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…
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.…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
