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US and Mexico to Stop Migrants on Guatemala Border


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1992 June 3: Mabo Day, Australia

1941 June 14: Soviet Mass Deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada

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San Jose art show celebrating Assyrian-American experiences fuses an ancient history with contemporary life

Deportations and the prevailing truth

Yes, we clan: Why do Estonians have a clan mentality?

Young migrants tell their stories at Inund’ART festival

The Catalan who made D-Day possible

Alaska provides Veteran Recognition to Hmong and Lao Veterans

Manus Island, Nauru refugees appeal for help

Idel-Ural Movement Seeks Backing of Free Russia Forum, Urals One Ready to Go It Alone

Uighur Activists Lobby for US Bill on Xinjiang Crackdown

On Eve of Tiananmen Square Anniversary, Chinese Detention Camp Whistleblower Seeks Asylum in Europe

Nur-Sultan Court Extends House Arrest For Kazakh Xinjiang Activist

‘More brutal than ever’ China threatens Hong Kong freedoms, says wanted activist in Germany

Exiled Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti formally applies for asylum in India through Indian Embassy in Geneva

Will the last person leaving Turkmenistan turn out the lights?

Curaçao stayover arrivals increased significantly

Outcry as ASEAN predicts ‘smooth’ Rohingya return to Myanmar

Reflections on Irishness, from Brooklyn to Belfast

Human remains on Canadian beach are Irish famine victims say scientists

Venezuela crisis: Four million have fled the country, UN says

Thousands march in London to mark 35th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

13 Yezidi families returned from Syria to Shingal

Displaced Yezidis in Kurdistan Region camps call for long-term solutions

Closest-known ancestor of today’s Native Americans found in Siberia

In Shift, U.S. Vows to More Aggressively Deport Migrant Families

Migrant Children May Lose School, Sports and Legal Aid as Shelters Swell

Facing pressure from Trump, Mexico detains two migrant caravan organizers

U.S. and Mexico Issue Joint Declaration on Migration and Tariffs

Mexico Offers to Deploy 6,000 Troops to Guatemala Border to Stop Migration to U.S.

Seeking asylum: ‘Rap video earned me a death sentence’

When children have to translate for their parents

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China Continues Persecution of Emigrees into Exile


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act

1992 June 3: Mabo Day, Australia

1941 June 14: Soviet Mass Deportations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

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Assyrian diaspora seeks to reconnect with homeland

Saint Paul-Based Nonprofit Engages Hmong Youth Through Art and Activism

Honors for Hmong man who served with CIA secret army in Laos

Must-read from a ‘migrant spy’: No greener pastures on the desert

China Released a Uyghur Mother To Silence Her U.S. Son—Then Sent Her Back to Detention The Next Day

Ahmatjan Juma, teacher likely detained because of his emigree journalist brother Memetjan Juma

Germany: Free Balochistan Movement demands removal of Pakistan’s nukes

Blackheath woman sets up learning centre in East Timor

Oman’s expat engineers fall as visa ban continues

In world’s largest refugee camp, Rohingya children face a desperate choice

Immigrant Proportion Grows Within Icelandic Labour Market

KRG: Nearly 1.5 million refugees, IDPs remain in the Kurdistan Region

UNHCR evacuates hundreds of vulnerable refugees out of Libya to safety

Activists Helping Gays Escape Chechnya Face Threats, Home Invasions

Yazidi women sue Germany for failing to prosecute German ISIS jihadis for war crimes

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One Death for Every 39 Mediterranean Migrant Crossings


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act

1992 June 3: Mabo Day, Australia

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‘Oleg’: Cannes Review

‘A definite link between us’: Iceland president says Manitoba holds special place in his country’s heart

EU citizens in UK denied vote in European elections

Irish famine memorial dedicated on Deer Island

Hungary depriving asylum seekers of food – Council of Europe

Portugal police convicted of attack on black youths

Hong Kong independence activists granted refugee status in Germany

Rohingya refugee men join push to curb sexual violence

Venezuela Gang Muscles Into Trinidad and Tobago, Others May Follow

Erdogan Describes Assyrian, Greek and Armenian Genocide As ‘Reasonable Relocation’

Another Filipina maid found dead in Kuwait

Nashville Schools To Offer Kurdish Language Classes

Over 130 Yezidis resettle in France as part of new humanitarian initiative

Kurd in Germany running in EU elections proud of her Kurdish identity

Welsh lessons for migrants and refugees ‘neglected’

Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 19,830 in 2019; Deaths Reach 512

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3rd Gender for Headscarves


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

1830 May 28: Indian Removal Act

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Two Indian-origin brother duo top Britain’s rich list

Assyrian Writer Uses Language to ‘Engage, Challenge and Empower’

Eurovision host Bar Refaeli receives invitation to visit ‘ancestral land’ after disclosing she is half Lithuanian

The son of Holocaust hero Chiune Sugihara is setting the record straight about his father’s story

NYU Chaplain to Be First Chief Rabbi in the United Arab Emirates

Rohingya Muslim shops and schools set on fire by Buddhist vigilante groups

Registration gives many Rohingya refugees identification for the first time

Bangladesh police kill two suspected Rohingya traffickers in clash

Rohingya girls rescued from traffickers in Bangladesh

Minnesota could get a new state holiday: Hmong-Lao Veterans Memorial Day

Germany designates BDS Israel boycott movement as anti-Semitic

Two Australians who gained access to Nauru share the horrors they faced

British Uighur calls on UK government to help search for missing family in Xinjiang

Home Office under fire over ‘inhumane’ detention of migrants

Man arrested during Nicaragua’s massive protests killed in prison

Fugitive El Salvador ex-president Funes paid by Nicaragua government

Victims of deportation of Crimean Tatars commemorated in Kyiv

Occupation authorities mull terrorism-related charges against Crimea Tatar leader Dzhemilev’s stepson

From music to sausages, Chicago Gaelic Park festival celebrates all things Irish

Nine Refugee Families Welcomed to Iceland

Icelandic President Heads for Winnipeg

Belarus Releases Christian Convert Wanted In Iran, Orders Him To Leave Country

Austrian state plans ‘Ten Commandments’ for asylum seekers

Austria recognises third gender option in official documents

Austria approves headscarf ban in primary schools

South Sudan refugees flood into DR Congo

Kiir urges rival Machar to return to South Sudan

India and Pak Should Resolve Issues Through Dialouge Involving Stateless Nations of the Region, World Sikh Parliament

“We’re Not Coming Out!”: why the overlooked story of Romani Resistance Day still resonates in 2019

How the Dalai Lama Negotiated the Future of His Nation in Exile

Tibetan community marks 25 years in Chicago region

Burundi orders asset seizure of exiled opposition

Polish Labor-Shortage Concern Eases as Ukrainians Take Up Slack

Russian lawyer who conducted ‘secret Nuremberg’ against Stalinists brings archive to the West

Uncertain Future Awaits Displaced Syrian Yazidis in Lebanon

Border officials develop plans to transfer migrant families to cities around the US

Photos show Border Patrol saving migrant boy from drowning

Morocco stops 3 migrant boats, arrests 40 on border fence

10-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl dies in Mexican custody

Migrant boy, 2, dies after being detained by US Border Patrol; 4th death of minor since December

Lindsey Graham introduces bill to extend detention of migrant children from 20 to 100 days

Immigration officials tabled plan for mass migrant arrests in L.A. and 9 other cities

Mexico Has Its Own Migrant Crisis — and the President Isn’t Happy

Turkey’s divided Circassians

Ingush blogger Ismail Nalgiev expelled from Belarus without trial

Son of Ingush UR party member arrested on suspicion of terrorism

Is everyone in Scotland really ready for the responsibility of independence?

Bitter 75th Anniversary of the Crimean Tatar Deportation as Russian persecution mounts in occupied Crimea

Turkey Marks 1944 Tragedy Of Crimean Tatars

Victims of deportation of Crimean Tatars commemorated in Kyiv

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Climate Greatest Driver to 2d Generation PTSD


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

1950 May 9: Europe Day

1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

1864 May 21: Circassian Genocide Memorial Day

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Sisters Who Fled Saudi Arabia Receive Georgian Passports, Moving To Third Country

Alleged human traffickers in Vanuatu denied bail

The story of Oromo slaves bound for Arabia who were brought to South Africa

‘United Shades of America’ goes inside the home of Minnesota’s rising star Hmong chef

‘The Hmong’s story in Anchorage is part of the whole city’s story’

Russia intensifies repression against Crimean Tatars to squeeze them out of Crimea

The Uyghur women fighting China’s surveillance state

Former Xinjiang teacher claims brainwashing and abuse inside mass detention centers

I’ve fought China’s slow-motion genocide of Uighur Muslims. Now, my family are victims.

Blues blowin’ in from the desert

Trump declares ‘invasion’ at border after DHS says 1 percent of Honduras, Guatemala entered US

Second-generation immigrants more likely to show signs of PTSD

Monument to Lithuanian partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas unveiled in Chicago

A national hero in Scotland… and Lithuania: Vilnius hails Celtic legend Billy McNeill’s family roots in Eastern Europe

Arvi Parbo Rose From an Estonian Dairy Farm to Top Posts in Australian Mining

Australian male model, 26, who is often mistaken for Brad Pitt insists his success has nothing to do with his incredible likeness to the Hollywood actor

Meet the 55-year-old Memphis single mom and immigrant setting track and field records around the world

The long road back to Liberia: the story of Mo Sangare’s international debut

Petition for Free Balochistan

‘Greatest Basque spectacle’ wowed thousands in 1949. Now, Boise show honors its past

Supreme Court rules Puigdemont can stand as candidate in European Elections

Exiled Catalan trio to stand in Euro poll

Wales becomes ‘nation of sanctuary’ for refugees, asylum-seekers

Belarus Deports Ingushetian Activist To Russia

‘Let our wee girl come home to Scotland’: African family’s heartbreaking story

Gaelic bardic tradition in Cape Breton helped preserve history, language

In exile in Bangladesh, a bittersweet revival of Rohingya culture

Rohingya women, girls being trafficked to Malaysia for marriage

Burma releases Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on Rohingya

Cyclone Raises Fears About Vulnerability of Rohingya Refugee Camps

Pope defends migrants during trip to immigration-adverse Bulgaria

Rita Ora buys a £1.5million mansion for parents in native Kosovo from her £18m fortune after making No9 on Sunday Times Rich List

Facing lack of opportunity at home, foreign workers seek jobs in Kurdistan

A Tibetan Momo Shop Expands with Lhasa Fresh Food

Young Tibetan Girl Wins Highest American Television Award

TIPA’s “Yarkyi” Festival 2019 celebrates excellent preservation and promotion of Tibetan theatrical art and culture in the last 60 years

An Exiled Chinese Novelist Rips Apart Xi Jinping and His ‘China Dream’

A Young Tibetan Refugee is Helping Rural Himalayas Develop

‘Mother of Tibet’: Meet The Unsung Saviour of Thousands of Tibetan Children

At least 65 migrants drown as boat capsizes off coast of Tunisia

Is Eritrea coming in from the cold?

US deporting more and more people to Eritrea – a country it says tortures and kills its citizens

For some of Idaho’s Irish pioneers, the Gem State was just one of many adventures

Honoring 10,000 Irish immigrants who built the US railroads

Majority of Immigrants Dissatisfied with Quality of Icelandic Instruction

Eva.Stories: real-life Holocaust diary on Instagram that was shot by a Ukrainian company in Lviv

US government is still separating migrant families at the border. It needs to stop

Drought, poverty, violence drive migration to places like Cincinnati’s East Price Hill

Local governments at U.S. border weigh using taxpayer funds to help migrant families

Climate now biggest driver of migration, study finds

Meet the Journalist: Ben Mauk on Circassian Nationalism

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Christian Persecution at Critical Levels


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

1950 May 9: Europe Day

1948 May 15: Nakba Day, Day of the Catastrophe in Palestine

1944 May 16: Day of Sinti, Romani and Roma resistance

1944 May 18: Day of Remembrance for the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide

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The Story Behind Iceland’s Only Rabbi

Uyghur IU student fights to free father Ilham Tohti from imprisonment in China

China frees ‘lost’ Uighur wives but at a price, families say

‘Truth hidden in the dark’: Chinese international student responses to Xinjiang

‘Truth Is Under Threat.’ Ten Questions for Chinese Dissident Author Ma Jian

Yle journalists: “It’s time to expand what it means to be Finnish”

Wales celebrates Welsh Days June 28-29

Romani children, their rights and wellbeing: time to reset the research agenda beyond 2020

Tibetan Boy Selected to an Australian State Under 14 Football Team

Is China Attempting to Prop up Fake Tibetan Organizations in Canada?

Death Threats Against Chemi Lhamo Were Organized by Chinese Diplomats in Canada

Marathon County celebrates Hmong Heritage Month

Hmong Heritage Conference celebrates heritage, growth in the Hmong community

Hmong Awarness Month

One American’s journey to Southeast Asia: A look at how Hmong there came to find a home here in Wisconsin

Chicken factory worker who came to UK to send money back to his wife in East Timor wins £58,000 on lottery – and now he’s planning to start a restaurant in his home country

The Estonian refugee who helped mould a Kiwi legend

Sir Arvi Parbo, an Estonian-Australian mining entrepreneur and a knight – obituary

Spain bars exiled ex-Catalan leader from European election

Bipartisan duo unveils bill to extend immigration protections for Nicaraguans

Dozens of Syrian refugees evicted in Lebanon anti-pollution drive

Syrian refugees struggle for healthcare in Lebanon

How challenging the powerful global palm oil industry forced a Liberian lawyer into exile

John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied migrant children

Inside Texas’ New Migrant Tent Facility

Mexico begins deporting members of migrant caravan after shelter riot

Spain busts Bangladeshi-run migrant smuggling ring

“A very humble child full of dreams”: Teacher describes migrant boy who died in U.S. custody

16-year-old migrant boy dies in government custody in Texas

Guatemalan mother and her son may be separated by the U.S. government — again

Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels’

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The List of Approved News


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

April 22: Earth Day

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

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Brexit capital Boston still struggling with divide

Cleric, writer Vello Salo dies at 94

E-residents of Estonia can Start an EU Company Irrespective of their Position on Globe

Migrant fishing workers in Ireland to get protections against slavery

Facebook bans UK’s biggest far-right organizations, including EDL, BNP, and Britain First

Trump Public Housing Plan Targets Immigrants Without Status

Sail For Justice: An Interview With the Manus Freedom Flotilla’s Izzy Brown

A quest to reconstruct Baltimore’s American Indian ‘reservation’

Russia uses farcical criminal charges against Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev to keep him out of Crimea

Top French court rejects ISIS nationals demands for repatriation from Syria

Kurds in Germany on hunger strike in front of Turkish embassy to protest Afrin occupation

Dutch government repatriates Yezidi asylum seekers to camps in Kurdistan Region

UK police arrest, evict 21 Kurdish hunger strike activists from Amnesty building

Iraq frees 44 kidnapped Bengali workers in Baghdad, make arrests

Alaska House of Representatives Passes Bill to Establish Hmong-American Veterans Day

Pacific climate migration a political tug of war

‘Pray For Me’: Nicaraguan Priest Threatened With Death Reaches Out To Niece In U.S.

Austrian politician resigns after publishing ‘deeply racist’ poem comparing migrants to rats

Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland and sentenced to 40 lashes have been freed

The cost of systemic corruption in Honduras: Migration north

Honduran revolving door migrants ready to return to US

Venezuelan migrants missing in shipwreck off Trinidad and Tobago

IT sales star wins $660k lawsuit against Oracle in Qatar – but can’t collect, because the Oracle he sued suddenly vanished

India investigates 40 migrant workers in Gabon after U.N. flags labour abuses

‘Killing Hope’: Turkmenistan’s List Of ‘Accepted’ Universities Deals (Another) Blow To Students

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh spawn a new civil society — and political violence

Rohingya trapped inside a ‘genocide zone’

Jordan in crucible of Middle East peace deal and Syrian refugee crisis

Mexican police crack down on migrant caravan in largest single raid since exodus began

Migrant caravan on the ‘Beast’ train to avoid Mexican police raids and make it to U.S. border

3-Year-Old Found Alone at Border Is One of Many ‘Heartbreaking’ Migrant Cases

Judge gives Trump team 6 months to identify additional separated migrant families

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April Hmong Heritage Month


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

April 22: Earth Day

May 3: World Press Freedom Day

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Video: Uyghur man bids to save ‘most extraordinary mom in the world’ from Chinese detention camp

“Surviving China”: Uyghur Voices from Xinjiang and Guantanamo

‘This Has Been Delayed For Too Long’, Uighur testifies at US Senate

‘The Past is Repeating Itself’, observes Holocaust survivor

More needs to be done to tackle child trafficking in Wales

UT Romani Scholar Honored By Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II

Bulgarian Government Set for Sweeping Victory in EU Elections after Anti-Roma Violence

Anti-Semitism threatens Romania’s fragile Jewish community

Trump and Netanyahu Are Breaking the Bond Between American Jews and Israel

Finland’s racialised minorities worry after nationalist gains

Millions of Chinese students to be sent to “minority areas”; China doubles down on Tibet control during anniversary period

200 Indian MPs, Bihar Chief Minister join calls for India’s highest civilian honour for Dalai Lama

April 20, the day Dalai Lama reached Mussoorie 60 years ago

One of the last surviving Hmong war heroes has died

Hmong women share stories of surviving genocide

DeLong students celebrate Hmong Heritage Month

Nicaragua crisis: One year in, more than 60,000 have fled, seeking refuge

Nicaragua refugees: ‘I don’t understand why people hate us’

Taking Australia’s asylum seekers was a ‘deal with the devil:’ former Nauru leader

Bangladesh Struggles To Cope With Pressures Of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees

Renewed campaign to wipe out surviving Rohingya will be the most savage yet

‘We’re broken’: Rohingya on hunger strike in Saudi detention

Trump’s latest immigration plan targets African countries whose citizens overstay visas

Tajikistan: Rahmon pleads with Putin for amnesty on deported migrants

Mexico deports 204 migrants back to Honduras

How Scotland erased Guyana from its past

Libya: UN-backed PM says 800,000 migrants could reach Europe amid instability

March of the Living in Budapest honors Scottish missionary who refused to abandon her Jewish pupils

Barotse Activist Mukwae Wabei Siyolwe Presents Wade in the Water

In Russia, calling yourself Circassian is always political

Overwhelmed by Illegal Migrant Drop-offs, Las Cruces Appeals for Donations

After Years of Explosive Growth, Migration to the West and the South Slows

Who’s funding the migrant caravans?

Trump officials say sanctuary city migrant plan is under review

Mapping the Global Migration of Millionaires

Denmark: Man suspected of placing grenade in Copenhagen

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Migrants in Boom and Bust


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

April 8: International Romani day

April 22: Earth Day

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Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao is no paradise for fleeing Venezuelans, report says

This Man’s Aunt Was Jailed Days After He Met With Mike Pompeo Over China’s Muslim Crackdown

‘We Need to Keep Our Language Alive’: Inside a Uyghur Bookshop in Istanbul

Migrant chaos: Clashes as thousands march to Greece after false rumour of open border

Mohajirs, Baloch, Gilgit-Baltistanis, Pashtuns and other minorities protest Pakistan govt atrocities

Dutch Kurdish woman, 5-month-old daughter jailed in Turkey

Tibetans Will Never Forget India’s Safety Provided to Dalai Lama

Sixty years after uprising, exiled Tibetans yearn for home

Rita Ora surprises 400 schoolchildren back home in her native Kosovo to support Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2019

Kosovo’s biggest exodus to be remembered by keeping train in museum

How Basque Food Got to Northern Nevada

The Basque Sheepherders in the West

Igbo in Canada unveil fresh plans for Biafra Memorial Day for over 3 million victims of Nigerian civil war

Trackers placed in Puigdemont’s cars during meetings in Brussels hotel

The last Irish priest in Wyoming

Irish family facing deportation from Australia after son diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis

Slave-masters used illegally-trafficked Lithuanian men to gather chickens at free-range farms that supply firm that owns the Happy Egg Company and Gu Puds brands and forced them to work by using Rottweilers

Organic pineapple offers migrants work and dignity in Togo

Kuwait to impose compulsory health insurance fees for expats

Bangladesh on mission mode to bring back 101 trafficking victims from Vanuatu

Bangladeshis trafficked to Vanuatu want resettlement in New Zealand or Australia

Caravan with hundreds of migrants leaves Honduras towards US

Immigrants’ Role in Tourism Boom in Iceland

Iceland: Higher Unemployment and Fewer Foreign Workers Expected

Croatia’s Woes Leave it Second Only to Bulgaria in Underdevelopment

The Indian Diaspora’s Influence on the General Election

Migrants flee to Niger as fighting worsens in Libya

Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

Improving the Living Conditions of Refugee Host Communities in Mauritania

Only 1% of diaspora Ukrainians voted in presidential election. Should the system be changed?

Pence says migrant family separations in the US will not return

Coyotes’ Boomtown: Picking Up The Migrant Trail On The Way To The U.S.-Mexico Border

Inspired by migrant caravans, new wave of Cubans seek U.S. asylum

How Schools Are Responding to Migrant Children

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Positive Migration? Hit House Prices!


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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages

April 6: Tartan Day, North American celebration of Scottish heritage

April 8: International Romani day

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Catalonia unites in cross-party commitment to ‘responsible’ migration debate

Immigrants Earn 8% Less Than Icelanders

Dissident Czech literary master Milan Kundera at 90

Kyrgyz Students Vanish Into Xinjiang’s Maw

War and refuge: Minnesota Opera to set Hmong story to music

Kurd to become mayor of London borough

Ethnic minority firefighters who ‘were told to stay in back of the truck so their presence wouldn’t hit house prices’

Garda recruitment drive targets people from all minority groups

Brunei’s LGBT community flees ‘inhumane’ new stoning laws

Racism, bureaucracy, uncertainty: Refugee crisis brews in Cyprus

Lithuania provided info to Belarusian KGB on asylum seeker

Rediscovering Latvian roots: an architect’s story

Texas Senate declares migrant surge an emergency

The Story of Migration Is More Positive Than We’ve Been Led to Believe

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