The secret garden: greening refugee camps
By Myriam Fayad Food and nutrition security are about the right for everybody to access nutritious, affordable and sufficient food. Even though undernutrition globally...
The Role of NGOs and their Effectiveness
By Sabina Gordon With 65.8 million of the world’s population now being classed as refugees, it is evident that we are living in an...
Back to school: new year, same problems – Challenges for Syrian refugee students in Lebanon
By Myriam Fayad As the situation in Syria has deteriorated, the number of Syrians seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, such as Jordan, Turkey and...
Global Migration and Economic Empowerment: The Wage Crisis Faced by Refugees
As crisis in the Middle East and North Africa spreads, thousands have sought safety abroad as refugees seeking political asylum. Here, Adam Grech examines...
Development aid and tackling austerity: exploring new COIN strategies for the future
In this article, Sam Griffith argues that exploring the potential of effective development aid overseas and tackling anger over austerity policies in the UK,...
The Refugee Crisis: What can we learn from World Bank programmes?
The refugee crisis has garnered a fair share of attention over the past few years. It has frequented headlines and influenced politics, with Western...
The impossible task: building popular support for immigration
Brexit has been built on the promise of immigration control. But as Theresa May prepares to trigger Article 50, could she be making a...
A wall doesn’t solve anything | Brita Søreng
A Trump wall will create different situations for Latin Americans on both sides of the border, but it is not a solution to anything,...
Diaspora, integration and radicalisation: lessons from the case of Dame Louise Casey
On the 5th December 2016, Dame Louise Casey’s review into opportunity and integration was published. The review aims to consider what could be done...
I am not who you think I am
Rabia Nasimi explores the recent hardening of attitudes towards refugees and challenges preconceived ideas about why refugees come to the UK
Calais: aid in the digital age
With the closure of the Calais refugee camp imminent, Megan Kilmister writes about an innovative campaign helping bring aid into the digital age by...
Migration: brain drain
The loss of skilled and educated individuals can slow a country’s progress and is especially damaging to the developing world. Sammy Fookes explores the...
Cross Border Migration and the Challenge to Europe
The mass movement of people across borders remains one of the most intractable challenges of modern international politics. Today, there are unprecedented numbers of...
Refugees and the narrative of choice: why language matters.
Here, Sam Wigglesworth distinguishes the important differences between two terms which are often used synonymously, ‘migrant’ and ‘refugee’. What may seem like a somewhat...
The inefficient border industry
Recently, there has been a resurgence in the building of borders between countries. Carlos Arturo Aguilar questions the efficiency and effectiveness of this new industry....
The Modern Refugee System: where is it going wrong?
Over a million refugees have arrived in Europe this year in need of our help and our response has been shameful. Europe is already...
Development or Underdevelopment: political implications and the wrong focus
Development scholarship, despite covering several disciplines, lacks diversity. Debates about what we mean by development, the way we measure it and the terms we...
Why the next election will determine the future of the USA in world politics
Two weeks ago the Republican Party hosted its second Presidential candidate Debate at the Regan Presidential Library. Whilst the debate touched on many important...
The role of the health community in the European refugee crisis
Adam Tiliouine is a volunteer for global health charity Medact, and involved in organising ‘Health Through Peace’, a two-day conference in November of this...
A Refugee crisis we can’t ignore because of distance
Recent catastrophic loss of life of refugees in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe has resulted in a media storm about the issue. Yet...