Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville,Texas used to be typical sleepy (some even say boring) border towns with the Rio Grande River separating them, and the international bridge connecting them. On theContinue Reading
On February 17th, I attended a UN Women conference which addressed women’s human rights in the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. I focus on migration and immigration,Continue Reading
Recently, the Guardian published an article describing the situation of child asylum seekers living in immigration detention camps of Australia. These children suffer from severe mental illnesses and suicidal behaviorsContinue Reading
According to an article that was published in the New York Times last October, in 2014 there were twenty-three thousand unaccompanied children who applied for asylum in the twenty-three memberContinue Reading
It sounds like something one would read in a history book. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their home countries as refugees from war and persecution seeking safety and freedomContinue Reading