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Lan Duong

Lan Duong is a senior from San Jose, California, majoring in International Relations and Spanish. Within GPI, Lan writes about issues of migration and human rights.

Mexican General Motors workers elect independent union in a historic labor win

by Lan Duong26 May 202221 Dec 2025Leave a comment

The win represents a major success for GM workers in Mexico.

Explainer, Latin America & Caribbean, North America general motors, GM, labor, labor union, mexico, unions, workers

Why the climate migrant narrative is problematic

by Lan Duong8 Nov 20218 Nov 2021Leave a comment

Alarmist language about climate migrants too often ignores the crisis' nuance.

COP26 climate change, climate refugee, climatechange, climatemigrant, cop26, crisis, HumanRights, immigration, Opinion, refugee, refugeecrisis

Afghan refugees face cold reception in Europe

by Lan Duong28 Sep 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

As Afghan refugees flee the Taliban, members of the European Union are running out of sympathy for migrants.

Europe, Explainer, South Asia Afghan refguees, afghanistan, asylum, dublin regulation, european migrant crisis, european union, germany, Greece, immigration, Refugees

India’s farmers take to the streets to protest agricultural bills

by Lan Duong16 Feb 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Ongoing farmers protests in India see thousands take to the street in demonstration.

Explainer, IWSJ, South Asia farmer, india, indianfarmer, indiaprotest, modi, narendamodi

Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security overstepped its authority in Central America

by Lan Duong25 Jan 202122 Dec 20251 Comment

DHS played an outsized role in Central American foreign policy and violated international human rights agreements under Trump.

Latin America & Caribbean, North America asylum, border, Central America, DHS, donald trump, Guatemala, Honduras, human rights, immigration, Opinion, Refugees, trump, united states

Indigenous populations in the Brazilian Amazon struggle to survive COVID-19

by Lan Duong28 Sep 202022 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Coronavirus exacerbates threats already facing Brazil's Indigenous tribes.

Latin America & Caribbean Amazon Rainforest, Bolsonaro, Brazil, coronavirus, COVID-19, human rights, human security, Indigenous, Indigenous rights, international law, Opinion
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