This Video of a Refugee Boy With a Golden Voice Is Going Viral Mark Leon Goldberg January 25, 2018Sleman is a seven year old Kurdish boy, stranded in a refugee camp in Greece. He lives in a converted shipping container with 15 other people, including his family.This video of young Sleman singing a traditional Kurdish folk song has gone viral. Even if y...
PODCAST: Lidia Bastianich is a celebrity chef, restaurateur and refugee Mark Leon Goldberg January 16, 2018Lidia Bastianich is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, TV personality, entrepreneur and for the purposes of this conversation, most importantly a refugee.She was born on the Istrian Penninsula to an ethnic Italian family. This is a region on the Ad...
Trump’s refugee ban begins today and this Iraqi interpreter for a US military contractor has been blocked Mark Leon Goldberg July 13, 2017Update: After a week long delay, a ban on refugees coming to the United States has become policy. Starting July 13, no new refugees will be allowed to the country unless they have a "bona-fide" connection. Last week, I learned the story of an Iraqi refugee and...
After Brexit, Thousands of Refugees Stuck in France May Actually Get Easier Access to the UK Kimberly Curtis June 29, 2016This was probably not a contingency that "Leave" voters even considered a possibility. The Brexit fallout contains multitudes, and there is now a good chance that thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants will soon have a far easier time making it to...
Map of the Day: Maritime Crisis in the Andaman Sea Mark Leon Goldberg May 26, 2015Today's map comes from the International Organization for Migration. It offers a detailed visualization of migration routes traveled by Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh in risky sea voyages.The IOM released this map today as part of a ...
