Refugees
Letter from the Southwest
El Paso’s Saint of the Border Negotiates a New Reality
For nearly fifty years, Ruben Garcia has welcomed migrants and refugees at Annunciation House. Amid record border crossings, Texas is now trying to shut down his network of shelters.
The New Yorker Documentary
A Ukrainian TikTok Influencer Shares Her Life as a Refugee in “Following Valeria”
Nicola Fegg’s short documentary follows a young woman who becomes a social-media star during the war in Ukraine.
Persons of Interest
How Lea Ypi Defines Freedom
The Albanian-British political philosopher insists that democracy is a “demanding ideal.”
Essay
The Agony of Waiting for a Ceasefire That Never Comes
When the war in Gaza started, my family fled to the Jabalia refugee camp. Then Israel started bombing the camp.
The Weekend Essay
The View from My Window in Gaza
Two days before Israel escalated attacks in the Gaza Strip, my family bought some bread. After we evacuated, I biked home to get it.
The New Yorker Documentary
Climate and Conflict Converge in “The Fire Brigade”
David Alexander’s documentary follows Malian refugees fighting wildfires, and attempting to put down roots, in Mauritania.
Daily Comment
Why Hundreds Drowned Off the Coast of Greece
The tragedy of the Adriana comes amid renewed anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe.
Daily Comment
A National Experiment in Refugee Resettlement
The Biden Administration’s Welcome Corps will allow Americans to sponsor newcomers to their home towns—and will test how exposure to refugees changes people’s lives.
As Told To
“I Owe Turkey, Because I Was a Refugee”: A Young Syrian on the Earthquake’s Devastation
A first-person account from Serbest Salih, a twenty-eight-year-old photographer in a border city.
Letter from Italy
The Crisis of Missing Migrants
What has become of the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared on their way to Europe?
Our Columnists
How Netflix’s “Mo” Evades the Usual Representation Traps
A lesser show might have tried to make the titular character a bit more likable, or, perhaps, implanted within him a desire to explain his culture to the rest of the world.
Our Columnists
Putin’s Draft Order Has Inspired a Russian Exodus
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” an advocate said. “It feels like a sort of popular resistance.”
The Theatre
Immigrants and Refugees Seeking a Home
In “american (tele)visions,” a family from Mexico spends more time at Walmart than in their trailer, and Little Amal, a twelve-foot-tall puppet of a ten-year-old Syrian refugee, roams Harlem.
Our Columnists
Why Ron DeSantis Thinks Weaponizing Asylum Seekers Is a Winning Strategy
The Florida Governor’s political stunt rests on the cynical assumption that no one actually wants to offer refuge to people fleeing adversity.
Daily Comment
The Evacuation of Afghanistan Never Ended
A year after the last U.S. military flights left, some Afghans who are vulnerable to retribution from the Taliban are being resettled in the U.S. But others are stuck in third-party countries, and many remain trapped in Afghanistan, at great risk.
As Told To
Trying to Find Places for Asylum Seekers in New York City’s Homeless Shelters
An immigrants’-rights advocate describes receiving busloads of migrants from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
Letter from the Donbas
The Desperate Lives Inside Ukraine’s “Dead Cities”
Since Russia shifted its vicious invasion to the east, ordinary people trapped on the front lines have faced missile storms and starvation—and have no source of help except one another.
News Desk
Haiti a Year After the Presidential Assassination
Justice evades Jovenel Moïse’s family and the rest of the country.
Letter from the U.K.
The Ukrainians Living in British Spare Rooms
A new program, Homes for Ukraine, allows average Brits to sponsor refugees fleeing the war, and host them in their houses.
A Reporter at Large
A Ukrainian Refugee’s Fight to Save the Family She Left Behind
Inna fled the war with her two young girls—but what would happen to her husband, her mother, and her other relatives?