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The Long, Slow Betrayal of America’s Interpreters
Facing death, former military translators are walking to Europe with other refugees. By Kevin Knodell.
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New Zealand female MPs thrown out of parliament after disclosing sexual assaults
Women ruled out of order by Speaker for demanding prime minister John Key apologise for accusing opposition of ‘backing the rapists.’ By Eleanor Ainge Roy.
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The bizarre scheme to transform a remote island into the new Dubai
In recent years, the market for passports and citizenship has become massive. One of the poorest nations in the world tried to cash in. Was this an ingenious way to raise money or simply a case of a country selling its soul? By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
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Angela Merkel's future under scrutiny for the first time as German asylum process criticised
A popular talk show the possibility of a coup against the German chancellor after her own party made implicit criticisms of her policy
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At Home in the Liminal World
Living in transition, between cultures, we are discovering who we are. By Pamela Weintraub.
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Landlocked Islanders
Can Marshall Islanders whose lives are tied to the sea maintain their culture in Oklahoma? By Krista Langlois.
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Syrian family rejected by Indiana welcomed in Connecticut
A Syrian family that fled the war-torn country in 2011 was welcomed Wednesday to its new home in Connecticut after Indiana officials objected to plans for the refugees to resettle in their state.
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The Return of Korematsu
Seventy years after the mass internment of Japanese Americans was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, the ugly ideas at the core of its decision are resurfacing. By Matt Ford.
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No, CNN Didn’t Suspend Elise Labott for Caring About Refugees
It suspended her for expressing an opinion on a partisan issue, which — whether you agree with the rule or not — she clearly did. By Jesse Singal.
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West Bank of the East
Burma’s Social Engineering Project. By Francis Wade.
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An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration
Undocumented immigrants risk scorching temperatures, venomous creatures, and military surveillance to get into the U.S. By Simon Worrall.
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Going back home: life as a reverse immigrant
Decades after her mother immigrated from Hong Kong to Canada, Andrea Yu made the reverse move. She’s one participant in a growing trend: second-generation reverse migration. By Andrea Yu.
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Fear, Anger and Hatred: The Rise of Germany’s New Right
For years, a sense of disillusionment has been growing on the right. Now, the refugee crisis has magnified that frustration. Increasingly, people from the very center of society are identifying with the movement -- even as political debate coarsens and violence increases.
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The Deported
Uprooted from his life and family in the United States, a Honduran deportee returns to the country that he tried so hard to escape. By Luke Mogelson.
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The FBI Checked the Wrong Box and Rahinah Ibrahim Ended Up on the Terrorism Watch List For Years
As questions swirl around U.S. efforts to keep people with terrorism ties from entering the country, the story of Rahinah Ibrahim is a cautionary tale. By Raymond Bonner.
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Fences put up to stop refugees in Europe are killing animals
Deer caught in barbed wire are dying after prolonged agony, as border fences fragment territories and interrupt migration of Europe's biggest predators. By Andy Coghlan and Mićo Tatalović. (Dec. 17)
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‘His Joy, His Life’
He could not write a word without hearing it in her pronunciation. He could not wait for her to read his pages. She understood his every comma. “All the happiness of the world, the riches, power and adventures, all the promises of religions, all the enchantment of nature and even human fame” could not equal, Nabokov swore in 1925, two of Véra’s letters. By Stacy Schiff.
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Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion'
Czech President Milos Zeman called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an organised invasion", adding young men from Syria and Iraq should instead "take up arms" against the Islamic State (IS) group. "I am profoundly convinced that we are facing an organised invasion and not a spontaneous movement of refugees," said Zeman in his Christmas message to the Czech Republic released Saturday.
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German town bans New Year fireworks near migrant shelters
The German town of Arnsberg bans New Year firework displays around migrant and refugee shelters to avoid triggering traumatic flashbacks.
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Trump’s effect on Muslim migrant debate reverberates in heartland
Heated rhetoric and world events leave Somali refugees and their new neighbors afraid — of each other. By Robert Samuels.
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