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The Definition of ‘Refugee’ Is Out of Date. And It’s Leaving People Behind.

The international idea of who counts as a refugee is over half a century old. But today the lines between "refugee," "migrant," and "illegal border crosser" have all begun to blur.

Jack Herrera

A woman walks through a roadblock mounted by supporters of the LIBRE opposition party in the El Carrizal neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on January 27th, 2019. The opposition is demanding that President Juan Orlando Hernández step down, a year after the start of his second term.

Viewfinder: Political Unrest in Honduras

A woman walks through a roadblock mounted by supporters of the LIBRE opposition party in the El Carrizal neighborhood of Tegucigalpa on January 27th, 2019.

Pacific Standard Staff

Central American migrants, taking part in a caravan heading to the U.S., queue to receive a meal at a temporary shelter in Irapuato, Guanajuato state, Mexico.

Social Justice

As the Migrant Caravan Moves North, Dangers Remain Close at Hand

Earlier this month, two trucks from the caravan disappeared in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

Luis Gómez Romero

Viewfinder: Looking Through the Border in California

Honduran caravan members look through the fence at the United States–Mexico border wall at Friendship Park in San Ysidro, California, on November 18th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

Honduran migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the United States cross the Suchiate River, a natural border between Guatemala and Mexico, in a makeshift raft, in Ciudad Tecun Uman, Guatemala, on October 20th, 2018.

News in Brief

The Caravan of Honduran Migrants Reveals the Failures of Deterrent Immigration Policy

The policy doesn't work when migrants are fleeing for their lives.

Jack Herrera

Viewfinder: Hondurans Head North to the U.S.

Migrants carry the flag of Honduras while on a caravan of immigrants en route to the Mexican border on October 18th, 2018, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Pacific Standard Staff

People hold Honduran flags at the border fence during a rally with members of a caravan of Central American asylum seekers and supporters on April 29th, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico.

Social Justice

The White House’s Decision to Terminate Hondurans’ Temporary Protected Status May Aid Lawsuits Against Its Immigration Policy

Lawsuits challenging earlier TPS cancelations charge the Trump administration was guided not by calculations over the nations' safety, but by racism.

Massoud Hayoun

Environment

Trash Islands Are Still Taking Over the Oceans at an Alarming Rate

With more than 90 percent of the world's plastic going unrecycled, garbage patches the size of Mexico are cropping up around the world. Can they ever be cleaned up?

Rebecca Renner

A balloon vendor descends an escalator at City Walk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1st, 2017.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: From an Eruption in Bali to an Election in Honduras

A round-up of images from Viewfinder, Pacific Standard's daily photo feature.

Pacific Standard Staff

Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Tensions High After Honduran Election

Supporters of Honduran opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla set fire to a barricade during a protest outside the Electoral Supreme Court in Tegucigalpa on November 30th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff