While all human beings are currently threatened by COVID-19, it is true to say that there is more vulnerability in certain populations. How can those who do not have food or a safe place to live stay...
Turkey’s plan to resettle Syrian refugees in the country’s northeast is not motivated by the admirable goal of facilitating a safe return of these refugees to their homes. Rather, Turkey aims to...
For the Yezidis August 3, the anniversary of the infamous genocide perpetrated by the Islamic State against their community, has yet again come and gone. It’s now been five years since the Islamic...
Half an hour outside of the small dusty town of Damak in eastern Nepal is a tiny bamboo village. This town is almost thirty years old, yet does not exist on Nepali maps. Its name has a number at the...
If a government minister declares a major incident, you imagine something life-changing and devastating has happened. A bomb has gone off or a train has derailed, a coach has crashed or people have...
For Eritreans fleeing their country, knowing one journalist’s phone number can be their only chance for survival. Meron Estefanos runs a radio phone-in-show from her home in Stockholm, Sweden, to...
March 15 marked the seventh year of conflict in Syria, resulting in more than five million refugees and many more internally displaced. Many of the Syrians who fled long to return to their homes, but...
Sajid Javid, a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has revealed that census data suggests that 770,000 people living in England...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Frank Petrisano's intriguing travelogue about Christiania, an intentional community deep in the heart...
When somebody leaves their country of origin due to danger or fear and seeks asylum — and makes a home — in a new part of the world, it is the responsibility of those in their new nation...