During the 1990s, several thousand refugees fleeing civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone sought protection in the tiny country of the Gambia. Most refugees in the Gambia, however, are from neighbouring Senegal’s Casamance region, where a low-intensity independence conflict…
The New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants of September 2016 is the first United Nations (UN) declaration adopted specifically for refugees and migrants and is therefore a critical agenda-setting document. It includes a clear reaffirmation of the principles of…
In March 2017, Italy became the first European country to legislate a comprehensive framework protecting unaccompanied children. Close to three years after the bill was first introduced, and following concerted advocacy by human rights organisations during the parliamentary process, the…
Indigenous people of the Pacific are increasingly expressing a preference to stay on their lands for cultural and spiritual reasons, even in the face of significant deterioration in health and livelihoods associated with climate change. In some cases, they say…
In Hong Kong it takes years to process asylum claims and during this time asylum seekers are not allowed to work to provide for themselves, and receive little assistance from the state. Compared globally, Hong Kong has the lowest recognition…
يأتي هذا العدد من نشرة الهجرة القسرية ليلفت انتباهنا إلى التحديات الثقافية التي أصبحت همَّاً مؤرقاً يواجه المهجَّرين السوريين ويقف حائلاً أمام استمرار المساعي المبذولة للبحث عن حلول. فالأرقام التي تخبرنا بها الإحصاءات مَهوُلَةٌ وقَاتِمَةٌ، بل ما زالت في ارتفاع…
باعتباري سورية لها باع طويل في التحليل والبحوث والكتابة في المجال الإنساني، حَرِصتُ منذ مدة طويلة على الكتابة عن أهمية الكرامة للسوريين في هذا الوقت على وجه الخصوص، لكنَّني مع ذلك أجد نفسي على الدوام عاجزة عن تفسير أبسط الأمور…