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‘When they persecute you in one city, flee to another’ Banned in Russia, Jehovah’s Witnesses are seeking refuge in Belarus, where other problems await
Chinese dissident artist defies Beijing and ‘daily death threats’ with new show in Italy
Darbandikhan sports clubs, cafés fall silent as youth emigrate
Afghans in Indonesia protest slow UN resettlement process
Kurds, others converge in French camp, seeking to reach UK
Poland, Lithuania and Latvia consider triggering NATO’s Article 4 over the Belarus border crisis
Iraqi Kurd’s death in Belarus underscores migrants’ despair
Nigerian American Presses Case for DC Statehood
EU extends scope of Belarus sanctions
Liberia Native Finds Her Footing as New Colorado Lawmaker
Belarus must be held accountable for human trafficking, Baltic states say
Wisconsin Legislator From Gambia Measures Success by Others’ Access
Baltic presidents call for changes to EU migration rules
How this Italian city defied China in spotlighting dissident artist
Lithuanians returning from abroad might be at a disadvantage in Lithuania – survey
Critics: Greece criminalizes migration, prosecutes helpers
How Minsk became a destination for migrants travelling as tourists
A good idea gone nowhere? Diaspora policy in Australia
Bodies of two Kurdish migrants return home from Belarus
Four Kenyan police jailed for murder of UK aristocrat’s son
Glocalising Teaching English as an International Language
Belarus leader says he may ask Putin “to get involved” as Belarus-Poland migrant crisis escalates
Dolkun Isa re-elected as head of World Uyghur Congress in diaspora vote
Belarusian Military Sneaked to the Border at Night and Cut the Fence From the Polish Side
Husbands of undocumented North Koreans beg China not to deport their wives
NATO restates support for Poland over Belarus migrant crisis
Families mourn young migrants who died at Belarus-Poland border
Finnish opposition parties call for heightened preparedness at the border
Hungary’s Stop Soros law that criminalises helping asylum seekers ‘infringes EU law’
Illegal Immigrants Throw Stun Grenades at the Polish Military
French authorities start moving migrants from camp in northern France
President: Estonia is ready, should situation on border change
Mexican president says he will call out US lawmakers who vote against immigration reform
Belarusian Law Enforcement Officer Instructs Migrants During Assault Of Polish Checkpoint
Polish border troops fire water cannon at rock-throwing migrants
Anusauskas: migrant border crisis could be cover for action against Ukraine
US Journalist Jailed for Months in Myanmar Lands in New York
US Dep of State announces ‘follow-up sanctions’ against Lukashenka regime
Ukrainian Ombudswoman Not Allowed To See Saakashvili
With dozens in limbo, Denmark pressured to reverse refugee policy
Afghan evacuees enjoy Albania but have eyes set on Canada
Latino immigrants in the US: Has the situation really changed?
A memoir of escaping Turkmenistan in search of education
Torture and survival in Chechnya
Estonia deploys 1,684 reservists to build a temporary border fence
Armed Belarusian Siloviki Drove Migrants To Storm Lithuanian Border
Situation in Belarus closer to military action than migrant crisis – Finnish FM
EU sending food, blankets to migrants along border between Poland, Belarus
1989 November 17: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
Ex-wife of jailed former senator of Bashkortostan found dead at her £10,000,000 London flat
American barred from leaving China returned to U.S. before Biden-Xi meeting
UNHCR in search of assistance for asylum-seekers and refugees in Lithuania
Albanian minister rejects claim that UK will process migrants in her country
Lithuanian PM warns against ‘appeasement’ of Lukashenko
China detains at least 400 Myanmar migrants for more than a year
Lithuanian officer’s dog bites migrant amid border tensions
In South Africa, over 200 refugee children dream of school
“So that people can survive”: Lithuanians pack food and clothes for migrants their country kicks out
New business partnerships help refugee women enter the workforce
Estonia pledges PPA personnel to assist on Latvia, Poland borders
Europe rights court slams Croatia on Afghan family pushback
Lithuanian FM reports attempts to remove Belarus’ airline Belavia from EU sanctions list
Kim Kardashian West Helps Fly Afghan Women Soccer Players to UK
Lithuania to allow reporters access to border, reversing earlier policy
Nearly a dozen migrants suffocate in ‘horrific’ conditions off Libya coast
More migrants pushed to Lithuania’s Dieveniškės loop, says border guard chief
Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Fall Apart?
Soccer: Denmark to wear kits highlighting human rights issues in Qatar
New migrant caravan begins in southern Mexico
Ukraine asks EU for help in reinforcing border with Belarus
Migrant camps grow in Mexico amid uncertainty on US policy
G7 ministers fault Lukashenka regime for orchestrating irregular migration, deflecting attention from crisis in Belarus
Meng Hongwei’s wife slams ‘monster’ China
Belarus clears migrant camps at border as first repatriation flight leaves for Iraq
Ukraine stops 15 from Middle East believed posing as tourists at Belarus border
Japan immigration detainee seeks $8,800 compensation over security guard’s violence
Judge tosses convictions of 2 men in killing of Malcolm X
1650 November 18: National Day of Oman
1918 November 18: Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia
1956 November 18: Morocco Independence Day
New Sikh temple in Hudson, Que., gives local community a gathering place close to home
Most Palestinian asylum-seekers at Barcelona airport since Monday allowed to enter country
‘It’s deadly’: Syrian doctor in Poland warns migrants against journey through Belarus
Finns fear migrants will be sent to their border with Russia
Poland: Migrant Camps Along Belarus Border Have Emptied
Thousands of Afghans Seek Temporary US Entry, Few Approved
Kurds on the Border: The Belarusian Law Enforcers Turned Us Into Hungry Rats Ready For Anything
Ex-Lawyer Of Navalny Support Group In Bashkortostan Flees Russia
Lasso the cat finally makes 18-month journey from Jordan to Estonia
U.S. charges church founder and Duterte associate with sex trafficking
“We Stayed In Belarus For Twenty Days And Spent $25,000”
Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq
Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 2
Migrant boat with 10 dead bodies arrives in Sicily
Overseas recruitment “not the answer” to hospital woes
Poland says Belarus ferries migrants back to border after clearing camps
Lithuanian military establishes forward base near Belarus border
British, Estonian troops to be sent to Poland amid border crisis
Ukraine Spending $640 Million to Build Fence Along Russian, Belarusian Borders
Man City sign brother and sister from Dagestan
Domestic and sexual abuse of silenced Sikh women revealed
EU shattered over crippling migrant crisis – desperate states move to DEFY von der Leyen
Belarus Special Services Teach Migrants How to Attack Polish Border Guards With a Knife
Two Chinese, one Congolese jailed in DR Congo over prostitution
Rights groups in Serbia fear workers at Chinese factory were trafficked
Child Lost During Afghanistan Evacuation Reunites With Mother in US
Wife speaks out about ransom demands for American humanitarian worker held hostage in Africa
Bosnia Opens Modern Migrant Camp After Outcry Over Humanitarian Crisis
Lebanese navy rescues distressed boat carrying migrants
UK PM Johnson orders review into English Channel migrant crisis -The Times
1969 November 20: Occupation of Alcatraz
Lithuanian NGOs mobilise to prep aid for migrants pushed back to Belarus
From Laos to America Museum holds grand re-opening
Polish PM in Estonia: We are facing a new form of war
How a Basque refugee football team overcame tragedy to take Wales by storm
Military base set up in Druskininkai to counter the flow of migrants from Belarus
How Reykjavik Creamery, an Icelandic yogurt venture in Pennsylvania, nearly went sour
Poland: Belarus eyes using Afghan migrants as border pawns
Croatia police say German reporter helped migrants cross
At the Poland-Belarus border, efforts to ease suffering among migrants
2013 November 21: Euromaidan, Ukraine