Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Displaced Sudanese women carry supplies at Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad July 26, 2004. The EU called on the United Nations on Monday to consider imposing sanctions on Sudan if it does not neutralise militia responsible for violence in Darfur, where the U.N. says 30,000 people have already died and more than a million have been driven from their homes since fighting erupted last year. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE. REUTERS/Radu Sigheti RSS/DL

Forced displacement and violence against women: A policy brief

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Women displaced by violence, including one who fled a torched church where at least 18 people died, carry belongings towards Eldoret, Western Kenya, January 3, 2008. As Kenya enters a fifth day of protests and ethnic violence that have killed more than 300 people following the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki, many of Eldoret's disaffected youth are furious at what they say was a stolen vote. REUTERS/Georgina Cranston (KENYA)

The Women Peace and Security Index: A new lens on forced displacement

Thursday, December 9, 2021

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele speaks during a deployment ceremony of Salvadoran army soldiers for the Territorial Control plan in San Salvador, El SalvadorJuly 19, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

Fighting the autocratic slide in Central America

Charles T. Call

Friday, December 3, 2021

Polish police officers stand guard at Bruzgi-Kuznica checkpoint on the Belarusian-Polish border, as seen from the Grodno region, Belarus, November 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

When security in Europe conflicts with democracy in Poland

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

A man stands on the dried ground at the Tisma lagoon wetland park due to drought affecting Tisma town, Nicaragua April 20,2016. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Climate migration and climate finance: Lessons from Central America

Friday, November 19, 2021

Migrants gather at a detention center at Ain Zara, in Tripoli, Libya October 12, 2021. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed

Libya’s migrants and crimes against humanity

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Refugees evacuated from Afghanistan arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport and make their way to a waiting bus in Chantilly, VA, USA, Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

The challenge of addressing the health care needs of Afghan evacuees

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Hurricane Dorian is shown situated off the east coast of Florida, U.S., in this satellite photo released September 3, 2019. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY

Stronger and more frequent hurricanes threaten job growth in coastal counties

Rushaine Goulbourne

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Members of a Syrian family stand in front of a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sunday, August 8, 2021. Thousands of Afghans have been forced to flee to Turkey through Iran following U.S.' withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban's advance in the provinces. Turkey currently hosts over 3.5 million Syrian refugees in addition to the Afghans and other countries. (Photo by Ilker Eray/GocherImagery/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Improving Syrian refugee inclusion in the Turkish economy: How can the international community help?

Kemal Kirişci, M. Murat Erdoğan, and Gökçe Uysal

September 2021

A member of Taliban (C) stands outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Around the halls: The Taliban retakes Afghanistan

Madiha Afzal, Ranj Alaaldin, Daniel L. Byman, Giovanna De Maio, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Marvin Kalb, Suzanne Maloney, Patrick W. Quirk, Itamar Rabinovich, Douglas A. Rediker, Bruce Riedel, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Constanze Stelzenmüller, and Shibley Telhami

Monday, August 16, 2021

On the day of 'World Refugee Day,' people across Europe commemorate the 44,000+ victims who died on European borders in the past years. On the beach of Scheveningen, in The Hague, a pop-up memorial monument was placed close to the sea to pay the last respect to the victims. The memorial monument consisted of 44,000 memorial signs out of wood sticking out of the sand on the beach with the names of the victims written on them. (Photo by /Sipa USA)

The 1951 Refugee Convention is falling short of its mission. Could the Global Compact on Refugees help?

Monday, July 26, 2021

This camp is managed by both the state and humanitarian organizations, and the displaced people have found a more normal life here than elsewhere / The UNHCR official makes the children repeat certain phrases.The region of Cabo Delgado, in the northeast of Mozambique, has been experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian drama for the past 4 years. Al-Shabab jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State since 2019 are wreaking havoc there. This armed group terrorizes the different ethnic groups while carrying out coordinated and simultaneous attacks against public institutions. To date, more than 2,800 people have been killed.In Pemba, the capital of the region and a former tourist town, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. The town's population has doubled. The displaced are piling up on the beaches or waiting in buildings requisitioned by the state before being rehoused.Camps are multiplying throughout the region. The inhabitants are totally dependent on humanitarian aid. The conditions are precarious, between insecurity, extreme poverty and the beginning of famine.Where: Montepuez, Cabo Delgado, MozambiqueWhen: 28 Apr 2021Credit: Chris Huby/Le Pictorium/Cover Images

Events of last six months show fragile countries must remain priority for the US and its allies

Alexandre Marc and Bruce Jones

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Syrian artist Khaled Barakeh, 44, stands amid his installation "The Muted Demonstration" outside a Koblenz court during the first trial against suspected members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's security services for crimes against humanity, in Koblenz, Germany, July 1, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

How Western policymakers can engage the new Arab diasporas

Noha Aboueldahab

Friday, July 16, 2021

Odalys Paez waits to receive a remittance at a Western Union office, in Havana, Cuba, October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Remittances: One more thing that economists failed at predicting during COVID-19

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wartet auf die Ankunft der Kommissionspraesidentin Ursula von der Leyen im Kanzleramt in Berlin am 22. Juni 2021. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel trifft EU Kommissionspraesidentin von der Leyen *** German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits for the arrival of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Chancellery in Berlin on June 22, 2021 German Chancellor Merkel meets EU Commission President von der LeyenNo Use Switzerland. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use Austria

Merkel’s complicated legacy

Constanze Stelzenmüller and Elmira Bayrasli

Project Syndicate

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Businesswoman wearing blazer with computer and folder at office

Unleashing international entrepreneurs to help the U.S. economy recover from the pandemic

Dan Berger, Steve Yale-Loehr, Doug Rand, Leon Rodriguez, Lindsay Milliken, Kelli Duehning, Megan Kludt, Jeff Goldman, and Michael Serotte

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Turkish Red Crescent workers carry humanitarian aid at Kelbit camp, near the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib province, Syria January 17, 2018. Picture taken January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

The coming crisis in Idlib

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Migrants are seen in a migrant camp Lipa near Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

Biden’s decision to pull troops from Afghanistan risks a major refugee crisis

Kemal Kirişci and Fulya Memisoglu

Just Security Monday, April 26, 2021

Syrian refugees walk near tents at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are a crisis within a crisis

Omer Karasapan and Sajjad Shah

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Syrian refugees walk as they carry containers at an informal tented settlement in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Revisiting and going beyond the EU-Turkey migration agreement of 2016

April 2021