Refugees

The Trump administrations plan to collect DNA evidence from migrants detained in U.S. Customs and Borders Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities will commence soon in the form of a 90-day pilot program in Detroit and Southwe…

Researchers plan to excavate a trail that World War II refugees once trod. Thousands of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa now use the trail. In the foothills of Croatia’s Dinaric Alps, only a dozen miles inland from the tourist-trafficked Adriatic coast, evidence…

You can, of course, donate some gifts to those in need, as I do, but many arent practical, useful items that charities will accept. The fancy set of salt and pepper shakers currently in the box, awaiting their new home, were declined by a group helping refuge…

Last week, leaders of the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)  of India tweeted out a toll-free number for people to call and show their support for the upcoming Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, later, several accounts allegedly directed by the BJP twe…

BISMARCK, N.D. -- A North Dakota county commission that recently voted to limit the number of refugees it will accept may let voters decide the issue in the future. Burleigh County Commission Chairman Brian Bitner said the five-member panel will discuss a …

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The school on the outskirts of Istanbul is a rare place where Uighur child refugees from China can study their language and culture. But for several, it has also become an impromptu orphanage. Having fled a worsening crackdown on Uighur Muslims in northwest…

Life is becoming even more difficult for Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Winter has always taken its toll on the hundreds of thousands forced to live in camps near the border. But this year the economic crisis in their host country is increasing the stru…

Last December, the United Nations General Assembly formally endorsed the Global Compact on Refugees, which was supposed to help people driven from their home country to find shelter elsewhere in the world. The ability to flee threats of violence and persecuti…

President George W. Bushs administration conducted a similar internal debate after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and initially targeted only those terrorist groups bent on attacking civilians in the West in particular Al Qaeda. But at the same time, Mr. Bush …