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Between Death and the Unknown
Their homes overrun by criminals, thousands move north toward safety. But they risk their lives to get there. By J. Malcolm Garcia.
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In the Centre of the Centre: The German Election
"The nuisance for Merkel is that Seehofer, while less popular than she is even within his own party – the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung called him ‘Crazy Horst’ – has aired the possibility of withdrawing support for her, and habitually demands right-wing concessions, especially as they pertain to refugees." By Thomas Meaney.
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How Not to Solve the Refugee Crisis
A case of mistaken identity put the wrong man in jail. Now it highlights the failure of prosecutions to tackle a humanitarian disaster. By Ben Taub.
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Finding Home in War
The history—and limitations—of the international refugee regime. By Rana B. Khoury.
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The German Election Is a Christian Civil War
Germany’s far-right is saying out loud what Angela Merkel’s party has always quietly believed: that Christian culture depends on Christian demographics. By Noah B. Strote.
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Migrant deaths at US-Mexico border increase 17% this year, UN figures show
More people have died crossing the border from Mexico to the US in the first seven months of 2017 compared to the year before, even though significantly fewer people seem to be attempting the journey, according to the United Nation’s migration agency.
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Chinese songs of dignity
The visible and invisible social inequalities in the new China built by migrant workers. By Peter Bengtsen. (June 19, 2017)
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Immigration raids ten years ago didn’t change this meatpacking town’s job market
Ten years after INS raids upended Latinos' lives in small meatpacking towns across the Midwest, the jobs didn't go to native Nebraskans. Most went to the next immigrants – many from Somalia. By Nigel Duara.
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Close the gates on Europe says billionaire
BILL Gates has warned Europe that an open door immigration policy could lead to disaster.
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In a Midwestern town that went for Trump, a Muslim doctor tries to understand his neighbors
When he arrived in a rural Dawson, Minn., “it felt right.” But that feeling began to change after the election. By Stephanie McCrummen.
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Austria ready to deploy army at Italy border
Austria will “very soon” impose border checks and deploy soldiers on its frontier with Italy if the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean does not slow, Vienna’s defence minister was quoted as saying Monday…
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This is how Brexit, immigration and housing sparked Britain’s political revolution
Britain is experiencing profound political changes, going by the outcome of the general election, but new trends are shadowy, developing below the surface. It may be that Labour’s relative success – achieved amid confident predictions by pundits of annihilating defeat – stemmed from a last-minute change of direction by voters, or simply because pollsters vastly underestimated the turnout of pro-Labour younger voters. By Patrick Cockburn.
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Trump’s crackdown on immigration is terrible news for anyone who eats food
And it’s particularly bad news for farmers. By Tom Philpott.
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How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
In the past decade, liberals have avoided inconvenient truths about the issue. By Peter Beinart.
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A private prison company with a troubled past looks to reopen an immigration detention facility in Texas
The Department of Homeland Security has called for more immigration detention facilities to open along the US-Mexico border. And negotiations between a private prison company and the government have already begun in the Rio Grande Valley. By Reynaldo Leanos Jr.
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New threats to public lands endanger America's unique wildlife corridors
Mule deer, pronghorn and other animals rely on unbroken migration routes for food and survival, a necessity now in jeopardy as Trump pushes for development. By Oliver Milman.
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Losing Gloria
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go. By Lizzie Presser.
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Two Escaped Raptors Are Still At Large in North Carolina
Secretary birds in the Carolinas? Crazier things have happened. By Sarah Emerson.
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Chasing the Harvest: ‘If You Want to Die, Stay at the Ranch’
In this oral history, a former sheepherder describes the loneliness and medical hardship he experienced while tending sheep in California’s Central Valley. By Heraclio Astete, with journalist Gabriel Thompson.
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Police Forces Are Sending A Message To Black Suburban Residents: You’re Not Wanted
Places like Troy [New York] used to be lily-white, and most of their police departments still are. That’s a problem for the black and brown people moving from big cities like LA and New York in search of quieter places to raise families. By Albert Samaha.
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