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Riot police check spectators' bags as they guard an area at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall prior to the concert of the rock group Picnic and the symphony orchestra Tavrichesky, in St. Petersburg, Russia, March 27, 2024.

Central Asians in Russia face increased scrutiny, discrimination after mass shooting 

Race

Russia has detained four suspected shooters in the Crocus City Hall mass shooting. The suspects are all from Tajikistan. Now, there are reports in cities across Russia that people from Central Asia are experiencing a rise in harassment, mistreatment and xenophobic behavior.

Roberto Marquez of Dallas adds a flower a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in an abandoned semitrailer containing suspected migrants, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in San Antonio. 

Absurd lines: Part II

Critical State
A woman holds on to a child's hand and she places flowers at a memorial

After killing of Muslim family in Canada, this advocate calls for a collective plan to fight Islamophobia

Violence
Syrian refugee Anas Modamani takes a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee camp near the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees after registration at Berlin's Spandau district, Germany, on September 10, 2015.

Five years after migrant crisis, integration in Germany is succeeding, policy analyst says

Global Politics
A black and white historical photo of a uniformed man with his hand on a woman's shoulder while young boys look on.

For centuries, migrants have been said to pose public health risks. They don’t.

Immigration
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A young man with a neck tattoo and baseball cap plays violin on the street.

‘I get screamed at in the streets’: Colombia’s patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin

Migration

Colombia has taken in 1.2 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees since 2015 with a flexible stance toward migration, but some Venezuelans say that Colombians target them with xenophobic slurs and insults on the streets.

Refugee children sleep outside in Sweden

Sweden’s shift right has immigrants worried

Global Politics

With Sweden Democrats’ gains, many immigrants in Sweden fear their status will be revoked and that they will be sent back to war zones.

Spain unemployment Malaga

Why far-right populism hasn’t caught on in Spain

Economics

Spain has gone through some hard times, with a deep recession and high unemployment. Yet anti-immigrant, anti-EU politics don’t resonate there.

WILLIAM JOHNSON

‘Hitler without the mustache.’ Why — and how — a white nationalist group is backing Trump.

Global Politics

Experts who study America’s extremist white supremacist groups say there’s clear evidence that many of them are supporting Donald Trump’s candidacy for the presidency, drawn to him by his rhetoric on illegal immigration and Muslims.

Hungarian police guard refugees at a makeshift camp in an underground station near the Keleti train station in Budapest, Hungary September 2, 2015.

Refugees plead for help at a Budapest train station, while others question the wisdom of opening borders

Conflict

Balancing the needs of refugees and local residents in Europe’s immigration crisis can be all but impossible. Some criticize the media for over-simplifying the problem.

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