December 2019
Croatian Authorities are Under Fire for Wrongly Deporting Two Nigerian Students to Bosnia
The students and table tennis players were in Croatia for a tournament when they were picked up by police and sent to a refugee camp in neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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12 July 2019
What Do Impending ICE Raids Mean for Black Migrants?
ICE is expected to begin crackdowns across the US on Sunday, putting thousands of undocumented migrants from Latin America as well as Haiti, Cameroon and DRC at increased risk of abuse and deportation.
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30 January 2019
The Death Toll has Risen for the Migrant Boats Which Sank in Djibouti
It has been reported that the death toll has now risen to 28 people.
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13 June 2018
Hundreds of Rescued Migrants Begin Their Journey to Spain After Italy Refused To Take Them In
630 "exhausted" migrants are finally making their way to Spain after Italy refused to allow a rescue ship to dock.
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19 April 2018
What it Means to be an African Migrant Deported From Israel
An Eritrean asylum seeker tells us about life after deportation from Israel and what he'd wished he'd done instead.
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13 June 2017
In Her Poem "How Many More?" Lula Saleh Explores the Hardships Faced by Refugees
This spoken word video on the refugee crisis asks, "How many more must die?"
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02 June 2017
The Stories You Need to Know: Ethiopia's Internet Shutdown, Malian Sisters Have Their Eyes On the Grand Slam and More
From Ethiopia's internet shutdown to two Malian sisters hoping to take the tennis world by storm. Here are the stories you need to know.
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11 April 2017
African Migrants Are Being Sold In 'Slave Markets' In Libya As They Try To Reach Europe
The International Organization of Immigration says that African migrants are being auctioned on open slave markets as they arrive in Libya.
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21 October 2013
How Europe's Racism And Misogyny Led To The Lampedusa Tragedy
Ayana Smythe unpacks the relationship between misogyny and racism in Italy, and how these caused the recent tragedy at Lampedusa where 300 migrants drowned
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