migration

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The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates 1,172 migrants died or went missing along the route in 2025 -- a figure only slightly lower than the 1,215 people in 2024.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Migration minister Mike Tapp MP told us there is "a lot of investigative work that goes on behind the scenes", in part, looking at money transfers.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Even so, Muzaffar Chishti of the Migration Policy Institute said that the executive branch has vast discretion in immigration law, particularly when invoking national security justifications, and defense attorneys may face an uphill battle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Migration typically unfolded slowly over generations and blended into everyday life, making it difficult to detect in standard burial grounds.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

During the continuing Great Migration of African Americans from the South, Chicago had already received more blacks than any other northern city, a total that would grow to more than twenty-five thousand.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler