Sarah Betancourt

Zhayreth, Adriana, Freddy and Freydar Torres sit on the stoop of their apartment in Dorchester.

With strife behind them, a young migrant family prepares to seek asylum in Boston

Calling it a humanitarian crisis, Governor Maura Healey has activated the National Guard to support migrants at Joint Base Cape Cod and launched two welcome centers in Boston and Quincy. But the influx of desperate people is so great that families are flooding nonprofits and local hospitals.

With strife behind them, a young migrant family prepares to seek asylum in Boston
Karolina Daremyan bikes just six weeks after receiving her new prosthetic legs at Shriners Children's Boston.

How a Boston hospital transformed a Ukrainian child’s life

How a Boston hospital transformed a Ukrainian child’s life
woman in park

For labor-trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a lifesaving but flawed relief

For labor-trafficked immigrants, T-visas are a lifesaving but flawed relief