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A small inflatable boat carrying migrants from Afghanistan is towed by a rescue vessel of the Refugee Rescue NGO, near Skala Sikamias, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis

3 Mar 2020 11 minute read

Who do you save?

Syrian artist Amel al-Zakout nearly drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after her boat capsized en route to...

Two people hold placards as part of a demonstration for solidarity, unity, dignity and rights for all in Hamburg

26 Dec 2019 2 minute read

Speak out: Solidarity with people on the move

A network of solidarity exists among and alongside those who move, and stay, without permission. Hazel Healy...

The first evictions of refugee/migrant squats under New Democracy took place on 26 August. 'Spirou Trikoupi 17' and 'Transito' next to Exarcheia square were sealed off and 143 people where taken away - amongst them were 86 women and children.

30 Nov 2019 5 minute read

Greece’s new police state

Ioanna Manoussaki-Adamopoulou and Keira Dignan on the Greek state’s clampdown on migrants...

11 Apr 2019 2 minute read

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Kenya’s refugee reporters

Sally Hayden reports on a fully independent, refugee-run news outlet in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

10 Apr 2019 6 minute read

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For women seeking refuge in Spain, a trail of peril awaits

The stories of women migrants making the desperate Mediterranean crossing to Europe are different from those of the men,...

UNICEF and ECHO deliver hygiene kits to children and families in bomb shelters in Donetsk. Credit: EU Civil and Humanitarian Aid Operations/Flickr

13 Dec 2018 5 minute read

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Forgotten people from a forgotten war

Ukraine’s internally displaced people are paying the price for a proxy conflict stoked by Russia. Daisy Gibbons...

15 Oct 2018 4 minute read

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What if ... people could migrate freely?

Vanessa Baird looks at how things would be if we could migrate freely. 

29 Jul 2018 4 minute read

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EU migration deal, is it the answer?

Can we still talk of a ‘migration crisis’ in the EU? Nando Sigona asks.

U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga anchored at the Diego Garcia naval base in the 1980s.

11 Jun 2018 7 minute read

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‘Catastrophic’ explosion risk on Diego Garcia

Revealed: Ships at the controversial naval base are crammed dangerously close. Katie McQue reports.

Lebanon

23 May 2018 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Lebanon

Civil war, ISIS invasions, mountains of rubbish. Reem Haddad reports from Beirut.

The leaders of Russia and Hungary, Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán

30 Apr 2018 5 minute read

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Is Hungary mimicking Putin’s authoritarianism?

Has Putin exported ‘managed democracy’ to Hungary? Madeline Roache examines Orbán’s...

A Rohingya refugee takes a moment’s pause, shortly after arriving in a makeshift camp at Teknaf, Bangladesh, last September. She is one of over 670,000 people to have fled over the border from Myanmar since August 2017.

31 Mar 2018 7 minute read

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Fleeing Myanmar

Parsa Sanjana Sajid speaks to Rohingya refugees trapped on the Bangladeshi border.

27 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Brutal forced deportations, globalization and human rights

The Stansted 15 have exposed the hypocrisy of Britain, Ann Pettifor argues.

2 Mar 2018 4 minute read

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Women of Yarl’s Wood stand up

More than 100 women detainees are on all out strike. Those outside detention must show their support, argues ...

Showtime from the Frontline: Alaa Shehada, Mark Thomas and Faisal Abu Alhayja.

28 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Using comedy to break down stereotypes

Nick Dowson reports on Mark Thomas’s attempt to train a comedy troupe in the West Bank.

Between Sudan and a hard place

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Between Sudan and a hard place

Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between...

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