Hacker News with Generative AI: Refugees

Ask HN: Have the US revoking of visas affected you? (ycombinator.com)
I hear that the US has been revoking visas and protected persons statuses for refugees from Ukraine and other places. Tech is a lot of immigrants; is anyone being affected by these?

Immigration, United States, Technology, Visas, Refugees

11 points by KittenInABox 16 days ago | 1 comments

What a refugee camp reveals about economics (economist.com)
It is Malawi’s rainy season and smartly dressed worshippers are spilling out from church. Couples, arm-in-arm, dodge potholes as they progress down the street. The migration moves past clothes shops and bars, losing stragglers to afternoon drinking, until it meets a plane of dirt, where thousands await a football match. A thin film of dust kicked up by the players settles on the churchgoers’ pale dress shirts and floral skirts. The scene looks like a typical Sunday.

Economics, Refugees, Malawi

5 points by marojejian 21 days ago | 2 comments

3 Yrs on, Ukrainian evacuees help ballet project grow in Japan (kyodonews.net)
Ukrainian ballet dancers Nelia Ivanova and Svitlana Shlikhter were deeply moved when the audience gave a standing ovation during their Japan-based troupe's performance in Latvia ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine, Ballet, Japan, Culture, Refugees

3 points by rawgabbit 53 days ago | 0 comments

A year in exile: The fading hopes of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians (newarab.com)
Yerevan, Armenia - Twenty-year-old Susanna Hovsepyan recalls her final September in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023, passing through an Azerbaijani checkpoint filled with fear as she left her home behind.

International Relations, Conflict, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Refugees

10 points by vinnyglennon 218 days ago | 0 comments