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Solitary Confinement is Torture, Not Protection
03.5.20
Ellie,[1] a young trans woman from Central America, sits across a small table from me in blue men’s scrubs, hair cut short and eyes downcast. It’s taken hours to shuffle her from the solitary confinement unit to this cold, windowless room, where I am to help her prepare her pro se asylum case. She’s […]
El Comedor: Female Migrants in Charge
08.22.19
Less than half a mile from the U.S. border on a street corner in Tijuana, Mexico sits a small orange kitchen. Like other restaurants on the block, El Comedor typically has a steady stream of people lingering and picking up conversations while music bumps in the background. Yet there is no shortage of things […]
To address the refugee crisis, focus on dignity
06.22.17
Millions of people in the Middle East and elsewhere were forced to flee their homes in recent years. What they need most now is dignity.
The Real Problem with Germany’s New Policy on Migrant Family Reunification
04.13.16
BY KATIE PARRY Over the last month Germany has quietly moved to make family reunification harder for many recently arrived migrants. New rules will mean that migrants given “subsidiary protection” status, which includes at least one in five Syrians, will not be able to bring their families to join them in Germany for at least […]
Does Immigration Help or Harm? An Interview with the Nation’s Leading Immigration Economist
12.14.15
BY DANIEL TOSTADO George Borjas, the nation’s leading immigration economist according the Wall Street Journal, is currently an economics professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Originating from Cuba, Borjas fled Havana at age 12 with his mother in 1962 on a plane to Miami. Professor Borjas is well known for promoting a policy the […]
From Liberia to Syria: The Diaspora Project
11.24.15
There are many transitional justice mechanisms available but identifying the right one for Syria depends upon the needs of its people. The Liberian Diaspora Project was innovative because it was the first of its kind to include Liberians that were living outside of the state borders. Since over half of the Syrian population is currently […]