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John Slocum

How America's Retreat from Refugee Protection Undermines Global Stability

Analysis
by John Slocum

In reshaping its approach to asylum and refugee resettlement, the United States is signaling a departure from the principles it once championed and risking erosion of international norms.

A Central American migrant woman cries in frustration before being removed by police from a house controlled by human smugglers, to transfer her and other occupants to a government shelter from which they will be returned to their native country, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, July 3, 2021.
Christian Chavez / AP
Migration

Climate Refugees Still Need Protection

In the News
Crain's Chicago Business
John Slocum

As climate change continues to displace people, those fleeing must be protected as refugees, argues John Slocum in Crain's Chicago Business.

Two figures in a boat in flooded Pakistan
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Refugee Apartheid and Ukraine

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Global Insight by John Slocum

Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.

Burned car in Ukraine
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Vulnerable, Vilified, and Essential: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum-Seekers during COVID-19

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Global Insight by John Slocum

How did President Donald Trump's 2020 suspension of the issuance of green cards for people outside of the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic affect immigrants?

Mexican immigrants walk across a bridge at the US border after being deported during the COVID-19 pandemic
REUTERS
Global Health

The Indispensable Role of Cities in Migration Governance

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Global Insight by John Slocum

As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.

Pro-immigration rally
Nitish Meena
Global Cities