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From early European settlers to modern refugees, these 15 stories highlight how immigrants overcame adversity and contributed to the nation’s growth, identity, and cultural richness. In the ...
The terms “refugee” and “migrant” have distinct modern legal meanings. Under the 1951 Refugee Convention, a legal document that defines the term and was signed by 145 countries ...
Revoking the status of hundreds of thousands of refugees gets the White House closer to its goal of mass removals, even though none are here illegally and most are gainfully employed.
The recent arrival of over 3,000 white South Africans into the United States under Trump rsquo;s White Refugee Resettlement ...
Frelick said “the genesis” of modern refugee policy in the U.S. can be traced to the Vietnam War, when the U.S. joined the South Vietnamese government in fighting the communist North.
Fifty years after Fall of Saigon, Charles Watts shares how he and his father helped Vietnamese refugees start new lives in ...
Organizers said the event was held on Good Friday to connect the story of Jesus, who was a migrant and refugee, to the stories of modern immigrants and refugees in the U.S. “There’s been so ...
But MAKE Projects isn’t just a farm or cafe. It’s a community-supported agriculture program that furthers a larger purpose: it’s a training ground for refugee and immigrant women. According to the ...
The fate of those DPs led in time to the creation of the modern asylum system, including the Geneva convention of 1951, which bars states from returning refugees to a country where they face ...
Because the tragedy of the St. Louis was fresh in the minds of the treaty drafters, they included an unequivocal prohibition on returning fleeing refugees to countries where their “life or ...