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Estonian-American Special Forces legend Jyri Laats

Over 2,500 Ukrainian construction workers work in Lithuania – association

‘I Don’t Like Being in Exile’, former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont

Number of young Catalans abroad rises 115% in nine years

Migrants Celebrate Eid in Bosnia

Nigeria’s Wizkid meets president Talon, declares Benin his new home

Tinariwen Brings Desert Blues to Colorado

Interview: Bombino

What it meant to be Irish a century ago and an ocean away from Ireland

Netanyahu lands in Lithuania, grandma’s birthplace, in search of European allies

Dozens of smuggled Kurds caught as Bulgarian police arrest traffickers

Greece faces Turkish rage for granting asylum to fugitive soldier

Young Tibetan Refugees Who Fled China Seeking Education Arrive in India

Tibetan Girl’s Indian Independence Day Message Will Melt Your Heart

Tibetan Refugees Extend Helping Hand to Kerala Flood Victims

8 Tibetans Held in Nepal Custody Arrived in Dharamsala, India

A migration crisis is overpowering this tiny French island

Hungary Intentionally Denying Food To Asylum-Seekers, Watchdog Groups Say

Domestic abuse adds to Yemeni refugee women’s woes in Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea repatriates North Korean workers, cuts agricultural ties

Switzerland denies couple citizenship – because they won’t shake hands

Ukrainian Rights Activist Says Poland Has Barred Her From Travel In EU

A Haitian Slave Turned Emperor Brings Celebration and Controversy to Brooklyn

US sanctions Myanmar military over Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’

Mro villagers warn they will leave homes if Rohingya refugees return

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‘Escape from Tibet most fearful day of my life’

We are not refugees out of will: His Holiness the Dalai Lama at inauguration of Dalai Lama Institute’s new hostel

Film exploring Tibetan community in India to be shown at Toronto festival

Four female members of Kurdish family drown in perilous journey to Europe

Yezidi ‘ex-sex slave’ trapped both in Iraq and in German exile

IOM: Libya Struggling With High Numbers of Migrants in Detention

Somaliland Diaspora Agency officially launches 4th Annual Diaspora Conference 2018

Between Hate, Hope, and Help: Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Migrant rescue ship arrives in Malta, ending standoff

Returning from Libyan detention, young Gambians try to change the migration exodus mindset

Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya

Right of return? — The struggles of the Circassian diaspora to settle in Adygea

Melania Trump’s Parents Become U.S. Citizens, Using ‘Chain Migration’ Trump Hates

Kazakhstan’s secret services harass activists in Ukraine, Russian political refugee says

Ukrainian Open Dialogue activist deported from Poland after criticizing right-wing government

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Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fleeing Russia Crackdown, Seek Shelter in Finland

Estonian-American summer camps in the US are still vibrant

Kurdish-Iranian Refugee Wins Fields Prize For Mathematics

A day in the life of Kurdish asylum-seekers in Tokyo

Austrian Kurd arrested at Turkish airport for critical Facebook posts

2 Workers at Arizona Migrant Children Centers Are Charged With Sexual Abuse

For Hondurans, staying home more perilous than taking the migrant path

Greek police arrest eight suspected of killing Pakistani migrant

Welsh teacher for refugees wins award at Eisteddfod

The Forgotten Story Behind Crimea’s Only Displaced University

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Reporters To Face Trial In Myanmar After Covering Rohingya Massacre

Bangladesh Begins Registering Rohingya Refugees

‘We are always missing you’: Torn apart by violence, Rohingya families connect through letters

U.N. readies to send experts to Myanmar’s Rakhine after Rohingya return deal

Spy For Us — Or Never Speak To Your Family Again

Young members of diaspora explore their Latvian roots

Latvia’s rate of population decline still among EU’s worst

Whether Latvian children abroad will learn Latvian language and culture depends on their parents – Sadurskis

Catalonia’s Roma: Fighting stereotypes 600 years after migration

The only district in Europe where Roma are the majority: a day in Šuto Orizari

Roma integration strategies are failing: weak governance, unchecked discrimination and deep-rooted antigypsyism

The Importance of Educating Roma Girls: a message to my 16-year-old self

Gypsy children cannot become scouts in Hungary

Marshalls improves in US human trafficking ratings

Ukrainians in Poland attracted by average wage 4 times higher

Americans in UK warned to keep ‘low profile’ during Trump visit

91-year-old man beaten with brick, told ‘go back to Mexico’

Plaque in honour of Basque refugees who sought refuge in Newport unveiled

More black and ethnic minority adoptive families needed

Donald Trump: The Ethnic Minority Jobs President

U.S. Imposes Visa Sanctions on Myanmar and Laos Over Their Refusal to Accept Deportees

Honduras identifies 313 children separated from families in US

1-year-old separated from dad will return to Honduras soon

Belarus Refuses Asylum For Uzbek Transgender Woman

Namibia: former refugees return

Confronting Horror at the Jordan-Syria Border

UN to repatriate 3,500 Sudanese refugees from Chad in 2018

Denmark introduces interpreter charge at hospitals

The Trump Family’s Immigrant Story

Arunachal Student Group Holds Rally Against Tibetan Refugees

Ukrainian who went to Russia to get medicine for his child jailed on ‘spying’ charges

Ukrainian gets jail sentence in Russia for involvement in a legal organization in Ukraine

Vital rulings could end humiliating discrimination against Ukrainians displaced by Russian aggression

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Estonia: A nation dispersed by history – united by a global destiny

Austrian Saharawi Association (ÖSG) calls Morocco to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara

Refugees rescued by Catalan NGO reach Barcelona

Uyghur Exile Group Leader’s Mother Died in Xinjiang Detention Center

Calls to stop 11 Uighurs’ return to China amid fears of torture

Can’t leave Iraq, can’t go back to Iran: Kurdish political refugees in limbo

Tibetan Migration Into India Down to a Trickle

Kashmiri Tibetans Dream to Return to Tibet from Kashmir

Tibetans Marked a Grand Celebration of Dalai Lama’s Birthday in Nepal

Cannibal Island: In 1933, Nearly 5,000 Died In One Of Stalin’s Most Horrific Labor Camps

Dreams Of Change Deferred: Activists Can’t Work In Tajikistan, Can’t Live Outside It

Gabon struggles to stem tide of child trafficking

Physicians say Rohingya scars ‘highly consistent’ with Myanmar atrocity reports

Malta prevents migrant spotter aircraft taking to skies

A tent hospital run by Jordan offers hope to Syrians fleeing war

In Denmark, Harsh New Laws for Immigrant ‘Ghettos’

“No ghettos in 2030”: Denmark’s controversial plan to get rid of immigrant neighborhoods

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‘Worst Human Traffickers’ Include Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkmenistan

Tibetan Exile Narrative Has Transformed from a Victim Mindset to One of Success

11 English Scots for Yes tell us why they back independence

In Europe, the targeting of Roma sets off alarm bells for Jews

Exiled Catalan leader gets Swiss residence permit for five years

Kyrgyzstan Extradites Activist to Risk of Torture

The tale of foreign fishermen living in Gabon

New London festival celebrates Basque culture

Syrians trickle home from Lebanon, but most stay put

Baloch activists hold anti-China protest to oppose CPEC project in Balochistan

Baloch activists hold anti-China protest to oppose CPEC project in Balochistan

World Sindhi Congress protests in U.S. against enforced disappearances in Pakistan

Pashtun, Baloch and Sindh Activists Protest Outside UN Headquarters In Geneva against Atrocities Committed by Pakistan Army

Criminalising Dissent: Repression of Sikhs in Indian-Occupied Punjab

Migration to Europe Is Slowing, but the Political Issue Is as Toxic as Ever

ISIS slave master slips through Canada’s vetting process

Multilingualism online: “Language barriers are a major challenge”

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

June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada

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Kristy Yang, First Hmong-American Woman Judge in U.S., Will Keynote WWOCN Conference

Iranian refugee dies of apparent suicide in Nauru camp

Why the Iceland National Team Has So Many Polish Fans

A Visa Lottery Winner a Decade Ago, a U.S. Soldier Returns Home to Lithuania

Russian dissidents find refuge in Lithuania

Finnish citizen ‘first European woman to get driving licence’ in Saudi Arabia

Finland’s first terror attack: Life sentence for Turku stabber

Record number of foreign residents get Finnish citizenship in 2017

Stranded ship with 629 refugees to be taken to Valencia

Barcelona offers to take in 100 refugees from Aquarius ship

Basque region offers to host rescued Aquarius migrants

Student In Turkey ‘Tricked Back’ To Turkmenistan And Imprisoned

‘We felt Ireland forced us out, we felt betrayed’

Landslides and Flooding Threaten 200,000 Rohingya Refugees as Monsoon Rains Lash Into Bangladesh Camps

Leave now, pay later migration scams lure somali teens to their deaths

Welsh children being sent to prisons in England are lonely and isolated

Sweden jails man for spying on exiled Tibetans for China

Indian sellers using Estonian e-residency to access European markets, PayPal system

Sikhs abroad feel Khalistan narrative meant to marginalise

Jonathan Lee: Antigypsyism is a cancer at the heart of Europe

Young Gypsies and Travellers launch activist network at Appleby fair

Exiled as a child, Sahrawi grandmother still longs for home

Mauritania’s ‘nomadic spirit’ comes alive in Canadian restaurant

1st Tibetan-Canadian elected to public office in North America reflects on humble beginnings in Canada

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

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Liberia Diaspora Engagement Program Reactivated

Hmong: A History of Relocation

Thailand cuts number of berry pickers to Finland – after last year’s human trafficking scandal

Study: Immigrant, disabled women face three times as much violence as others in Finland

America’s cruel history of separating children from their parents

“Breaking the Bee” filmmaker on why Indian-Americans dominate spelling bees

Myanmar Is Intensifying Violence Against Ethnic Minorities, U.S. Says

Never As Many Children With Foreign Background In Iceland

Austria plans to cut benefits for non-German speaking immigrants

Austria calls for overhaul of EU free movement

A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi

Biafran War Memories: Why young Africans need to know their history

Switzerland launches program to test AI for refugee integration

Indigenous Guatemalan woman shot dead by US Border Patrol

The future of Europe’s elections will be all about migration, foreign minister says

Trump Officials, Moving to Break Up Migrant Families, Blame Democrats

Trump admin: Parents must be fingerprinted to get back migrant kids

Surge in migrant children at government shelters as Trump admin pushes ‘zero tolerance’

Hungary to criminalise migrant helpers in crackdown

Paris Police Clear Out 1,500 People From the City’s Largest Migrant Camp

Transgender migrant from Honduras dies in U.S. custody

Denmark joins some European nations in banning burqa, niqab

Theme of kindness for Samoan Language Week

Attu descendants visit their ancestral home for the first time

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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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Want Educated Immigrants? Let In More Africans

South Sudanese flee war to neighbouring countries

Hmong veterans gather in Madison to celebrate Hmong-Lao Veterans Appreciation Day

Crimean Tatars mark 74th anniversary of deportation as 25,000 driven out of Crimea since 2014

Crimean Tatars Detained for Honouring the Victims of the Deportation

Kyrgyzstan: labor migrants need social protection, investment incentives

Finland moves to ease restrictions on non-EU workers

UN expert warns of ‘stark increase’ in hate crimes across UK, post-Brexit vote

Health challenges for migrants and ethnic minorities tackled at global conference

Minister of Labour Tells What Belarusians Abroad To Be Considered “Parasites”

Jobless foreign nurses ‘stuck’ in Namibia

This French Guiana slave from Gabon gained popularity as a 19th-century criminal and hero

Bosnia Struggles With Thousands Of Migrants On New Route To Western Europe

Serbia: a ‘transit’ shelter for migrants

Greece changes asylum rules to fight camp overcrowding

How Muslim Migrants Are Reshaping Russia’s Dying Countryside, One Village At A Time

Slovakia: Two Romani children shot in Poprad, perpetrator not yet identified

State terror: Romani children need protection from abuse in care homes

Canada grants former MEP Viktória Mohácsi political asylum

Former Romani MP and poet Kujtim Pacaku dies at 59

Ultranationalist Terrorist Kills Romani Man With Knife in Bulgaria

Two-year-old migrant girl dies after being shot in the face during police chase in Belgium

Tibetan Monks Trained in India Banned From Teaching in Lithang

Gambia ex-president accused of ordering 50 migrant deaths

Paris Knife Attacker, Born in Chechnya, Was on Terrorism Watch List

Trump administration preparing to shelter migrant children on Texas military bases

Trump administration preparing to hold immigrant children on military bases

Countries must compete for migrant workers to boost their economies

A Personal Testimony Of The Migrant Caravan

Border Patrol failed to count hundreds of migrant deaths on US soil

85,000-Year-Old Footprints Show Stepping Stone in Human Migration

Migrant crisis emerges in Sahara Desert on Algeria-Niger border

Stories of the catastrophe: Palestine

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