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As crisis consumes Haiti, migrants face economic difficulties in America

by Jarrett Dang
Dec 12, 2022
Migrants fleeing Haiti for greener economic pastures in the U.S. often face difficulties finding employment and adequate housing.
A Haitian migrant is seen next to a painting of an American flag outside a shelter in Mexico. Migration from Haiti to the U.S. has accelerated in the past year as instability rocks the Caribbean island nation.
Pedro Pardo / AFP via Getty Images
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Study finds pandemic ushered in population losses of historic proportions from big cities

by Lily Jamali
Jul 13, 2022
Domestic migration, with people leaving cities for other areas, was a key reason urban populations declined, according to the Brookings Institution.
New York and San Francisco are among the cities that faced an exodus of people during the pandemic.
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Why are Black people leaving big cities?

by Kimberly Adams and Richard Cunningham
Dec 27, 2021
Kimberly Adams speaks to Politico's Brakkton Booker about a new ongoing series on Black flight from major cities.
Chicago is the first city being spotlighted in Politico's “The Next Great Migration," which outlines how the exodus of a city's Black residents can impact its politics and economy.
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Americans didn't move nearly as much as you may've thought during the pandemic

by Amanda Peacher
Nov 18, 2021
What happened wasn't migration, it was mobility.
New Census data show surprisingly low relocation rates over the pandemic. Above, a mover places boxes in a moving truck in New York City.
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Climate change may force 200 million people to migrate, study says

by Samantha Fields
Sep 14, 2021
And the mass migrations could start within a decade, according to a new report from the World Bank.
A farmer walks among orange trees dried out by a drought in Morocco's southern plains in October 2020. Water scarcity will likely be a cause of migration in Northern Africa over the coming decades, according to a World Bank report.
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Communities lure remote workers with cash and perks

by Kristin Schwab
Jul 26, 2021
We’re talking anywhere from $2,000 to $20,000, plus park passes or camping equipment to sweeten the deal.
Trying to leverage workers' ability to connect with their employers from anywhere, places like Topeka, Kansas, are offering incentives to relocate.
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Pandemic flips equation on where people want to live

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 21, 2021
According to a new analysis from real estate site Zillow, homebuyers are increasingly seeking out places at the periphery of cities.
Homebuyers are increasingly searching for homes outside of dense urban centers, according to a new analysis from real estate site Zillow.
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Workers from out of state and other countries have helped Texas, study says

by Renata Sago
Apr 3, 2018
The Texas economy has grown about twice as fast as the rest of the country over the past decade, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. And a new report by the Dallas Fed finds one reason is that immigrants are helping to power the state’s economy. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Immigration issue dominates Italian elections

by Stephen Beard
Mar 1, 2018
A mass influx of migrants has been met with a political backlash.
From left, Giorgia Meloni, leader of far-right party Brothers of Italy; Silvio Berlusconi, head of the center-right Forza Italia; and Matteo Salvini, leader of far-right party the League, give a joint press conference in Rome today ahead of the March 4 general election.
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Bond remains strong between Puerto Rican evacuees and those who stayed

by Renata Sago
Dec 22, 2017
Families, now divided between the mainland and the island, start new endeavors and try to preserve old ties.
Wireless internet at an extended-stay FEMA hotel in Orlando is the main way the Hernandezes keep in touch with family still in Puerto Rico.
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