“Nearly 71 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, including nearly 30 million refugees. How does that movement shape migrants’ understanding of where they belong? The current exhibit “When Home Won’t Let You Stay” uses art and found objects to spotlight the human cost of dislocation. Special correspondent Jared Bowen reports.” Find more from PBS…
“Hundreds of African migrants in Mexico are protesting the country’s refusal to grant them transit visas to travel to the United States or Canada, where they want to apply for asylum. For months, thousands of African migrants have been forced by the Mexican government to stay in the southern state of Chiapas, on the Guatemalan…
“Do immigrants need the United States, or does the United States need its immigrants? Writer, researcher, and first-generation immigrant American Nalini Krishnankutty showcases many surprising examples of traditions, businesses, and ideas that are considered All-American today, but which owe their origins to first-generation immigrants. She examines whether Americans ever truly welcomed immigrants, and provides parallels…
“An investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found deplorable conditions in detention facilities housing some of the 52,000 immigrants held in private, for-profit jails around the U.S. Immigration reporter Aura Bogado says that the photos and descriptions from these facilities are horrific, but they confirm “what immigrants have said for years about…
“As researchers at the United Nations climate summit in Bonn warn that Pacific Islanders may be among the first to be forced to migrate due to climate change, at least 23 million people were displaced by extreme weather last year. We continue our look at the issue of displacement by due to climate change with…