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  • Near the West Bank town of Qalqilya, a Palestinian farmer passes through a gate in the "separation fence." Israeli has told farmers they'll be able to access their land, but Palestinians are distrustful.
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  • 20 February 2020, Umm el Jimal, Jordan: Barbed wire fence.
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  • A "separation fence" constructed by the Israeli government near the West Bank town of Jayyous cuts through the middle of olive groves belonging to Palestinian farmers.
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-084.jpg
  • Near the West Bank village of Jayyous, the roots of olive trees uprooted to build a "separation fence."
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-080.jpg
  • A "separation fence" under construction by the Israeli government near the West Bank town of Jayyous. The barrier is slicing up the West Bank into enclaves that Palestinian leaders claim make a viable Palestinian state impossible.
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-007.jpg
  • 20 February 2020, Umm el Jimal, Jordan: Barbed wire fence.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200220_AH2_433...jpg
  • Near the Palestinian town of Qalqilya, razor wire forms part of the Israeli-built "separation fence."
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-083.jpg
  • Near the Qalandiya refugee camp, birds sit on a section of the "separation fence" built by the Israeli government.
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  • Near the Qalandiya refugee camp, rows of razor wire form part of a "separation fence" built by Israel.
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-020.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_435.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_423.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_414.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, climbs the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_675.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, climbs the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_616.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, climbs the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_635.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, looks through the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_598.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, observes the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_572.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_709.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_706.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_658.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_437.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_436.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_433.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_432.jpg
  • The US/Mexico border wall in Otay, Tijuana. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210621_422.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, observes the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_761.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, climbs the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_692.jpg
  • Olman Paz, from Progreso, Yoro, Honduras, climbs the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_728.jpg
  • Seaweed grows on the wall that divides the US and Mexico at the Tijuana border.
    Mexico_migration_Hawkey_20210615_571.jpg
  • A mural on the border wall at Tijuana depicts people who have been deported from the US.
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  • Waves in the sea at the border wall between San Diego, California on the left, and Tijuana, Mexico on the right.
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  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191005_018.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191005_021.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191005_020.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_455.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_452.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_447.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_439.jpg
  • The Rio Bravo flows between Tamaulipas, Mexico and Texas, USA. Teh US side is heavily fortified, with fencing and security.<br />
<br />
At this point, between Matamoros and Brownsville, the controversial new MPP protocol has changed the way asylum requests are dealt with, and asylum seekers are sent to Mexico for the duration of the process, which is for months. Approximately 5% of requests are granted, the rest rejected, but now nearly all of those requesting asylum must fend for themselves in territory known to be extremely dangerous, most of them have no resources and live just beyond the international bridge in Matamoros. Many of the asylum seekers sent into Tamaulipas are kidnapped for ransom, those who can't find someone to pay normally lose their life. Young women are vulnerable to other forms of abuse. Assistance is given to many vulnerable people in desperate need, through voluntary and faith-based groups, including groups supported by Church World Service.
    USA_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_443.jpg
  • A US observation tower near the Rio Bravo.
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  • A young child in daipers plays on the turnstile gate at the end of the International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. Hundreds of asylum seekers have been dropped here with pending cases, some with dates as far ahead as March 2020.
    Mexico_Hawkey_migrants_20191004_019.jpg
  • A shell hole in a building in Nablus.
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  • An 8-meter high Israeli-built concrete wall surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya. Here the wall has been painted by protesters.
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  • An Israeli military checkpoint on a road outside Jenin.
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  • A Palestinian boy searches through the rubble of a house in Nablus blown up by the Israeli military on August 8, 2003, purportedly because it was being used as a hiding place for Palestinian militants. The military used helicopter-launched missiles and tanks against the building, where two people died.
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  • A Palestinian girl searches through the rubble of a house in Nablus blown up by the Israeli military on August 8, 2003, purportedly because it was being used as a hiding place for Palestinian militants. The military used helicopter-launched missiles and tanks against the building, where two people died.
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  • Near the Qalandiya refugee camp, Palestinians walk through an Israeli checkpoint.
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  • Palestinians walking after passing through an Israeli checkpoint at Jenin in the West Bank.
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  • Near Jayyous, Shareef Omar Khaled sits on his tractor near the wall Israel is building inside the West Bank. Khaled is losing much of his farmland to the wall, and promises to nonviolently resist.
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  • An 8-meter high concrete wall surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya.
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  • An 8-meter high concrete wall, built by the Israeli government, surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya.
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  • Matt Robson, a Quaker peace activist from Sheffield, England, and a member of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program, records video near a guntower in an 8-meter high concrete wall that surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya.
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  • An 8-meter high concrete wall surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya, part of the Israelis' separation barrier.
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  • An 8-meter high concrete wall surrounds the West Bank town of Qalqilya, part of the separation barrier erected by the Israeli government. Palestinian leaders claim the barrier, which slices the West Bank into a series of enclaves, will make an eventual Palestinian state unviable.
    palestine-2003-jeffrey-073.jpg
  • In Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction. Also seen is an observation tower used by government agents to monitor the border.
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  • In Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction. Also seen is an observation tower used by government agents to monitor the border.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-25.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, a migrant sneaks along a section of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-31.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, a migrant sneaks along a section of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-30.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, a migrant sneaks along a section of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-29.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-28.jpg
  • Part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Seen from the U.S. side of the wall is part of the Mexican city of Nogales, Sonora. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-27.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-22.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-24.jpg
  • Near Nogales, Arizona, part of the border wall constructed by the U.S. government along the U.S. border with Mexico. Local residents and critics of the wall claim it has little effect on illegal immigration, yet financially benefits companies involved in its construction.
    usa-2009-arizona-border-23.jpg
  • Cindy Johnson (right), a United Methodist deaconess, talks with Antonia Redonda, who lives along the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas. The U.S. government is building a border wall in Redonda's backyard, and both women--as well as many border area residents--are organizing to stop the barrier's construction. They believe the wall will do little to stop illegal immigration and is motivated to generate profits for the companies awarded lucrative construction contracts.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-06.jpg
  • A portion of the border wall under construction in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-03.jpg
  • Pamela Taylor stands by a sign she erected to protest the construction of the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Taylor's home, outside Brownsville, Texas, is being stranded outside the wall, which she and other critics believe is being constructed not to control illegal immigration but rather to enrich politically-connected construction companies.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-23.jpg
  • Cindy Johnson (left), a United Methodist deaconess, talks with Luis Govea and Antonia Redonda, a couple that lives along the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas. The U.S. government is building a border wall in Redonda's backyard, and both women--as well as many border area residents--are organizing to stop the barrier's construction. They believe the wall will do little to stop illegal immigration and is motivated to generate profits for the companies awarded lucrative construction contracts.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-07.jpg
  • Cindy Johnson (left), a United Methodist deaconess, talks with Antonia Redonda, who lives along the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas. The U.S. government is building a border wall in Redonda's backyard, and both women--as well as many border area residents--are organizing to stop the barrier's construction. They believe the wall will do little to stop illegal immigration and is motivated to generate profits for the companies awarded lucrative construction contracts.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-05.jpg
  • Jesus Alvarado, 70, has lived on the US side of the international border in Brownsville, Texas, for decades, but is now having the  border wall built in his backyard. He is one of many border area residents who have organized to stop the wall.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-04.jpg
  • Pamela Taylor stands by a sign she erected to protest the construction of the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Taylor's home, outside Brownsville, Texas, is being stranded outside the wall, which she and other critics believe is being constructed not to control illegal immigration but rather to enrich politically-connected construction companies.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-24.jpg
  • Pamela Taylor stands by a sign she erected to protest the construction of the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Taylor's home, outside Brownsville, Texas, is being stranded outside the wall, which she and other critics believe is being constructed not to control illegal immigration but rather to enrich politically-connected construction companies.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-19.jpg
  • A portion of the border wall under construction in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-02.jpg
  • A portion of the border wall under construction in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-01.jpg
  • Workers constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-22.jpg
  • Workers constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-21.jpg
  • Workers constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-18.jpg
  • A worker constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-15.jpg
  • Cindy Johnson, a United Methodist deaconess in Brownsville, Texas. Active in immigration issues, Johnson here stands by a protest sign near the route of a wall being built along the U.S.-Mexico border.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-10.jpg
  • Cindy Johnson, a United Methodist deaconess in Brownsville, Texas. Active in immigration issues, Johnson here stands by a protest sign near the route of a wall being built along the U.S.-Mexico border.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-09.jpg
  • Workers constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-20.jpg
  • A worker constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-14.jpg
  • A worker constructing a giant wall in Brownsville, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. Critics claim the wall will do little to slow illegal immigration, but instead represents a boondoggle benefiting companies constructing the barrier.
    usa-2009-jeffrey-border-13.jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Sunset and barbed wire over a fence near the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Sunset and barbed wire over a fence near the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
    Slovakia-2022-Hillert-20220311_AH2_8...jpg
  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: Fence near the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: Fence near the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]
    Romania-2022-Hillert-20220317_AH2_93...jpg
  • A displaced boy peers through a fence in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum.
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  • A displaced boy peers through a fence in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum.
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  • A girl watches through the fence as catechism class takes place inside the Catholic compound in Agok, in the contested Abyei region on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, where more than 100,000 Dinka Ngok fled in 2011 after attacks by northern soldiers and militias. The Catholic parish of Abyei, with support from Caritas South Sudan and other international church partners, has maintained its pastoral presence among the displaced and assisted them with food, shelter, and other relief supplies.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Donations and supplies lined up for refugees to pick up at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats wounds on the neck of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Ukrainian refugees gathered at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the injured arm of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
    mexico-2009-jeffrey-nogales-migrants...jpg
  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the injured arm of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
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  • Hungary is building new fences along a wide stretch of its border near Beremend, along the border with Croatia. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants flowed through Hungary in 2015 on their way to western Europe from Syria, Iraq and other countries.
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  • Protesters hold sign at a rally outside the fence of a federal detention center in Sheridan, Oregon. Participants protested the Trump administration's policy of separating parents from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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  • Displaced women watch through a fence as food is distributed on April 7, 2017, to hungry people in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, chased from their homes by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. In early 2017, they set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but were stopped from crossing the border. They remain camped out under the trees at Rumading, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. <br />
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In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. The ACT Alliance is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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  • A man makes a fence of black plastic beside his home in the Zaatari refugee camp near Mafraq, Jordan. Established in 2012 as Syrian refugees poured across the border, the camp held more than 80,000 refugees by 2015, and was rapidly evolving into a permanent settlement, with many refugees moving out of tents and into modular houses. The ACT Alliance provides a variety of services to refugees living in the camp.
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  • A displaced boy holds a toothbrush in Agok, a town in the contested Abyei region where tens of thousands of people fled in 2011 after an attack by soldiers and militias from the northern Republic of Sudan on most parts of Abyei. Although the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement called for residents of Abyei--which sits on the border between Sudan and South Sudan--to hold a referendum on whether they wanted to align with the north or the newly independent South Sudan, the government in Khartoum and northern-backed Misseriya nomads, excluded from voting as they only live part of the year in Abyei, blocked the vote and attacked the majority Dinka Ngok population. The African Union has proposed a new peace plan, including a referendum to be held in October 2013, but it has been rejected by the Misseriya and Khartoum.
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