Refugees

Cueta’s border fence in 2012. Photo by Mario Sánchez Bueno/Wikimedia Commons.

Why is Spain in Africa?

Before making Ceuta evidence in an argument about Palestine, NATO, or regional diplomacy, Nashwa Lina Khan says we should first ask the more immediate question: Why is Spain in Africa?
Ceuta migrants

Morocco: Dozens of our young people are drowning at sea. A comprehensive social alternative is no longer a luxury, but an urgent necessity.

Forced emigration and political repression are two sides of the same coin: a policy that deprives people of any right to a future, argue the al-Mounadila Current.
Noor Sadaque

Bangladesh: A million Rohingya lives at risk as WFP slashes food rations amid funding crisis (plus The Rohingya crisis: A brief history)

Noor Sadaque — The World Food Programme’s announced reduction in food rations for Rohingya refugees is a potential death sentence for a community already on the brink of starvation.
Denmark refugees

Why Europe should avoid modelling its migration policy on Denmark

Michala Clante Bendixen — Despite being one of the first countries to sign the UN Refugee Convention, Denmark has also been a frequent first-mover on harsh immigration policies in Europe.

South Korea's ugly refugee phobia

By Youngsu Won August 1, 2018