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The New Yorker: When Deportation Is a Death Sentence

Sarah Stillman January 12, 2018
The Global Migration Project at Columbia University has documented the experiences of US deportees forced to return to their home nations over the past decade: A young man mistakenly deported died in a prison fire; gangs often assume returnees have money and murdered a father and fractured the skull of a 13-year-old; a cartel kidnapped a former police woman. Sarah Stillman, the project’s director...

Washington Post: “Here Is What My #S---hole Looks Like”

Paul Schemm and Eli Rosenberg January 12, 2018
The United States is a country of immigrants. Ancestors of many citizens arrived destitute – from Europe, Asia and Africa – in search of opportunity and thrived. In a meeting, Donald Trump was reported to have rejected a legislative deal on immigration and asked, “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” before suggesting that immigration policies focus on places...

The Japan Times: Toward a New Global Compact on Migration

Antonio Guterres January 11, 2018
More than 65 million people have been forcibly displaced from their games due to conflict or disasters. Many more people migrate in search of opportunities, and the total number of migrants approaches 250 million. “Managing migration is one of the most profound challenges for international cooperation in our time,” explains Antonio Guterres in an essay in the Japan Times. Migration confers many...

The Irrawaddy: Army Admits Security Officials, Villagers Executed 10 ARSA-Linked Rohingya

January 10, 2018
A Myanmar Army investigation has found a mass grave of 10 Rohingya in Rakhine State, and determined they were killed by villagers and security forces in retaliation for attacks on security outposts. The determination was based on interviews with army witnesses, border police, security officials, villagers and government employees. The 10 Rohingya were arrested and accused of a series of attacks...

Reuters: North, South Korea Agree to Dialogue

Christine Kim and Hyonhee Shin January 9, 2018
The start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang is February was the catalyst for a meeting of North and South Korean diplomats. The North is making plans to send a delegation including athletes, officials, performers and reporters to the international games, and athletes from the two nations may join for the opening ceremony. “South Korea asked its neighbor to halt hostile acts that stoke...

PRI: The Link Between Severe Winters and Climate Change

Carolyn Beeler January 9, 2018
Climate-change skeptics point to a severe winter, long stretches of below-average temperatures and a so-called “bomb cyclone” as confirming that average rising temperatures may not be a problem. PRI’s Carolyn Beeler reports that the term “bomb cyclone” refers to an intense course caused by a quick drop in atmospheric pressure. But the icy weather reaching far beyond the Arctic confirms a...

The Washington Post: The US Ends Temporary Protection Status for 200,000 Salvadorans

Nick Miroff and David Nakamura January 8, 2018
The Trump administration announced plans to end temporary protected status for about 200,000 Salvadorans who live in the United States, setting a September 2019 deadline for the permit-holders to secure another status or leave.” The permit holders left El Salvador after a 2001 earthquake, and Department of Homeland Security officials maintain that the program is intended to provide temporary...