| Thailand Accused of Returning Migrants to Sea, Where Many Are Missing Thai authorities have detained as many as 1,000 boat people from Bangladesh and Myanmar and sent them back out to sea in boats without engines, human rights groups say. nytimes.com |
Against the Odds An account of a medical student’s escape from the slaughter in Burundi in 1994, his precarious existence in New York and his eventual return home. nytimes.com |
Demonstrators Press for Haitian Advocate’s Release Protesters gathered outside a Greenwich Village detention center to step up pressure on the authorities to release Jean Montrevil. nytimes.com |
Pakistani-Americans and Police Sharing, and Trying to Spread, Trust In some Connecticut towns, law enforcement and an immigrant community’s leaders formed a relationship of trust and discussed sharing it more widely. nytimes.com |
Los Angeles Protests Underscore Immigrant Frustrations A community of Central American immigrants in Los Angeles turned into a hotbed of unrest after a police officer shot and killed a Guatemalan day laborer who allegedly lunged at him with a knife. nytimes.com |