Sally Kantar is a writer and editor focused on issues of conflict, displacement and ethnic minority rights. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/sally-kantar-2/rss en Crises & Conflicts Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:00:23 +0000 Sally Kantar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/23/the-rohingya-displacement-crisis-that-myanmar-denies-exists https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/01/23/the-rohingya-displacement-crisis-that-myanmar-denies-exists As military operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine State enter their fourth month, Sally Kantar reports on the accelerated displacement of the Muslim Rohingya minority. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:32:46 +0000 Sally Kantar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/12/07/haitians-alarmed-by-renewed-u-s-deportations-as-trump-era-looms https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/12/07/haitians-alarmed-by-renewed-u-s-deportations-as-trump-era-looms Migrant advocates have urged an overhaul of U.S. policy on displaced Haitians amid a growing border crisis. Following Trump’s election, they are racing to persuade Obama to shift policies before leaving office, writes Sally Kantar in her second dispatch on the crisis. Crises & Conflicts Tue, 08 Nov 2016 12:38:10 +0000 Sally Kantar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/08/humanitarian-crisis-on-u-s-border-haitians-stranded-by-policy https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/11/08/humanitarian-crisis-on-u-s-border-haitians-stranded-by-policy Haitians are stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border with little access to aid. In a two-part dispatch from the U.S. border, Sally Kantar reports how shifting policies toward Haitians has contributed to a growing crisis. Crises & Conflicts Thu, 12 May 2016 03:02:42 +0000 Sally Kantar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/05/12/ghost-villages-await-the-return-of-kokang-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/05/12/ghost-villages-await-the-return-of-kokang-refugees As thousands of ethnic Kokang refugees remain stranded in China, communities have been emptied and transformed into “ghost villages” on the Myanmar-China border, according to recent updates by the Shan Human Rights Foundation (SHRF). Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Sally Kantar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/03/30/myanmar-refugees-no-repatriation-without-peace https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2016/03/30/myanmar-refugees-no-repatriation-without-peace Amid rumors of repatriation and forced returns, refugee advocates argue that militarization, confiscation of land and decreases in international aid would threaten the security of ethnic-minority refugee groups should they return to their home communities in Myanmar.