Tag: Climate change ⁄ Open Migration

Climate change and mobility: the case of Somalia

July 20, 2023 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

Climate change is at the root of the many factors that push people to move. Among the most affected countries is Somalia, which besides being battered by internal conflicts, is particularly affected by environmental disasters ranging from floods to droughts, adding to food insecurity. In research by the HummingBird project conducted by Rahman Momeni, Tuba Bircan and Robert King, factors contributing to Somalia's climate mobility were analysed.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 11/2019

March 19, 2019 - Open Migration

From the fall in asylum applications in Europe to the drop in migrant arrivals in Italy. Next, a boom in rejected humanitarian protection visas and climate change as a driver of migration. This and much more in our weekly web review.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 48/2018

December 18, 2018 - Open Migration

City regulations passed in September excluded migrant children from school canteens; a judge has now ruled that the policy is discriminatory.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 45/2017

November 14, 2017 - Open Migration

The death toll in the Mediterranean is still rising, and an incident that cost 50 lives highlighted the recklessness of the Libyan Coast Guard, backed by Italy and the EU. Also: the Italian asylum system is still inadequate, and asylum seekers are facing a lottery. Refugee camps in Europe are still unequipped for the winter, while solidarity crimes are rampant. Last: still not enough is being done for the Rohingya, who are victims of a genocide that no one wants to call by its true name.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 29/2017

July 25, 2017 - Open Migration

What can we expect from the Tunis summit and the proposed plan to regulate the flow of African refugees to Italy? What do we mean when we say all boats lead to Rome, and why should the EU share some of the burden? Also: how the mafia is making money off migrants, borders that kill and how not to solve a legal case (and a crisis).

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 27/2017

July 11, 2017 - Open Migration

Libya as an unlikely, dangerous ally; migrants sent back into a hell beyond the sea (as one recent report dubbed it). Italy’s bluff to close its ports to migrant boats and its “help them at home” policy. The fundamental rights jeopardized by immigrant detention and the misguided attempts to solve humanitarian crises with evictions. Ten essential reads on the price of borders and the failed policies of the EU and others on immigration and asylum.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 23/2017

June 13, 2017 - Open Migration

A new report dismantles the accusations against NGOs out at sea using science, even as rescue ships are under attack from the Libyan Navy. What is behind the record numbers of Bangladeshis arriving in Italy? What do the digital footprints of people on the move tell us? Also: migrants in Italy are lost in translation; the forgotten children of Calais (and the rest of Europe); the crucial issue of new environmental refugees.