Immigrants

Hunger crisis could swell already record global displacement, says UN

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, traditionally a breadbasket to the world, has sparked dramatic grain and fertiliser shortages, sent global prices soaring and put hundreds of millions of people at risk from hunger.

Of spaghetti meatballs, chicken tikka masala, and General Tso's: How independent films have depicted 'immigrant food'

Many immigrants brought with them their cultures and memories of the foods they cooked back home. They set up restaurants, first to serve their immigrant brothers and sisters, but later to bring their cuisines to the rest of the American population.

After In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda donates to immigrant rights groups to help marginalised communities

The actor is forever drawn to what he calls “the things that don’t leave you alone.” Immigration, he said, is both a passion and a foundational element of his work.

How Indian Americans came to love the Spelling Bee: Behind success at the competition is a story of community

The bee has become an occasion for unity within the South Asian American immigrant community, and it all goes back to a historic victory more than three decades ago.

Venezuelans migrate to US in droves due to pandemic-induced crises and internal turmoil afflicting their homeland

While Central Americans and others can spend months trekking through the jungle, stowing away on freight trains and sleeping in makeshift camps run by cartels on their way north, most Venezuelans reach the US in as little as four days.

In Minneapolis, an immigrant street struggles to recover in the aftermath of George Floyd's death and protests

Lake Street cuts a long path through Minneapolis, from the upscale bars at the street’s west end, through the immigrant commercial enclaves, to the leafy neighbourhoods of middle-class bungalows that reach to the Mississippi River. It also cuts a path through the city’s history of immigrant life and deeply embedded inequality.

Danish Renzu on how The Illegal is inspired by his own journey to America as an immigrant

Danish Renzu said The Illegal is dedicated to those who knew how "difficult is pursuing the American dream" and yet chose to never give up on that

Return migration and COVID-19: Data suggests Kerala, TN, Punjab, UP, Bihar may be future red zones for contagion risk

The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought into sharp focus the major international migration corridors India shares with the world including the Gulf, Europe, and North America. Many of the Stage 1 imported cases in India came through these corridors as emigrants returned to their families.

US eases immigration norms in view of COVID-19: H-1B holders, Green Card applicants get 60-day grace period to submit documents

The relaxations in the US immigration policy come in view of the coronavirus outbreak, which first surfaced in China''s Wuhan city in December, 2019. So far, the virus has claimed over 65,000 lives in the US and over 235,000 lives globally.

Coronavirus Outbreak: US authorities to consider extending non-immigrant visas on case-by-case basis

USCIS said that it has taken steps to help individuals, employers and others address some of the immigration-related challenges they face as a direct result of the COVID-19 national emergency