Issue

Migration and Refugees

Migration issues are fraught with moral positions, confusion, and unexpected connections.

Pulitzer Center grantees look at the effects of climate and business on migration, the efforts of immigrants to preserve their own cultural identity, and the sacrifices they make in leaving family behind. Our journalists ask tough questions: How do refugees mobilize to take care of themselves when aid agencies fail?

Migration and Refugees exposes the risks and dangers refugees and migrants face as they leave one nation to seek a better home and a fresh start—only to find more obstacles and new threats. Resettlement presents its own set of challenges; hopes and promises prove illusory.

Migration and Refugees

June 30, 2020 | The Texas Observer, El Malpensado

Between Borders

Anna-Catherine Brigida, Acacia Coronado, and Emily Kinskey

From a doctor stranded in Ciudad Juárez to a shelter closed after an outbreak, COVID-19 is hitting hard along the Texas-Mexico border.

June 29, 2020 | The City

How COVID-19 Hit Puerto Rican New Yorkers Hard in the Bronx and Beyond

Vanessa Colón Almenas, Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez, Mc Nelly Torres, and Coral Murphy

An investigation by Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism found the areas with the highest number of COVID-19 infections and deaths coincide with the counties with the highest proportion of Puerto Ricans in the United States.

Japan's Demographic Reckoning

Emiko Jozuka

As Japan experiences its steepest population decline since record-keeping began in 1967, Emiko Jozuka examines how a historically inward-looking country will reimagine its future.

Modern Day Slavery in Italy

Ayo Awokoya, Tobias Jones

Musa Touray was killed in a van collision that sent shockwaves around Italy. A migrant hailing from the Gambia, Musa worked as a farm hand tomato picker on the outskirts of San Severo.

Family Separation and El Salvador

Lauren Markham, Jose Cabezas

A feature for Politico Magazine about how US immigration policy plays out south of the border, specifically in El Salvador, and the impact of family separation on would-be migrants on the ground.

Across the Straits

Malcolm Brabant

As economic migrants and refugees continue their march towards Europe, Spain has replaced Italy as the main entry point to the EU. Malcolm Brabant examines the dynamics on both sides of the Straits of Gibraltar.

Guatemala: Repatriation of Migrants

Kristian Hernandez

Hundreds of migrants from Central America die every year trying to cross the U.S. Mexico border illegally. This story traces the process of finding, identifying and returning their bodies home.

A Table For All

Thea Piltzecker, Liz Scherffius

In the film A Table for All refugees and asylees seek employment in the New York City restaurant industry. Adapting to a kitchen in a new city, they find common ground in food and cultural exchange.

January 03, 2017 | Meet the Journalist

Meet the Journalist: Jake Naughton

Jake Naughton

Photographer Jake Naughton discusses his reporting on Uganda’s LGBT community following the notorious "Kill the Gays" bill. Though the bill was struck down, it created a cascade of effects.

December 26, 2016 | Meet the Journalist

Meet the Journalist: Emily Gogolak

Emily Gogolak

Emily Gogolak, from the field in Tegucigalpa, discusses her reporting on violence against women in Honduras and the deportations of mothers and children from immigration detention centers in Texas.

March 10, 2016 | Middle School

Refugees and The Island of Lesbos

Seiler Smith

This lesson explores the Greek Island of Lesbos, which has taken in thousands of refugees despite its small population. The island has been a focal landing point for migrants and refugees.