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Refugees

  1. migrant crisis
    What Happens When You House More Than 1,000 Refugees on a Cruise Ship?Lessons for New York from Rotterdam’s six-month experiment.
    By Wilfred Chan
  2. housing
    How Airbnb Reinvented Itself As the World’s Crisis-Housing ProviderIn times of disaster, from war in Ukraine to wildfires in California, the platform is hoping to become something closer to critical infrastructure.
    By Molly Osberg
  3. ukraine
    Airbnb Ghost Bookings Emerge As an Iffy Form of Aid to UkraineResidents get money they need, the short-term rental giant gets press it craves.
    By Clio Chang
  4. politics
    No Immigration Breakthrough in Reconciliation Bill, Says ParliamentarianUnder the Senate’s obscure Byrd Rule, the budget implications of immigration reforms benefiting eight million people are “incidental.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    Should Democrats Gamble on Immigration Reform in 2021?If the parliamentarian lets Democrats put immigration reform in the reconciliation bill, they’ll have to choose between principle and midterm fears.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. afghanistan
    One Dead After Firefight Breaks Out at Kabul AirportMeanwhile, the U.S. military evacuated 10,400 people over a 24-hour period, a new high for the effort.
    By Chas Danner
  7. conservatism
    Afghan Refugee Crisis Will Test the Strength of GOP NativismWhile some Republicans slam Biden for betraying Afghans, Trumpists are already mulling anti-refugee primary campaigns in 2022.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. veep
    President Biden Isn’t Making Life Easy for Kamala HarrisThe vice-president is the presumed front-runner to someday succeed Biden. He might want to start giving her less impossible assignments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. immigration
    Biden Keeps Trump’s Record-Low Refugee-Admissions Cap, Breaking PledgeFollowing backlash over the reversal, the White House later signaled it would still raise the cap this fiscal year, but not as high as it had pledged.
    By Chas Danner
  10. politics
    Democrats Advance Citizenship for 3.5 Million ImmigrantsA path to citizenship for Dreamers and migrant farmworkers heads to the Senate again, but the GOP will stall it to rail at the “border crisis.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. q&a & excerpt
    Ali Fitzgerald on Her New Comic About Refugees and Germany’s Rising NativismThe creator of Hungover Bear turns serious with Drawn to Berlin — plus an excerpt.
    By Evan Allgood
  12. immigration
    Last Year’s Refugee Cap Was the Lowest Ever. Trump Just Cut It By a Third.The U.S. let nearly eight times as many refugees come in during 1980 as it will in the next year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. select all
    New Study: High Facebook Usage Linked to ViolenceAttacks against refugees correlated with areas of higher-than-average Facebook usage.
    By Brian Feldman
  14. Trump Mulls Slashing Refugee Admissions by 40 PercentAmid a global-migration crisis, the world’s wealthiest country is poised to cut refugee admissions to historic lows.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. beauty
    Going to Beauty School in a Refugee CampBeauty school in the Beddawi camp.
    By Celine Semaan
  16. good things
    Amal and George Clooney Open Up About Taking in a Yazidi RefugeeThe Clooneys are supporting Hazim Avdal while he studies at the University of Chicago.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  17. How Trump’s Immigration Proposal Could Be Trouble for DemocratsTurns out Americans are much more open to restrictions on legal immigration than they are to deporting Dreamers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. immigrant stories
    One Teenage Refugee’s Journey from Iraq to CaliforniaWhat it’s like to start life in a new country — when you’re still figuring out who you are.
    By Alex Ronan
  19. domestic terrorism
    A Militia’s Plot to Bomb Somali Refugees in a Kansas TownGarden City, Kansas, wanted to help refugees. Some Infowars-reading neighbors had another plan.
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. Tennessee Braces for White-Supremacist Rallies on SaturdayAn even more extreme group than the one that roiled Charlottesville is planning “White Lives Matter” events in Tennessee.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Ending, But Comes With Stricter RequirementsNew vetting requirements reportedly go into effect Wednesday.
    By Jen Kirby
  22. movie review
    Human Flow Is Ai Weiwei’s Exhaustive Look at the Plight of the RefugeeThe Chinese artist turns his attention to displaced people around the world.
    By Emily Yoshida
  23. Get Ready for More Court Battles Over Trump’s New, Broader Travel BanJust as SCOTUS prepared to consider the original version, the president has issued a new ban that raises some of the same old issues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. The Trump Administration’s New, Permanent Travel Restrictions Are on the WayThe temporary travel ban that caused so much chaos and litigation is now giving way to permanent policies, with more litigation certain.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. ‘Stupid,’ ‘Disgusting’ Australia Refugee Deal Goes Into EffectTrump derided the deal in his first call with Australia’s leader. But the (actually good and humane) agreement is proceeding as planned.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. Trump White House Reportedly Nixed Study Showing Benefits of RefugeesIt didn’t line up with their anti-immigrant ideology.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. Trump Administration Considers Cutting Refugee Cap to Lowest in DecadesAfter reducing the refugee quota to 50,000 in 2017, the Trump administration may go even lower in 2018.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. good things
    George and Amal Clooney Took in a Yazidi RefugeeThe pair are supporting him while he pursues a college degree.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  29. irony
    An Anti-Refugee Ship Had to Be Saved by a Refugee-Rescue GroupThe alt-right YouTubers have been trying to prevent refugees from getting into Europe, but ran into some trouble themselves.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  30. SCOTUS Rules Grandparents Exempt From Travel Ban, But Refugees Not So LuckyIn a case clarifying its earlier ruling that let the Trump travel ban partially take effect pending oral arguments, the Court splits the baby.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Here’s the Sweet Video of a Somali Mom Crying at Daughter’s GraduationThe heartwarming video has gone viral.
    By Lisa Ryan
  32. A Limited Version of Trump’s Travel Ban Will Take Effect ThursdayThree days after the Supreme Court lifted the injunctions against the ban, the U.S. will begin barring visitors from six Muslim-majority nations.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. the chain gang
    Starbucks Vows to Hire Another 2,500 Refugees, This Time in EuropeThe coffee chain doesn’t care about planned boycotts in response.
    By Clint Rainey
  34. refugees
    Game of Throne’s Lena Headey Discusses the U.K.’s Treatment of Refugees“There are a lot of people who are saying, ‘It’s all right for you, you champagne socialist’ but that’s f—ing bollocks.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  35. look book
    The Tri-City-Based Artist Who Always Wears a Hat and Scarf“They’ve become, I don’t know, a kind of mark of myself. They’re part of my personality.”
    By Alexis Swerdloff
  36. cool stories
    A Pop-up Run by Refugees Is Revitalizing One of America’s Neediest CitiesReviews say it’s also churning out “some of the most exciting food in the city.”
    By Clint Rainey
  37. refugees
    This New Coffee Shop Is Staffed Entirely by RefugeesThe aim is to give job training to people who’d otherwise have nothing.
    By Clint Rainey
  38. migrant crisis
    Migrants Faced More Than 3,500 Attacks in Germany Last Year: ReportGermany’s immigrant population has become the target of a growing number of hate crimes.
    By Chas Danner
  39. Here Comes the GOP Attack on Legal ImmigrationIn the wake of a crackdown on undocumented immigrants, plans are already underway to restrict the legal form, long the great dream of nativists.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. international affairs
    Sweden Confused After Trump Cites Nonexistent Terrorist IncidentTrump’s fake Swedish news reflects a misleading right-wing narrative about refugee-perpetrated crime.
    By Chas Danner
  41. Most Americans Disapprove of Trump — and His Executive OrdersNew polls show broad opposition to Trump’s immigration orders, and 40 percent support for the president’s impeachment.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. immigration
    24 Hours at JFK: The Hour-by-Hour Account of Two Iraqis’ Detainment and ReleaseThanks to a team of lawyers operating on no sleep, two persistent New York representatives, and a huge mass of spontaneous protesters.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  43. Trump Prepares to Radically Reduce American Funding of the United NationsTrump’s executive order would cut U.S. funding of international organizations by 40 percent, devastating U.N. peacekeeping and refugee aid efforts.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. conspiracy theories
    The Far Right Thinks Chobani Is Trying to ‘Drown the U.S. in Muslims’The founder’s support for refugees has the fringe right issuing death threats.
    By Clint Rainey
  45. White House Looks to Resettle the Most Refugees Since 1995More than any year since 1995.
    By Jen Kirby
  46. The 10,000th Syrian Refugee Is About to Be Resettled in AmericaThe Obama administration has met its yearlong goal.
    By Chas Danner
  47. This 18-Year-Old Swam for Her Life in Syria, And Now She’s Swimming in Rio“When my sister wants to encourage me, she tells me: Show them what a refugee will do.”
    By Christine Nguyen
  48. Trump Not Very Christian About RefugeesTrump stayed on his own familiar turf at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event today. Sad to say, that included the kind of refugee-bashing that Jesus condemned pretty categorically.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. Cannes: Sean Penn Movie Met With Boos, GigglesAt least for today, speculation over Penn and Theron’s relationship will take a back seat to the movie’s absolutely derisive reception.
    By Jada Yuan
  50. mothers day 2016
    Getting a Foster Mom Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to MeHow a teenage African refugee and a California mom built a relationship from scratch.
    As told to Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
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