Sep 10 U.S. gives 1st public look inside base housing Afghans By Farnoush Amiri, Report for America The evacuees, among the last airlifted out of Afghanistan by the U.S. military, are being housed at the base while they undergo medical and security checks. Continue reading
Sep 03 EU leader ‘deplores’ Belarus behavior amid migrant standoff By Associated Press EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell spoke Friday hours after a state of emergency took effect in areas of eastern Poland following a surge in illegal migration. Continue reading
Sep 03 As Afghan refugees arrive in the U.S., Southeast Asian American advocates urge more support By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Many Vietnamese, Lao, Hmong, and Cambodian Americans see their own families’ journeys to America in the voyage Afghans are making now. Continue reading
Sep 02 Here’s who Americans blame for U.S. failures in Afghanistan By Laura Santhanam The chaotic evacuation of more than 120,000 Americans, U.S. allies and Afghans from Kabul seems to have cost President Joe Biden significant public approval as the nation nears the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading
Aug 31 EU backs helping Afghanistan’s neighbors cope with refugees By Samuel Petrequin, Mike Corder, Associated Press European Union justice and home affairs ministers have pledged to support Afghanistan's neighbors to help them host people fleeing the new Taliban regime and prevent a new wave of migrants heading to Europe. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 3:21 A Brief But Spectacular take on embracing refugees to build a stronger society For the past 40 years, Ruben Garcia has served as the director of the Annunciation House, an organization that works with people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border to help people immigrate or determine their next steps after deportation. Continue watching
Aug 20 ‘I feel so helpless.’ Afghans in the U.S. worry for friends and family back home By Gabrielle Hays, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Courtney Vinopal There are some 132,000 immigrants from Afghanistan living in the U.S., and many fear for their family and friends back home following the Taliban's takeover of the country. PBS NewsHour spoke with Afghan Americans about what it's been like to… Continue reading
Aug 10 Six EU nations want migrants forced back to Afghanistan By Lorne Cook, Associated Press Six European Union countries want the forced deportation of migrants back to Afghanistan to continue despite the government in Kabul suspending such “non-voluntary returns.”… Continue reading
Jul 30 ‘Welcome home’: Evacuation flight brings 200 Afghans to US By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Associated Press More than 200 people have arrived in the United States on the first evacuation flight for Afghans who worked alongside Americans in Afghanistan. Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch 9:45 Dissidents are fleeing Belarus after Lukashenko’s crackdown on protesters By Simon Ostrovsky President Lukashenko's landslide victory in Belarus last year marked more than 25 years of control and the start of the authoritarian leader's sixth term. Mass demonstrations followed, with thousands of protesters imprisoned. Thousands more are fleeing to neighboring countries, crossing… Continue watching