Stories about Migrants and Citizens

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Katy Long tells stories about immigration and identity. 

Her work on immigration — from refugee resettlement to the history of passports — has appeared in outlets including The Guardian  and The Washington Post. She presents and produces documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

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Red State Refugees
Red State Refugees

What does the story of Cactus, Texas, tell us about the future of America as a nation of immigrants?

Build The Wall!
Build The Wall!

On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Katy Long asks why political leaders are celebrating the occasion while building new border walls of their own.

The Last Cola in the Desert
The Last Cola in the Desert

Hosted by Academy Award-winning documentary film-maker Asif Kapadia (Amy, Senna, Diego Maradona), this is the last episode in a five-part series from BBC World Service in collaboration with Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. Detours takes us off the main roads of our lives, following people who didn’t end up where they expected.

From Our Own Correspondent
From Our Own Correspondent

There's a growing number of people from Africa and Asia in Central America, whose hope one day is to make it to the United States. Katy Long dusts down her rusty French to speak to a man from Congo in the middle of a rainstorm in Costa Rica.

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American Journeys
American Journeys

Since March, I’ve been working on a new, in-depth project — the culmination of a cross-country US road trip, and a personal attempt to understand America’s immigration story.  

This small town in America’s Deep South welcomes 1500 Refugees a Year
This small town in America’s Deep South welcomes 1500 Refugees a Year

Here’s an article I wrote for The Guardian on the unexpected welcome refugees receive in Clarkston, Georgia.

Don’t Count on the Supreme Court to stop Trump’s travel ban
Don’t Count on the Supreme Court to stop Trump’s travel ban

Here’s an article I wrote for The Washington Post on the parallels between Chinese Exclusion and Trump’s Travel Ban