Tania Karas is managing editor of Refugees Deeply. She was previously a freelance journalist reporting on global migration and human rights. For the 2015-16 academic year, she was a U.S. Fulbright Fellow in Greece covering Europe’s refugee crisis. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/tania-karas/rss en Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/01/deeply-talks-refugee-children-and-resilience https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/01/deeply-talks-refugee-children-and-resilience The scale of human displacement across the world means more children than ever are growing up without stable homes. In our latest Deeply Talks, we discuss lessons from child-development experts on how to build their resilience. Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:20:00 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/27/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-an-american-immigrant-lawmaker https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/04/27/when-refugees-lead-a-conversation-with-an-american-immigrant-lawmaker As part of our series ‘When Refugees Lead,’ we speak with Kathy Tran, a refugee from Vietnam who became the first Vietnamese-American elected to Virginia’s state legislature last year. Laws & Policy Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:37:15 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/10/27/u-n-representative-migration-compact-will-require-political-courage https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/10/27/u-n-representative-migration-compact-will-require-political-courage A year into the development of a global compact on migration, the U.N. official coordinating the process, Special Representative for International Migration Louise Arbour, discusses political short-termism and the challenges of international cooperation over migration. Integration Laws & Policy Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:30:22 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/10/05/dreamer-doctors-fight-for-immigration-reform-as-daca-expires https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/10/05/dreamer-doctors-fight-for-immigration-reform-as-daca-expires As the deadline passes for ‘Dreamers’ to renew the DACA permits protecting them from deportation, students at a Chicago medical school with the largest number of DACA recipients are pushing for immigration reform as they strive to continue their medical careers. Health Minority Rights Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:33:03 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/07/for-refugees-in-lebanon-giving-birth-comes-at-a-high-price-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/articles/2017/07/07/for-refugees-in-lebanon-giving-birth-comes-at-a-high-price-2 Despite Lebanon’s relatively advanced healthcare system, pregnancy and childbirth are fraught with danger and unaffordable costs for Syrians, reports Tania Karas for our series “Refugee Mothers: Pregnancy in Exile.” Health Fri, 07 Jul 2017 12:26:56 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/07/for-refugees-in-lebanon-giving-birth-comes-at-a-high-price https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/07/07/for-refugees-in-lebanon-giving-birth-comes-at-a-high-price Despite Lebanon’s relatively advanced healthcare system, pregnancy and childbirth are fraught with danger and unaffordable costs for Syrians, reports Tania Karas for our series “Refugee Mothers: Pregnancy in Exile.” Laws & Policy Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:19:02 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/15/dreamer-doctors-fear-deportation-under-trump-migrant-crackdown https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/15/dreamer-doctors-fear-deportation-under-trump-migrant-crackdown At a medical school in Chicago that has more undocumented students than any other program in the U.S., recipients of Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) contemplate their future in the uncertain first weeks of Trump’s presidency. Laws & Policy Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:02:25 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/01/after-trump-order-syrian-family-endures-anguish-of-changing-rules-2 https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2017/02/01/after-trump-order-syrian-family-endures-anguish-of-changing-rules-2 Following Trump’s executive order barring Syrians indefinitely from the U.S., Tania Karas reports on how its chaotic implementation hit one Syrian family who were already in transit as the order was inked. Displacement Human Rights Wed, 01 Feb 2017 14:58:23 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/02/01/after-trump-order-syrian-family-endures-anguish-of-changing-rules https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2017/02/01/after-trump-order-syrian-family-endures-anguish-of-changing-rules Following Trump’s executive order barring Syrians indefinitely from the U.S., Tania Karas reports on how its chaotic implementation hit one Syrian family who were already in transit as the order was inked.