Vaccine shortages and surging cases: A COVID-19 Africa snapshot
A “third wave” of COVID-19 cases is filling hospital beds, exhausting oxygen stocks, and testing already overloaded health staff in the hardest-hit African countries.
South-South migration has long been overlooked. Why?
Why do dominant media and political narratives about migration tend to focus on the relatively small number of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants attempting to reach the Global North irregularly and overlook the important role of South-South migration in development, inequality, and humanitarian crises?
Asylum Seekers Trapped in No Man’s Land
Looking for a new beginning, a trio from Cameroon jumped from the Venetian walls into what they thought was Nicosia.
COVID vaccinations for refugees, will the world live up to its promises?
‘When I was starving, you were not there, or when I was being evicted from the house, you were not there.’
Hunger is stronger than border policy
Closed borders aren’t stopping Venezuelan migration, they’re just making it more dangerous
Pushback Tragedy on Spanish Borders
As migrants continue to reach Ceuta, Spanish pushback hardens.
Madrid ups border security in the North African enclave, returns thousands to Morocco, and fires tear gas into the buffer zone.
Community solidarity in Glasgow prevents deportations
Glasgow protesters rejoice as men freed after immigration van standoff.
Hundreds of people surrounded vehicle men were held in and chanted ‘these are our neighbours, let them go’.
Council of Europe to Increase Protection of Vulnerable Persons
“Migrants and asylum seekers face particular challenges, in the Covid-19 pandemic, notably access to healthcare and vaccinations. We are increasing cooperation among member states to protect the most vulnerable persons”, said Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić.
Digital refugee livelihoods and decent work
The digitization of the world of work is fundamentally transforming how refugees can make a livelihood and obtain employment. A rapidly expanding global digital economy harbours countless new opportunities but it also poses a range of challenges and risks.
The Istanbul Convention saves women’s lives!
To mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, the European women’s Lobby (EWL) has launched a new report …