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Footprints of USA in Asian Wars - A historical perspective
Last year, after clinching a deal with the #Taliban, the #US ceased its 20-year invasion. What began as the USA’s ‘War on Terror’ in...
Anupama Ghosh
Jul 19, 20223 min read
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Summit of the Americas
It’s been 20 years since #GuantanamoBay - the #US high security prison located in Cuba – was set up, 4 months after the September 11,...
Colin Wyss
Jul 17, 20222 min read
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Modern slavery - The real Mo Farah
A BBC documentary released on Wednesday revealed Olympic athlete Sir Mo Farah's harrowing childhood, after being #trafficked into...
Amber Johansen
Jul 15, 20222 min read
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Yearly German 'Basic Rights Report' critcises the State's behaviour towards people from Afghanistan
Since 1997, a German civil rights organization has published the so-called #Grundrechte-Report (basic rights report) every year. It...
Annika Wrona
Jul 6, 20221 min read
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Should refugees 'prove their worth' to be accepted into host countries?
We all came across this story: In May 2018, the 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama became a 'hero' by saving a child from falling out of a...
Annika Wrona
Jul 4, 20222 min read
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Current treatment of refugees evokes UK's colonial past
As a consequence of conflict in countries such as #Syria, #Afghanistan, and more recently #Ukraine, scores of people have been traversing...
Anupama Ghosh
Jul 1, 20222 min read
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Experience of LGBTQI+ refugees in war
According to the #UNHCR, LGBTQI+ individuals are particularly vulnerable to violence in situations of war or fleeing their home...
Annika Wrona
Jun 23, 20221 min read
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Pride Month - Challenges for LGBTQI refugees in the UK
Pride Month is celebrated every year in June, when members of the LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex + additional...
Amber Johansen
Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Uyghur Files
It is common knowledge that several countries have accused #China of committing crimes against humanity and genocide against the #Uyghur...
Nicole Di Stefano
Jun 4, 20222 min read
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Refugees on temporary visas face deportation and unemployment in Australia
After being held in mandatory #detention in offshore processing centres in #Nauru and on #Manus Island in #PapuaNewGuinea, dozens of...
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Jun 1, 20222 min read
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Free Her Face
During their last time in power(1996 -2001), the #Taliban had imposed restrictions on women, with the imposition of the all-encompassing...
Anupama Ghosh
May 25, 20222 min read
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Valeria Shashenok - a Ukrainian refugee in Italy
Social Media is taking on a more prominent role as a news source, with #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine becoming one of the military...
Zuzanna Wysocka
May 21, 20222 min read
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Lampedusa
In #Lampedusa, the Italian island infamous for the terrible #refugee shipwrecks that occurred close to its beaches in October 2013, the...
Nicole Di Stefano
May 20, 20222 min read
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Fighting Period Poverty
One of our writers spoke with Ella, the founder of The Pachamama Project where they make thousands of reusable pads, that are distributed...
Eleana Malanou
May 15, 20227 min read
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India and COVID-19
As you might be aware, the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has been raging across India, with test positivity rising exponentially...
Rethinking Refugees
May 12, 20222 min read
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Asylum system still failing victims of female genital mutilation
Around 200 million #women and #girls around the world today are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (#FGM) – the...
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
May 8, 20222 min read
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Asylum System still failing victims of female genital mutilation
Around 200 million #women and #girls around the world today are estimated to have undergone female genital mutilation (#FGM) – the...
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
May 8, 20222 min read
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Selective compassion - Contradictory Media narratives about refugees
In August 2021, the #Polish media first reported on a group of #asylumseekers stuck on the Polish-#Belarusian#border. Since then, the...
Zuzanna Wysocka
May 7, 20222 min read
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Bucha massacre
The horrifying images of the #Bucha#massacre that came to light recently shook the world to the core. The merciless killing of #civilians...
Rethinking Refugees
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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The Russian re-invasion highlights the hypocrisy of governments
As the Russian re-invasion of #Ukraine enters its second month #Putin's actions regarding Ukraine should be condemned without doubt, and...
Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Apr 10, 20222 min read
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