These refugees often had to adopt new roles in order to survive.
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Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2026
More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion.
Traditional Republicans who have supported, or at least gone along with, the party’s attacks on Muslims and immigrants and its rejection of democratic norms have spoken out against cracking the door open for anti-Semites.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Sep. 2026
The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Hsu was a precocious talent and became a professional skateboarder in his mid-teens.
The decision could have broad implications for descendants of Italian emigrants, particularly in North and South America, where large Italian diaspora communities have ancestral ties to Italy.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
29 July 2026
González has witnessed the ties between Mexico and its emigrants abroad evolve over four decades, starting as a young consular officer in the administration of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
—
Alfredo Corchado,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2026
Likewise, the Relief Procedures for Certain Former Citizens provides a pathway for eligible former citizens with minimal tax liability to resolve outstanding filing obligations without becoming covered expatriates.
—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2026
His success in the States landed him on the Israeli reality series The Americans, which follows Israeli expatriates chasing the American dream in the United States.
Concern about Russian attempts to divide the EU Spain publicly has accused Russia, along with Israel, of using disinformation to incite migrants to cross from Morocco into its Ceuta exclave in northern Africa.
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Lorne Cook,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Sep. 2026
Burnham’s office said efforts to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats will top the agenda.
Sources include defectors, informants and individuals who remain embedded within movements while passing information to outsiders.
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Arie Perliger,
The Conversation,
31 Aug. 2026
Anthropic, founded by OpenAI defectors, is now expected to be the first of the two companies to go public, two people familiar with its plans say, with the IPO as early as September.
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