Public sentiment toward refugees and migrants has also hardened elsewhere, creating a crisis for nonprofit aid groups.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Oct. 2026
The dire economic conditions resulted in one in four Venezuelans, nearly 8 million people, fleeing the country as refugees, creating a massive migration crisis across the Americas.
Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Oct. 2026
Eisenkot, 66, a son of Moroccan immigrants who became Israel’s top general, grew up in Tiberias and Eilat, outside the country’s centers of political power.
Baksheng leaves behind a family and then creates a new one with other Teochew emigrants at an inn run by a feminist daughter, Zia Lamgi (Li Sitong) who dodges a revolving door of suitors.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
3 Sep. 2026
The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
South Korea, which in its constitution claims to be the legitimate government of the entire Korean Peninsula, has long accepted and financially supported North Korean defectors.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2026
This hopeful documentary follows teenagers attending Jangdaehyun School in Busan, which helps the children of North Korean defectors to navigate life in South Korea.
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