Day after encampment sweep, refugees return to central Paris
Thirty-four hours after police evacuated a migrant encampment in central Paris, refugees were slowly trickling back to the rough street community that was their home.
Lost at sea: Latest count of refugees missing or feared dead crossing the Mediterranean
By Léa Moukanas GSS Correspondent PARIS — Bodies on a beach, frantic faces in a crowd, tired eyes of travelers who hope for an end to their journeys but may get none. Children and their families who are migrating from…
#ImmigrationNation: Dominic Pham
OAKLAND, Calif. — In this installment of Immigration Nation, student Dominic Pham talks about why he and his family left Ho Chi Minh City, and the family he had to leave behind. After arriving in the U.S., "I needed to change my…
#ImmigrationNation: Ahmed Salim
OAKLAND, Calif. — In this installment of Immigration Nation, student Ahmed Salim talks about being born in Vienna, living in Amsterdam, and finding his father in Oakland. "The worst thing in life is not to be settled in one place," says Salim,…
World at “breaking point” with refugee flows, UN official says
By Casey Miller and Jack Hennessy Global Student Square staff writers The world is at a “breaking point” with millions of refugees overwhelming nations such as Lebanon, Yemen and Turkey, UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Alexander Aleinikoff told an…