Misc. Links
Refugee Processing Center
Great resource for data and research
UN HCR
Good general facts and figures about refugees
https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/figures-at-a-glance.html
“Abdi and the Golden Ticket”
This American Life Podcast, “A story about someone who’s desperately trying – against long odds – to make it to the United States and become an American. Abdi is a Somali refugee living in Kenya and gets the luckiest break of his life: he wins a lottery that puts him on a short list for a U.S. visa. This is his ticket out. But before he can cash in his golden ticket, the police start raiding his neighborhood, targeting refugees.”
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/560/abdi-and-the-golden-ticket
U.S. Sued by Its Iraqi Helpers Over Visa Delays
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-sued-by-its-iraqi-helpers-over-visa-delays-1425960061
Mexican Opium Prices Plummet, Driving Poppy Farmers to Migrate
NY Times article about the drop in prices is leading poppy farmers to seek work in the United States and other places
An IB Global Politics Site 