Migrants Archives

Central-American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan toward the United States receive breakfast as they camp at a sport complex in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Central-American ‘Caravan of Migrants’ Remains Far From U.S. Border

Central-American migrants taking part in the "Migrant Via Crucis" caravan toward the United States receive breakfast as they camp at a sport complex in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico.

Pacific Standard Staff

Economics

Using Data to Help Migrants Find Work

Research shows that machine learning can improve the way we place refugees in the United States.

Kevin Charles Fleming

Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift at sunset in the Mediterranean Sea some 20 nautical miles north off the coast of Libya.

Social Justice

Life, Death, Rescue, and Relief: A Day Aboard a Migrant Rescue Ship

First-person accounts of a mission to save migrants stranded on improvised boats off the coast of Italy.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

Aladdin Salim, a Roma Muslim from Bulgaria, stands outside of his makeshift shelter in the ruins of a former ice factory known locally as the Eisfabrik on December 27th, 2013, in Berlin, Germany.

Social Justice

For Migrant Homeless, Berlin Offers a One-Way Ticket Out

Faced with a growing housing problem, Berlin boroughs have started to pay for homeless E.U. migrants to return to their native country.

Feargus O'Sullivan

Migrants walk next to the Roya River on August 8th, 2017, in Ventimiglia, close to the French border.

News in Brief

The Week in Photos: Migrants on the Mediterranean and a Wildfire in Portugal

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

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Migrants Wait Near the French Border

Migrants walk next to the Roya River on August 8th, 2017, in Ventimiglia, close to the French border.

Pacific Standard Staff

Migrants wait to be rescued by Italian coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 nautical miles from the Libyan coast, on August 6th, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Waiting for Rescue on the Mediterranean Sea

Migrants wait to be rescued by Italian coast guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 nautical miles from the Libyan coast, on August 6th, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

A Greek policeman patrols by a train at the railway station of Didymoteicho.

News in Brief

In Greece, Allegations of Government Kidnapping and Forced Deportation

The Hellenic League for Human Rights and United Nations are calling on the government to investigate what they call a coordinated attempt to deport at-risk Turkish refugees.

Morgan Baskin