Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Migrants & Refugees

Refugees Contribute to Their Host Communities. The World Must Do More to Support Them

This year’s World Refugee Day also marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, adopted in the aftermath of the Second World War. The…

22 June, 2026

Refugees: The Resettlement Gap Grows Wider

The shortfall in resettlement places is driven by policy changes in destination countries, including pauses in admissions, more restrictive criteria, and growing backlogs in processing.…

17 June, 2026

From Refugee to Reconciler in The Central African Republic

As a young woman in what she describes as a patriarchal context, she has faced resistance from elders and traditional leaders who question her authority.…

15 June, 2026

Forced displacement fell in 2025, but millions remain trapped in perpetual exile

The profile of global displacement has shifted from an emergency phenomenon to a chronic one. Nearly seven in ten refugees worldwide are in protracted situations,…

11 June, 2026

Europe’s New Asylum Rules: What They Mean for Rights

Unaccompanied children under twelve travelling with family are exempt from the border procedure. Children aged thirteen and over travelling with family may be detained under…

10 June, 2026

The Rohingya Cannot Wait Much Longer

With conflict inside Myanmar showing no sign of abating and prospects for safe repatriation fading, more Rohingya are resorting to dangerous sea crossings in search…

3 June, 2026

A Detention Centre That Should Not Exist

The accounts emerging from inside are grim. Families report prolonged incarceration without due process, denial of adequate medical care and insufficient access to clean drinking…

24 May, 2026

Homes for Ukraine Scheme

When war broke out, Dr Soldatenko fled Kharkiv with her two daughters, her parents and her cat, carrying little more than a few documents and…

24 May, 2026

Handcuffs for All

The directive is a blunt response to a string of security failures that have embarrassed the company and alarmed the government. The most serious incident…

13 April, 2026

Nearly One Thousand Dead at Sea

Three dispatches from a world that has simultaneously lost the capacity for shock and retained the habit of summitry.

8 April, 2026

Gas Or Firewood/Poverty in Rohingya Camps

American funding cuts, accelerating through 2025 and deepening in 2026, have reversed much of that progress. UNHCR’s $255 million appeal for the Rohingya response is…

7 April, 2026

Britain’s Deportation Scheme and Its Disputed minors

The nationalities involved reflect the geography of contemporary conflict. Eritreans, Sudanese, and Afghans make up the bulk of those caught in this administrative limbo, populations…

6 April, 2026