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This Week at Leir
March 6, 2023
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Migration to the US Southern Border: migrants, hosts, politics, protest
March 7 and 8, 2023 | University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley 

The Boston University Center on Forced Displacement is launching a series of monthly seminars on EU and US border regimes and their impact on migrants, refugees, host populations, and borders. View the full schedule for future events. 

There will be an option to join virtually. 
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NEWS FOR THOUGHT
Many Undocumented Immigrants are Departing After Decades in the U.S.
Miriam Jordan, New York Times
"Mexicans, who represent the largest and most transformative migration to the United States in modern history, started a gradual return more than a decade ago, with improvements in the Mexican economy and shrinking job opportunities in the United States during the last recession."
Canadians Fume as Migrants Surge at Their Border
Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times
"Though the numbers of migrants at the southern border of the United States are far higher, the numbers entering Canada are also surging.

Nearly 40,000 migrants crossed unlawfully into the country last year — more than double the number in 2019 — and the number arriving monthly has spiked recently, including almost 5,000 people in January."
Hazardous waste from Ohio derailment creates rippling health concerns as it gets shipped up to 1,300 miles away
Elizabeth Chuck, Gabe Gutierrez and Halle Lukasiewicz, NBC News
"The Feb. 3 train disaster has sent health concerns rippling not just through East Palestine, but also in the places that have begun to accept shipments of contaminated soil and water from the site of the derailment. As of Wednesday, approximately 1.8 million gallons of hazardous liquid wastewater and 700 tons of solid waste had been hauled out of East Palestine, according to the Ohio EPA. The materials have traveled as far as Michigan and Texas for disposal."
CAREER SPOTLIGHT
Non Legal Intern, Summer 2023
Human Rights First
Remote | Part-Time
Deadline: 10 March 2023
The Los Angeles office of Human Rights First seeks motivated non-legal interns for the summer 2023 semester to assist in providing general support. We are looking for currently enrolled graduate or undergraduate students who have a strong interest in and commitment to human rights, are fluent in Spanish, want to work on behalf of asylum-seekers, and possess excellent organization and communication skills. 
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Check out these postings related to migration and human security.
Program Specialist
Inter-American Foundation (IAF) 
Washington D.C. | Full-Time
Deadline: 8 March 2023

Internships
Outright International
Multiple Locations | Full-Time
Deadline: Rolling
Project Associate-Refugee Student Initiatives
Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration
Remote | Full-Time
Deadline: 24 March 2023

Research Assistants
US Institute of Peace
Remote | Full-Time or Part-Time
Deadline: 29 March 2023
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