Crossing Borders Podcast
1) At the US-Mexico Border; So Close, Yet So Far
In recent years, tens of thousands of people have made their way to the U.S.-Mexico border fleeing violence, persecution, and threats on their lives. They hoped to apply for asylum and restart their l...Show More
2) When Refugee Workers Become Refugees Themselves
In many refugee crises, there is a clear divide between victims of the crisis and the humanitarian staff who help them. But in Ukraine, that line is blurred and many of the aid workers who work with t...Show More
3) Forging an Unshakable Bond in Baltimore
When Mohammed and his family arrived in the United States last year after being evacuated from Afghanistan, they were assigned to a Welcome Circle: nine volunteers from a Baltimore-area synagogue task...Show More
4) Seeking Asylum in Israel
Monim Haroon escaped Sudan and thought going to Israel in 2012 would be the best way to start anew. But his life as an asylum seeker in Israel has been anything but easy. Monim was detained, imprisone...Show More
5) The Fall of Afghanistan
For the past few weeks, Yalda Afif, an Afghan program officer for HIAS in New York, and Bahar*, an Afghan refugee resettled by HIAS who now volunteers for the organization, have fielded scores of phon...Show More
6) Lesvos: Gateway to Europe
The bucolic Greek island of Lesvos, located just a few miles off the coast of Turkey, has in recent years become one of the epicenters of the global refugee crisis. Since 2014, more than 1 million ref...Show More
7) The Venezuelan Exodus
In recent years, South America has experienced the largest refugee movement in that continent’s history. More than five million Venezuelans have fled economic, social and political instability, strain...Show More
8) Confronting COVID
The COVID pandemic has upended the lives of people all around the world, but it poses particular dangers to refugees, many of whom live in overcrowded conditions, without the legal status of regular c...Show More
9) Crossing Borders Podcast Trailer
Crossing Borders is a new podcast series that takes you inside the experience of being a refugee, and into the work of HIAS, an organization which is helping refugees around the world find safety and ...Show More