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Stepping Over the Border, Onto Planet Earth
“. . . we belong to the Earth rather than to a nation . . .” These words stick in my heart like a wedding ring. They emanate a cutting glow, a crying wish and hope that slices to the core of me. At the...
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Europe’s War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right’s Ascension
The European Union is waging war on refugees. Italy’s far right government recently declared a state of emergency and hermetically sealed its ports. The other EU member states look the other way. In...
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The Ancient Patterns of Migration
We live in an era of mass migration. According to the United Nations’ World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants in 2020, equaling 3.6 percent of the global population....
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The Real Border Surge
On May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t have the small change needed to cross the bridge and...
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Biden Out-Trumps Trump at the Border
On May 11th, I was with a group of people at the bottom of the Paso del Norte bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Suddenly, I realized that I didn’t have the small change needed to cross the bridge and...
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The Migrant Shipwreck Near Greece Is a Horrible Tragedy. But It Wasn’t an...
Early last Wednesday, a fishing boat sank off the coast of Pílos, Greece. The vessel was overpacked with people trying to reach Europe — reports say there were up to 750 people on board. Greek...
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The Irony of ‘World Refugee Day’: ‘Celebrating’, Then Blaming the Victims
Fadi, a Syrian teenager, with curly hair and an acne-covered face, has miraculously survived one of the greatest migrant boat disasters in the modern history of the Mediterranean. Only 104 people have...
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The Right to Seek Safety
Through a WhatsApp message from Portugal, my friend Eunice Neves asked to share a moment with me. She was with an Afghan couple, Frishta and Mohammad, and their baby son, Arsalan. The young family has...
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Two Shipwrecks Reveal the State of the World
The sinking of two vessels—the Andrianna, filled with hundreds of desperate migrants, and the Titan, with a handful of multi-millionaires—provides a vivid picture of the world today. All drowning...
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A Tale of Two Tragedies at Sea
Recent weeks saw two terrible tragedies at sea. In one, five explorers died when the Titan submersible imploded in the North Atlantic. In the other, over 600 refugees — most of them women and children...
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Debunking Migration Myths: Why People Really Move, and Why Most Migration...
Around the world, borders between countries are getting tougher. Governments are making it more difficult to move, especially for certain groups of vulnerable people. This comes with a message, subtle...
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Torture With Impunity Runs Rampant in ICE Facilities
CW: This story includes descriptions of torture in immigrant detention and mentions of death by suicide At least three facilities operated by the private prison company CoreCivic systematically use...
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California ICE Detainees’ Hunger Strike Is Part Of A Long Fight For Freedom
At two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in California’s Central Valley, a cycle of resistance and retaliation has been intensifying over the past three years. Detainees at the...
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Mexico’s Migrant Shelters Are Operating at 900% Capacity Due to US Border Policy
Thousands of migrants are sleeping on the streets of Mexico, waiting to get an appointment for an interview at the U.S. border, only to be deported back to dangerous and impossible living conditions....
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WV Governor Send National Guard to TX to Support Inhumane Border Policy
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) has sent more than 50 members of the West Virginia National Guard to Texas’s southern border to support the state’s inhumane border security program, Operation Lone...
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European Authorities Refuse to Save Migrants From Drowning — So Ordinary...
(Image: Noborder Network) Since 2015, the European Union and its member states have increasingly failed to conduct sea-rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea — even though it’s a binding duty in...
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Reports Find “Barbaric” and “Negligent” Conditions at ICE Facilities
Inspection reports written by experts hired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties found “barbaric” and “negligent” conditions at Immigration and Customs...
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‘Big Brother’ On the Border
The impact of digital technologies on migration is often presented as a positive thing. Think of Facebook groups that allow refugees to stay in touch with friends and family in their home countries, or...
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Making Monsters: How Media Encourage Hatred of Immigrants
Yahtzee!! We’re full,” wrote Florida state operative Perla Huerta, once she had tricked enough desperate migrants to fill two Martha’s Vineyard–bound planes (CNN, 11/15/22). In the days leading up to...
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Only a Social Movement Can Win Real Immigration Reform
At the beginning of the 1990s, Sahuayo, a small city of factories and craftspeople near Michoacan’s Lake Chapala, could not provide enough work to support its growing population. People had been...
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