Harrowing stories of coming and going — by choice, by force, or by necessity.

An innovative look at the first year in the life of an immigrant after moving to Turkey from Syria.

A Year in Exile

Three gay friends from Nigeria are forced to flee their country and adjust to life in exile.

Above the Troubled Water

As she prepares for one of the biggest moments of her life — her deportation case — Alejandra is forced to reckon with a past mistake and a system that could tear her apart from her family and the only home she has ever known.

Ale Libre

The Aguilas del Desierto (Desert Eagles), themselves largely immigrant Latinos, search along the scorching southern border in Arizona, where it is estimated that only one out of every five missing migrants is ever found.

Eagles

A young pregnant woman, fleeing for safety, finds herself trapped in dire conditions in a dangerous Mexican-U.S. border town just weeks before she's supposed to give birth.

Yulisa

Central American mothers journey by bus through Mexico, searching for their children who migrated north toward the United States but disappeared en route.

Since You Arrived, My Heart Stopped Belonging to Me

United States of America

Doc Shorts: Immigrants & Refugees

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