A man with an arm injury and in need of urgent medical care, right, waves to fellow migrants before he is flown by helicopter by the French Army from the Ocean Viking rescue ship on Thursday. French authorities evacuated several migrants from the ship ahead of the ship docking in Toulon on Friday. Vincenzo Circosta/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Venezuelan migrants Kimberly González and Denny Velasco and their children wait for a bus at Mission: Border Hope in Eagle Pass, Texas. Verónica G. Cárdenas for NPR hide caption
A dramatic shift at the border as migrants converge on a remote corner of South Texas
A woman, who is part of a group of migrants that had just arrived, holds a child as they are fed outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Wednesday in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew two planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday. Ray Ewing/AP hide caption
Britain's Prince Charles arrives at a center for refugees fleeing the war in neighboring Ukraine, inside the Romexpo convention center, in Bucharest, Romania, May 25, 2022. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption
A U.S. Border Patrol agent processes a group of migrants in Sunland Park, New Mexico. Democratic lawmakers and immigrant advocates are urging President Biden to end Title 42 border restrictions. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A woman wearing the Ukrainian flag is handed a beverage at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday. Ukrainians have been welcomed into Poland and other neighboring countries as they flee Russian attacks. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack of food and water for the last days, and he couldn't walk longer, volunteers from Polish aid organizations arrived to help. Kasia Strek for NPR hide caption
Migrants aiming to cross into Poland camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 17. Maxim Guchek/BelTA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they're wanted by Assad's regime
Haitian migrants boarding buses in Tapachula. Their encampment has been plagued with a lack of water, food and sanitation. Richard Tsong-Taatarii for NPR hide caption
A still from the 1961 Hindi film Kabuliwala, directed by Hemen Gupta. Kabuliwala (1961) hide caption
This 19th-century short story might help combat racism against refugees today
Migrants from Haiti get caught on a crevasse along the Acandiseco river, Colombia. Carlos Villalón for NPR hide caption
A once-remote patch of rainforest is now packed with migrants trying to reach the U.S.
A man holding a child wipes his eye as the Kurdish family from Dohuk in Iraq waits for the border guard patrol, near Narewka, Poland, near the Polish-Belarusian border on Nov. 9. The three-generation family of 16 — with seven minors, including the youngest who is 5 months old — spent about 20 days in the forest and was pushed back to Belarus eight times. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system
Fifty barracks are available for accommodation in the Krnjaca asylum center in Serbia, just outside the capital Belgrade. Single men live in separate housing, while families stay together. For those who decide to return home, the International Organization for Migration offers a "voluntary return and reintegration" program in the camp. Elisa Oddone hide caption
Haitians deported from the U.S. recover their belongings scattered on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Joseph Odelyn/AP hide caption
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande on Sunday near the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is one of a few GOP governors who say migrants are the source of rising COVID-19 rates. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Some Republicans Blame Migrants For COVID-19 Surges. Doctors Say They're Scapegoating
A Cambodian migrant farm worker stands outside the greenhouse where she works growing vegetables in Miryang, South Korea. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
In this Dec. 9. 2019, file photo, residents in support of continued refugee resettlement hold signs at a meeting in Bismarck, N.D. James MacPherson/AP hide caption
'New Era In Resettlement': U.S. Refugee Advocates Count On More Community-Based Help
Ajo, a former copper mining town more than 100 miles from Phoenix, is unincorporated. The U.S. government began dropping off migrants on the historic plaza in Ajo in March. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
A group of migrants from El Salvador arrives in Roma, Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande on March 30, 2021 in Roma, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Afghan Morteza Mohammadi (center-left) and his companions sit around a fire in the former Krajina Metal factory in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, near the Croatian border, discussing possible border crossing strategies related to the weather and time. Elisa Oddone hide caption
A group of migrants rapidly deported from the U.S. under Title 42 wait on the Mexican side of the Paso del Norte International Bridge, between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 10. PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Juan Gonzalez, shown here during a meeting last month at the White House, recently returned from a trip to Mexico and Guatemala. He's the National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption