What’s Going On At The U.S. Border?
The number of migrants arriving at the United States southern border is at a 20 year high.
Unsafe Conditions Leave Asylum Seekers At Risk In British Barracks
In Sep. 2020, the U.K. designated the Napier Barracks in Kent as their first migrant camp. The former military base has been used by asylum seekers — who mostly came from France across the English Channel — ever since.
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Niger: the Crossroads of the Major Migration Routes
The phenomenon of migration from sub-Saharan Africa to territories considered to be safer or economically and politically stable appears to be quite complex to explain. However, to name a few causes, it would seem that poverty, violence, authoritarian regimes, internal conflicts and climate change are the major push factors that bring people to migrate.
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'Politics Over Lives' in Bottleneck Bosnia
In Bosnia, thousands of migrants and refugees find themselves battling sub-zero temperatures, internal power struggles and squalid conditions. A humanitarian crisis has arrived on the nation’s doorstep as allegations of border abuse reign from neighbouring Croatia.
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The Definition, Politics and Importance of DACA
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a program implemented by former President Barack Obama on June 15th. DACA is vital for undocumented youth, many of whom arrived in the US as infants and know only the American way of life. But what is DACA and why is it so important?
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