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aspiration or desperation

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May 3: World Press Freedom Day

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Rohingya Crisis Is Becoming Islam’s Genocide

The day the Soviets invaded Britain to capture an Estonian

Russia Tells Its Study-Abroad Students: It’s Time To Come Home

Getting by after four years of war in Ukraine

Finland knife attacker says he was ‘in war against women’

Finland’s Vertigo Goes Beyond Nordic Noir at Series Mania

“Why wouldn’t you employ me?”— Life as a blind immigrant in Finland

Azerbaijani Journalist Wanted By Baku Leaves Ukraine After Months Of Uncertainty

Increased visibility has led to a serious drop in prejudice against the Roma

Gypsies arrive in Gloucester park and tell us how much they love the city

Celebrating Romani art and culture at the first Roma Biennale

Roma in Ireland: Pavee Point report exposes ‘relentless’ poverty and deep discrimination

Hmong Language and Culture Enrichment Program Develops Strong Cultural Identities

Artists to showcase Hmong-American experience in ‘ALOUD’ exhibition

Tiny flats mean large ethnic minority families must split to secure public housing in Hong Kong

Charity boards less diverse than UK’s biggest companies, says report

Austria to seize asylum seekers’ mobile phones, cash

For War Refugees, Bedsheets Are a Reminder of Home

South Sudan’s refugee flow is often a children’s crisis

Lebanon: Mass Evictions of Syrian Refugees

More Filipinos workers from Kuwait return home

Poland marks 75th anniversary of uprising in Warsaw Ghetto

Iraqi Yazidi Family Finds Refuge in Armenia

For Yazidis In U.S., New Year Holiday Brings Taste Of Lamb And The Home They Fled

On Yezidi New Year, SRSG Kubiš Calls for Continued Efforts to Win Freedom of Kidnapped Women and Children, for Accountability for Crimes Against Yezidis

The migrant caravan’s next steps may be an even tougher journey

Some 50 members of migrant caravan reach Mexico, U.S. border

Migrant Caravan Asylum Seekers Being ‘Illegally’ Turned Away at Border

Data shows migration more strongly linked to aspiration than desperation

‘I hadn’t been home for three years’: One migrant’s struggle in China

Job quest spurs adivasi exodus

Seventy-six Rohingya refugees rescued in Indonesia after drifting at sea for nine days

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on ‘precarious ground’ ahead of monsoon season

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New Lynching Memorial

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April 27th in Brussels: Uyghur March For Freedom

A new home and a new language – the Syrian children who are learning Welsh

U.S. seeks to deport thousands of Vietnamese protected by treaty: former ambassador

“I feel so safe “

This new lynching memorial rewrites American history

Very Few Elderly Immigrants In Iceland Have Access To Pension

Investor migration and the rise of the global citizen

Catlonia’s Marta Rovira breaks silence: “I’m in Switzerland to keep fighting against a brutal political persecution”

Irish journalist working overseas? Have you a story for Irish Times Abroad?

The genocide of the Roma – and how commemoration of this ‘forgotten Holocaust’ is shifting

Chinese man charged with spying on Tibetan refugees faces four years in Swedish prison

Tibetan Democracy One of Most Unique Systems

Estonia may see more new e-residents in 2018 than previous years combined

Hmong colonel who fought with U.S. in Vietnam gets full military burial

‘Growing up Hmong at the crossroads’ is a journey of generations

Screening of “The CIA’s Lost Army” at the European Parliament hosted by MEP Ignazio Corrao

Hundreds of Villagers in Chiang Rai’s Wiang Kaen District Protest Police Detention of Three Hmong Men Detained Over Suspected Drug Smuggling

Hong Kong’s ethnic minority children need higher-education support, not just handouts

The longboarding crew encouraging more young women from ethnic minorities to get involved in sport

Church leaders turn to racial, ethnic minorities as congregations dwindle

Ethnic minorities make up a disproportionately high proportion of women fleeing domestic violence

Army chiefs ordered to recruit more women, LGBT and ethnic minorities

Cane farmer draws on Basque heritage to encourage female farm succession

Migrant smuggling organised crime group dismantled in Romania and Austria

Saint Lucia Police issue human trafficking alert

Erdogan vows to bring back Gülenists from abroad

Gabon returns three suspects to Turkey over Gulen links

Kuwait to become first GCC state to impose remittance tax

Why we must listen to those who have fled Kagame’s Rwanda

Rwandan genocide 24 years on: what happened to the children born of rape?

On Rwandan genocide anniversary: Can world muster the will to prevent new atrocities?

Flawed return deal offers no way back for Rohingya refugees

UN decries ‘sheer horror’ suffered by thousands detained in Libya

Returning Students Want to Help Rebuild Gambia

Are you entitled to family benefits in Luxembourg?

The number of Slovaks returning from abroad rises

B.C. professor jailed in Slovakia accused of child porn, sexual violence

Why UK circus artists are lining up to train at Belgium’s Ecole Superieure des Arts du Cirque

Italy busts new smuggling ring bringing migrants from Tunisia

IOM holding workshop for media representatives in Turkmenistan

El Salvador bishops in D.C. to plead for saving immigration protections

Yazidi Survivors of ISIS’ Sinjar Massacre share their stories

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E-Residency, Migrant Caravan, Dumping Ground, Easter Service Hero

April 8: International Romani day

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One of Estonia’s first “e-residents” explains what it means to have digital citizenship

Estonia grants asylum to Open Russia activist

Dear God, I wanted to live

Uyghur Reporters’ Families Face Tremendous Pressure Back At Home

In New York’s ‘Little Liberia,’ some immigrants get ready to leave — or go underground

Trump threatens Honduras’ foreign aid over migrant caravan

Trump warns of migrant caravan following Fox News report, but organizers say reality far from their portrayal

As Migrant Caravan Splinters, Trump Takes Credit and Mexico Scoffs

Mexico vets and disperses Central American migrant ‘caravan’

How Trump’s policies could worsen the migration issue he says he wants to solve

Deported American gang members make El Salvador murder rate soar

How A Guatemalan Village’s Fortunes Rose And Fell With U.S. Migration And Deportation

Venezuela’s Migration Crisis

Who’s Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group behind the migrant caravan that drew Trump’s ire?

Labour exploitation now predominant form of trafficking in Cyprus

Serbia a ‘dumping ground’ for migrants blocked by EU states

Drumbeats and headdresses: Unangax dance group connects descendants to their culture

Israel’s Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with U.N.

Pope baptizes Italy ‘migrant hero’ at Easter Eve service

Return Migration by German Guestworkers: Neoclassical versus New Economic Theories

About 40,000 Ukrainians have left Crimea because of intimidation

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Social Media Handle Turnover

April 8: International Romani day

What we know about Emma Gonzalez, the fiercely outspoken teen who stunned America with her silence

US to require would-be immigrants to turn over social media handles

Kosovo Deports Turks Linked To Erdogan Foe Gulen

‘Very, very shocking’: UN on detention of asylum on Nauru

Brutal assailant attacks Romani woman in front of her children, Czech Police can’t get their stories straight

Hungary sued for taking away too many Roma children from their families due to poverty

How one Roma family fled persecution for safety in Canada

Panama and Costa Rica Prepare for Venezuelan Exodus

Far-right German arrested in Hungary for ‘selling guns to use against migrants’

Welsh choir strikes a chord

Estonian community in the Netherlands dedicate an oak field to Estonia

48th Estonian Cultural Days underway in New York

Thailand Bus Fire Kills 20 Migrant Workers From Myanmar

Philippine migration takes on a female face

America Cannot Bear to Bring Back Indentured Servitude

For first time in 70 years, Palestinians return to their villages

Group Marches the Track of Dalai Lama’s Journey to Exile 60 Years Ago

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Happiness in Migration: Flocks and Followers

‘Trust No One’: Exiled Azerbaijani Reporter Says He’s Being Hunted In Kyiv

Ukraine refuses asylum to a Tatar facing certain persecution in Russia for his faith

As Putin’s Opponents Flocked to London, His Spies Followed

1916 March 20: Mbuti pygmy Ota Benga exhibited at Bronx Zoo commits suicide

Anguilla: A little island with a big voice

Beijing also persecutes the Uyghurs abroad

El Salvador Debates Best Way to Counter MS-13 Gang Violence

13 citizens of Kyrgyzstan held in slavery in Russia, 1 woman committed suicide

Migrants Captured In Libya Say They End Up Sold As Slaves

How the United Arab Emirates, a Country of 90 Percent Immigrants, Handles Immigration

Neo-Nazis attack Afghan Community in Greece’s office in Athens

Seeking acceptance: the Pakistanis building a new life in Azerbaijan

The struggles of displaced persons in Central African Republic

The lost children of the Empire and the attempted Aboriginal genocide

Meet the Human Faces of Climate Migration

Figures of the week: Happiness and migration within and from sub-Saharan Africa

At least 16 dead as migrant boat sinks off Greek island

Spanish prosecutor requests seizing passports of Catalan leaders abroad

Pro-independence Esquerra party leader Marta Rovira goes into exile

Puigdemont detained in Germany

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Through the ‘Gate of Tears’

From Estonia to Thirlmere: Mall Juske’s migrant farming story

Uygurs around the world rally in protest against Chinese security campaign in Xinjiang

Kuwait shuts its doors to expats with diabetes, high-BP

199 women arrested in Oman for prostitution

Commemorations to show how Suffolk village helped Basque child refugees evacuated in Spanish Civil War

Municipalities neglect victims of human trafficking

I’m an ethnic minority in a bank. This is why I’m paid less

Ethnic minorities paid less at KPMG

FTSE 100 CEOs named Steve and David outnumber women and ethnic minority leaders combined

Deal sought on undocumented Irish

Why Irish America Is Not Evergreen

Exiled in Scotland Catalan independendist Clara Ponsati seeks refuge here from arrest warrant in Spain

Migrant death in Italy points to dire conditions in Libya

Greek police: Racist hate crimes nearly tripled in 2017

The secret history of Romani Gypsies

‘Democracy came and the baron disappeared’

Roma children systematically humiliated in Hungary’s segregated schools

A Yemeni’s harrowing journey through the ‘Gate of Tears’

Immigrants struggle for health care in Belgium

Kosovo Must Legalize Serbia’s Displaced Albanians

Italy grants 1 million Euros as aid to Sahrawi refugees

In Junot Diaz’s ‘Islandborn,’ A Curious Child Re-Creates Her Dominican Roots

A March Begins in Tawang to Mark 60th Year of Dalai Lama’s Journey to India

African asylum seekers stuck in limbo in Malta

Hungary sentences Syrian man to 7 years over migrant riot

Indigenous Yukpa face humanitarian crisis after fleeing Venezuela

Happy 100th birthday to the man who sparked movement to unite the Welsh across the world

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Return Migration: Separating Parents and Children

Tiffany Haddish honors Eritrean heritage at the Oscars with stunning zuria gown

More refugees leave Nauru camp for US

Over 2,500 Burundi refugees in Congo seek shelter in Rwanda

Exiled Uyghur Leader Says ‘Red Notice’ Demonstrates China’s Harassment of Critics Abroad

Farm training the key to helping Laos human trafficking survivors

Human trafficking in Gulf of Guinea – Marine Police intercepts boat

How the Banjar people of Borneo became ancestors of the Malagasy and Comorian people

30 ways to support returning Irish emigrants recommended to Government

My Swiss Story – leaving the flip-flops behind and returning to Switzerland

How the Welsh outside Wales kept St David’s day alive

The inside track on three lost Welsh stars once tipped for great things who are now returning home

A tax on workers to pay for retirees won’t solve Wales’ ‘brain drain’ problem

We global Welsh want to see Wales celebrate its history and heritage

‘Europe Does Not See Us As Human’: Stranded Refugees Struggle In Greece

Trans refugees fled to Greece for a better life. They found intolerance.

Journalist faces extradition from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, fears for his safety

Italian Police Tell Roma: Leave now or we will take away your kids

Jordan Peele is first black screenwriter to win best original screenplay

Kuwait reinstates ban on Bangladeshi workers

Violent crime in El Salvador has taken a damaging toll on the country’s economy

A Tibetan refugee hopes to build community around his D.C. hot pot spot

Chinese Students Abroad Lead a Rare Protest Against Xi

Tibetans Warned of Dangerous Immigration Rackets

Hope and Inclusion: Investing in Refugees in Serbia

Inside the Networks of Sex Slaves, the Drug Trade, Colombian Cartels and Al Qaeda in Africa

Gaelic speaking slaves of 18th Century America

Everything was over when the war began

International migration from sub-Saharan Africa has grown dramatically since 2010

How people talk now holds clues about human migration centuries ago

Italian vote heralds tougher EU stance on migration

ACLU challenges Trump administration practice of separating migrant parents and children

Fatoumata Diawara’s Stirring Reminder Of The Global Migrant Crisis

Africa is now home to the world’s largest migrant populations

Return Migration: A Conceptual and Policy Framework

Chechens Seek Ways To Circumvent Ban on Commemorating 1944 Deportation

KBR marks 74th anniversary of Balkars’ deportation

Balkars In North Caucasus Mark Anniversary Of Stalin-Era Deportation

Deposed education minister Clara Ponsatí leaves Belgium for Scotland

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Outpost for select few: migrate or die between homeland and diaspora, birth certificates issued

Norwegian emigration ‘higher than during era of migration to USA’

Meet Ukrainians in US who don’t want to come back

21 Refugees From Iraq Arrive In Iceland

Two Tibetans Among Harvard’s 2018 International Women’s Day Honourees

Inspiring Tibetan Activist from London for this LHAKAR

The Welsh Connection: How Wales has helped shape Liverpool

Orbán says migrants are like gypsies, but migrants are worse because they come from outside Hungary

Czech memorial to Romani genocide desecrated with pig’s head

EU nationals ‘to lose their right to vote in post-Brexit indyref2’

Ethnicity pay gap uncovered in London’s public services

Mould levels seen at Nauru detention centre are enough to cause serious health problems

China upset as Interpol removes wanted alert for exiled Uighur leader Dolkun Isa

US-based Uighur journalist Gulchehra Hoja says China detained 20 relatives

African migrants are painting their faces white to stop Israel from deporting them

Are Eritrea government spies posing as refugee interpreters?

Detained Migrants In Libya Have A Choice: Buy Your Way Out Or Be Sold Into Bondage

After finding freedom, this former slave is now homeless and hungry

Suspect in killing of Filipina maid interrogated in Lebanon

Russian Billionaire linked to Trump, Manafort Has New Cyprus Passport

Mauritania Issues Birth Certificates for Malian Refugee Children

Syrian refugee’s guitar opens doors to new life in Belgium

Barbados relaunches the Barbados Family and Friends Club

Another ‘punished people’ documented – the Kola Norwegians destroyed by Stalin

Singapore’s migrant workers struggle to get paid

At French Outpost in African Migrant Hub, Asylum for a Select Few

‘Migrate or die’: Venezuelans flood into Colombia despite crackdown

Once trapped by ISIS, Yazidis struggle to find their way in Buffalo

Five North Korean laborers die in Russian city of Ufa

New Circassian scholarship — between homeland and diaspora

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Melania’s Chain Migration Trump Card

February 21: International Mother Language Day

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Beyond the digital drivel: Long-term expats sound off about life in Estonia

Kosovo marks decade of independence as Rita Ora headlines celebrations

Inside London’s First Authentic Uyghur Restaurant

Malaysia Talking with Thailand About Detained Uyghurs

On International Mother Language Day World Uyghur Congress Calls on China to Reverse Uyghur Language Ban

African refugees on hunger strike in Israel

Estonian communities around the world celebrate Estonia’s centennial with music, dance and festivities

Mental health awareness in the Hmong community

China Expels 3 Tibetans with Valid Visas After 8 Hours Detainment at Airport

Photo Story: Life in the Exile Tibetan Community

Ismail Kadare’s Long Journey Out of Hoxha’s Albania

‘Exodus’ from Puerto Rico: A visual guide

Tiffany Haddish on Returning to Eritrea: ‘I Feel Like I’m Finally Home’

Eritrea’s first Winter Olympian calls Canada home

Eritrean finds home in Italy after trauma in Libya

Congo refugees in Rwanda say soldiers shoot and wound at least two during food protest

In Cuba, There Isn’t a Movement for Black Thought, or Black Pride. It Doesn’t Exist.

Job Center for Syrians Opens in Jordan Refugee Camp

Tajikistan: Grandson of Opposition Leader Denied Medical Treatment

Tajikistan: Activist Forcibly Returned From Turkey

Suriname announces new immigration measures for undocumented Chinese

How the E.U.’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Streets of Brussels

An Ancient Tuscan Village, Like Italy, Is Reshaped by Migration

‘Tortured and held for ransom,’ a child migrant’s story

Venezuela’s Deepening Crisis Triggers Mass Migration Into Colombia

Venezuela’s migrant crisis could match scale of Syria’s catastrophe, experts say

EU migration to Britain below 100,000 for first time in 5 years

Non-EU net migration to UK overtakes net migration from EU

Melania Trump’s parents’ immigration status could be thanks to ‘chain migration’

Orbán calls for global anti-migrant alliance with eye on April elections

Anti-Migrant Slogans Are Overshadowing Italy’s Election Race

Understanding 6th-Century Barbarian Social Organization and Migration through Paleogenomics

Exiles In Their Country, Crimean Dissidents Resist Russian Rule

Daring Plan to Save a Religious Minority from ISIS

Yezidi survivor won’t return to Iraq for fear of new ‘genocide’

Three Yezidi survivors welcomed home with tears, hugs

Defeated in Iraq, ISIS still haunts dreams of Yazidi children

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Venezuela’s Misery Spills Across Borders – Killing Prompts Return Of Philippines Workers

February 21: International Mother Language Day

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Ukraine deports Georgian ex-President Saakashvili to Poland

Asylum seeker killed in Iraq weeks after repatriation from Finland

Venezuela’s Misery Fuels Migration on Epic Scale

Iceland’s Own Vigilantes

Top German lawmaker in security row with Turkey at Munich meeting

Wife of Taiwan NGO Worker Jailed by China Takes Campaign to Europe

‘Tunisia is finished’: smugglers profit as downturn drives European exodus

Uyghur Extraditions Reveal China’s Growing Surveillance State

US Urges Malaysia Protect Uighurs Facing Deportation

From Refugee to Royalty: Sierra Leone Designer Champions Ethical Fashion

Killing prompts return of Philippines workers from Kuwait

Mayotte – the French Migration Frontline You’ve Never Heard of

Oromo community aims to raise funds for displaced

Migrants Are Up Against Nicaragua’s “Containment Wall”

Truck packed with migrants crashes in Libya, killing at least 19

Bringing your partner to Luxembourg

Ukraine deports opposition leader Saakashvili to Poland

Photo Story: Life in the Exile Tibetan Community

Tibetan Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen Testifies Before US Congress

Albania agrees to allow EU police on its territory to handle immigration

The Coldest People On Earth

George and Amal Clooney sponsor a Yazidi refugee from Iraq

Venezuelan refugees inflame Brazil’s already simmering migrant crisis

Venezuela’s Misery Fuels Migration on Epic Scale

‘I don’t have a happy ending’: Venezuela’s misery is deepening — and spilling over its borders

Lure of Polish Riches Leaves Ukraine Bereft of Workers