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Syrian Refugees
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ImmigrationProf Blog
At the Movies: The Swimmers (2022)
It is the holiday season. Want to see an upbeat film about refugees from Syria? Hard to imagine? Well, here is a film that fits the bill.The Swimmers (2022). IMDb summarizes…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From The Bookshelves: No Land to Light On by Yara Zgheib
I love a good novel. An immigration novel? I'm definitely in.Check out No Land to Light On a new novel by Yara Zgheib. Here's the publisher's pitch:Hadi and Sama are…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Baseballer Sean Doolittle on Syrian Refugees
As we go into Major League Baseball's All-Star Break, here's a shout out to Washington Nationals pitcher, Sean Doolittle who hosted a group of Syrian refugees at Thanksgiving dinner a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Towards Empowerment and Sustainability: Reforming America’s Syrian Refugee Policy by Sahar F. Aziz, Joanna Gardner, and Omar Rana
Towards Empowerment and Sustainability: Reforming America's Syrian Refugee Policy by Sahar F. Aziz, Joanna Gardner, and Omar RanaAbstractThe number of refugees and displaced people worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Of…
Family Law Prof Blog
Syrian Refugees Leaving Germany Over Family Reunification Policy
By Family Law
From Deutsche Welle:Syrians granted limited asylum but denied the right to fetch relatives are departing Germany for Turkey by using smugglers, say German media. The cases, if confirmed, bizarrely reverse…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MacArthur Grant Will Create ‘Sesame Street’ for Syrian Refugees
Great news! Earlier this week, the MacArthur Foundation has awarded $100 million to Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee to create early childhood development programs for Syrian refugees. It…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Ben Davis: Supreme Court to Syrian (and other) Refugees: Drop Dead
My law school classmate, Ben Davis, in commentary on The Jurist ("Supreme Court to Syrian (and other) Refugees: Drop Dead") criticizes the Supreme Court's recent actions in the travel ban…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Searching for Syria
The Searching for Syria website is a joint project of the UNHCR and Google. It looks to answer the following questions in an interactive and compelling way:What was Syria like…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Securing the Borders Against Syrian Refugees: When Non-Admission Means Return by Elizabeth Leiserson
Securing the Borders Against Syrian Refugees: When Non-Admission Means Return by Elizabeth Leiserson, Yale Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, 2 Mar 2017 AbstractOstensibly to protect its citizens, the European Union, like the United…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Syrian Refugees in the United States
Syrian refugees have become a focal point of debate on immigration and national security in the United States. Largely missing from the public discourse, however, is information about the basic…