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![Unhoused Parisian family is caught in the rain.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/seg-paris-displaced-400x300.jpg)
Paris Olympics Slammed for Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing
Protests highlighted the displacement of thousands of migrants, unhoused people and other vulnerable communities.
![Palestinians, who fled their homes due to the Israeli attacks on Gaza, try to go on their daily lives under hard conditions in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, on June 19, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-gaza--400x300.jpg)
69 Democrats Urge Biden to Grant Refugee Status to Palestinians With Family in US
Palestinians are carved out of the 1951 Refugee Convention, and very few Palestinians have ever been let into the US.
![President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-border-400x300.jpg)
Biden Opposed Trump’s Asylum Ban in 2018. Now, He’s Implementing It.
If Biden hopes to bolster his lackluster campaign with this desperate turn to the right, he is bound to be disappointed.
![Palestinians in Gaza mourn relatives killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2154351115-400x300.jpg)
“Nowhere Is Safe”: Israel Bombs Tent Camp in Rafah, Killing 45 Palestinians
The bombing came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop its assault on Rafah.
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One Year Into War, Sudan Is Experiencing the World’s Largest Displacement Crisis
Meanwhile, the number of Sudanese facing emergency levels of hunger has more than tripled in a year to almost 5 million.
![Haitian Asylum Seekers Take the Biden Administration to Court](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/SEG3-Hiatian-Asylum-Seekers-Horse-Patrol-400x300.jpg)
Haitian Asylum Seekers Take the Biden Administration to Court
A federal court heard arguments in a lawsuit accusing the administration of racial discrimination and rights violations.
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Africa’s Refugee Crisis Deepens: UN Budget Shortfalls Amplify Hunger
Deteriorating conditions for refugees in Africa, exacerbated by budget shortfalls lead to severe food ration cuts.
![Calls Grow to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Palestinians Already in the US](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/seg-narmin-mom-brother-400x300.jpg)
Calls Grow to Grant Temporary Protected Status to Palestinians Already in the US
Meanwhile, the Biden administration faces accusations of being too slow to help Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza.
![Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs a bill during a news conference at the Texas State Capitol on June 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/12/2023_1218-greg-abbott-400x300.jpg)
Rights Groups Decry Anti-Migrant Bills That Texas Governor Is Poised to Sign
Even if Biden doesn't challenge SB 4, civil rights groups have already announced plans to sue.
![Asylum seekers from Mauritania pose for a photo after a Wednesday night scrimmage in September 2023 at Grover Cleveland Park in Ridgewood Queens.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Photo2-2-400x300.jpeg)
A Pick-Up Soccer Group Is Helping Welcome Refugees to New York City
A weekly pickup game in a public park in Queens has become a powerful hub for organizing solidarity with asylum seekers.