Articles
12/13/20, Foreign Policy: The United States Has Failed Cameroonian Asylum-Seekers
12/13/20, New York Times: As Biden Prepares to Take Office, a New Rush at the Border
12/13/20, NPR: On Immigration, Activists’ Demands May Exceed Biden Realities
12/13/20, Guardian: Deported to danger and death: Australia returns people to violence and persecution
12/13/20, Guardian: They risked all to cross the Red Sea. Now a cruel fate awaits in Yemen
12/13/20, Guardian: UK ‘reneges on vow to reunite child refugees with families’
12/11/20, New York Times: 6 Injured When Driver Rams Into Protest Against ICE in Manhattan
12/10/20, Forbes: Trump Administration Finalizes Rule That Would Enforce ‘Near-Total Bans On Asylum’
12/10/20, Immigration Impact: Trump’s ‘Death to Asylum’ Rule Will Go Into Effect Days Before He Leaves Office
12/10/20, New York Times: How We Followed a 1,500-Mile Migration Journey
12/10/20, Vox: Trump’s last stand on immigration
12/10/20, Wisconsin Public Radio (audio only): What Immigration Policy May Look Like Under Biden Administration
12/9/20, Immigration Impact: Liberians Have Until December 20 to Apply for a Green Card Under the LRIF Program
12/9/20, Phoenix New Times: Phoenix Wrongfully Barred Immigrants From Housing Assistance, Judge Rules
12/8/20, CNN: A doctor who treated some of Houston’s sickest Covid-19 patients has died
12/8/20, CNN: ‘They left us for dead.’ Tigray refugees tell of horrors after Ethiopian troops vowed they’d be safe
12/8/20, Time: DACA Has Been Fully Reinstated. Here’s What That Means for the Thousands of People Who Qualify for Protection From Deportation
12/8/20, Vox: How Biden could reverse Trump’s nativist legacy on the border
12/7/20, AP: US fully restores protections for young immigrants
12/7/20, BuzzFeed News: How ICE Became The Face Of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown And Where It Goes From Here After Biden Is In Charge
12/7/20, CNN: Contact tracing in immigrant communities is most effective with trusted voices from within
12/7/20, New Humanitarian: What’s driving the deadly migrant surge from Senegal to the Canary Islands?
12/7/20, New York Times: Three Years After Family Separation, Her Son Is Back. But Her Life Is Not.
12/7/20, New York Times: Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say
12/7/20, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-area agencies await word on Biden’s refugee plan
12/7/20, Scientific American: Undocumented Immigrants Are Half as Likely to Be Arrested for Violent Crimes as U.S.-Born Citizens
12/7/20, Washington Post: More underage migrants are testing positive for coronavirus
12/6/20, CBS Sunday Morning: Trump border wall on pristine land hurts animal migration: “They don’t recognize any boundaries. They’ve been here forever.”
Opinion
12/10/20, Guardian: Offshore processing didn’t work and Australia’s mistakes shouldn’t be repeated elsewhere
12/10/20, New Humanitarian: What happens to sexual abuse survivors after the headlines fade?
12/10/20, San Antonio Express-News editorial board: Editorial: Reunite all kids taken from parents at the border
12/10/20, Washington Post: Immigration cruelty didn’t start with Trump. Will it end under Biden?
12/8/20, Los Angeles Times: Op-Ed: The crime against migrant children that Biden needs to repair
Policy Resources
Forced Migration Review (journal): Recognising refugees
MPI: Top 10 Migration Issues of 2020
MPI commentary: How the Fear of Immigration Enforcement Affects the Mental Health of Latino Youth
MPI policy brief: The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis
RCUSA and CMS report: Charting a Course to Rebuild and Strengthen the US Refugee Admissions Program
Multimedia
The Daily, New York Times podcast: Trump Shut the Door on Migrants. Will Biden Open It?
Hometown, EMM podcast: Advent Reflection Series
Temporary, Guardian podcast: Part 5: When the answer is no
Opportunities
LERRN webinar: LERRN-IDRC Webinar: By Refugees, For Refugees: Refugee leadership beyond the pandemic
This webinar will explore the factors that influence the impact of refugee-led organizations (RLOs) as service-delivery providers in humanitarian settings before and during COVID-19. In the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, when international actors are limited in their mobility and access, RLOs are increasingly becoming frontline responders that provide vital assistance to displaced communities. This webinar aims to discuss how we can move the debate from a normative commitment to refugee participation and leadership to concrete measures that address the many barriers refugees-led organizations face in responding to local needs. Panelists include refugee leaders, donors, scholars, practitioners, and policymakers, who will consider innovative solutions with and for refugees and engagement of refugee-led organizations during the pandemic and beyond. Dec 15, 2020 09:30 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)