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Saudi sisters who stole their dad’s phone to flee despite travel restrictions on women say they’ve been granted asylum Refugees

Saudi sisters who stole their dad’s phone to flee despite travel restrictions on women say they’ve been granted asylum

Two Saudi Arabian sisters who say they escaped an abusive family in their home country announced on Tuesday that they have been granted asylum and will start a "new life." Maha al-Subaie, 28, and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, fled Saudi Arabia last month, citing opp…
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May 7, 2019
To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: “The Bigot in the Machine,” a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney’s Refugees

To do in NYC next Sat, May 11: “The Bigot in the Machine,” a panel on algorithmic bias from PEN and McSweeney’s

This Saturday, May 4, at 7:30PM, I'll be presenting at the Ottawa Writers Festival, talking about my novel Radicalized and how it ties into surveillance, monopoly, refugees, climate change, racism and oligarchy -- all the good stuff! I'm coming to Halifax to…
bubmag
May 4, 2019
9 photos show the destruction from Cyclone Fani, the massive storm that hit India with torrential rain and winds — and is headed for Bangladesh next Refugees

9 photos show the destruction from Cyclone Fani, the massive storm that hit India with torrential rain and winds — and is headed for Bangladesh next

Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to hit India in two decades, made landfall on Friday morning in the eastern state of Odisha — leaving a path of destruction in its wake and impacting an area that tens of millions of people call home. At least seve…
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May 3, 2019
Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants who use public benefits Refugees

Exclusive: Trump administration proposal would make it easier to deport immigrants who use public benefits

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering reversing long-standing policy to make it easier to deport U.S. legal permanent residents who have used public benefits, part of an effort to restrict immigration by low-income people. A Departm…
bubmag
May 3, 2019