migration

Asylum-seeking migrants from Colombia, Cuba and Venezuela arrive on U.S. soil, after crossing the Colorado River, from Mexico on Feb. 21, in Yuma, Arizona.

With Cubans leaving en masse, much of Cuba's real estate is up for sale

10:42am June 07, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

Cubans are fleeing because of a steep economic downturn. Immigration is a big issue as leaders meet at this week's Summit of the Americas — but communist-controlled Cuba isn't invited.

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People waiting outside of a gate at the Kabul airport.

From Kabul to Virginia: An Afghan family is starting over in America

1:08pm January 25, 2022

by H.J. Mai

In only a matter of days, the lives of an Afghan family changed forever. After the Taliban took control of Kabul, they were forced to start over in a foreign country.

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An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they're refugees

5:07pm January 05, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

The teenagers on the Afghan girls national soccer team lean on each other as they adjust to a new life in Portugal, where they fled after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

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Migrants aiming to cross into Poland camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 17.

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Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they're wanted by Assad's regime

4:41pm December 24, 2021

After luring asylum-seekers to the EU as a political stunt, Belarus has now sent people back to the dangerous place they were escaping, rights groups and migrants tell NPR.

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Gegrand Joseph (front), a Haitian who hiked across the Darién Gap five years ago, was deported by the Trump administration and is tackling this same patch of jungle a second time to get back to the U.S.

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A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S.

10:36am November 19, 2021

by John Otis

More than 100,000 people have crossed the Darién Gap jungle from Colombia to Panama so far this year. The environmental impact and threats from cartels are many.

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Politics & Government

Report: North Carolina's Population Is On The Rise

3:56pm June 25, 2021

by April Laissle

More than 360,000 people moved to North Carolina in 2019, according to new estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Carmen Monzón, one of the assistants at San Pedro church soup kitchen, organizes lunch bags in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.

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In Canary Islands, Tensions Are High Over African Migration

7:11am March 26, 2021

by Sophie Eastaugh

The Spanish islands saw a big increase last year of people trying to migrate to Europe by boat. After sheltering many of them in hotels, the authorities have set up camps and stepped up deportations.

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Millions of monarch butterflies arrive each year in Mexico after travelling, in some cases, thousands of miles from the United States and Canada.

What Happened To The Butterflies? Climate, Deforestation Threaten Monarch Migration

9:41am February 26, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The population of monarch butterflies that migrated south to Mexico to hibernate fell 26% in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to a new report.

Guatemalan immigration officials use protective equipment as a preventive measure against the new coronavirus as they receive Guatemalan migrants deported from the U.S., at the Air Force base in Guatemala City on March 12.

Migrant Advocates Call For More Testing Before Deportations

4:07pm May 02, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

At least 100 Guatemalans infected with the coronavirus were deported from the U.S. from mid-March through mid-April. And advocates say Mexico has not been testing Central American deportees.

Members of the Mexican National Guard and officers of the Migration Institute detain a Central American migrant heading in a caravan to the U.S. in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Jan. 23.

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Migrants In Mexico Face Crackdown, But Officials Say They're Being 'Rescued'

2:58pm January 29, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Much of Mexico's official language regarding migration remains euphemistic, critics say, even as migration policies have grown harsher. More than 2,000 Central Americans have been deported this month.