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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 12/2019

March 26, 2019 - Open Migration

In the week that saw a new clash on asylum and new investigations into sea rescue NGO, a long-neglected issue came back into the spotlight: citizenship.

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.

Losing ground: listening to the voices of climate refugees

February 8, 2017 - Rebecca Buxton & Theophilus Kwek

By focusing exclusively on the long-term effects of air pollution or ocean acidification, protestors and politicians alike risk freezing the voices – and choices – of today’s climate refugees out of the debate. But climate refugees are already struggling to be heard and we must do our best to listen, now.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 42/2016

October 27, 2016 - Open Migration

From Calais to Croydon, among the many concerns over the future of unaccompanied minors in the UK.But also: stories of integration through employment and technologies, and some thoughts on why apps are not enough to solve the crisis; the slave market emergency in Libya and the new environmental refugees in China; Canada’s mission to help Syrian refugees and the plight of migrants in Rome.Read this and more in our weekly web review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 38/2016

September 27, 2016 - Open Migration

The UN Summit on refugees has been a flop: once again, all talk and no action. As the UN and States appear incapable of dealing with the humanitarian crisis, we reflect upon the need for a change in the reception paradigm: from the national to the local, giving cities a more and more central role. Furthermore: the emergency of environmental refugees; unfounded fears on migrations to be debunked with data; how Internet is at the same time essential and dangerous for refugees. This (and more) in our weekly web-review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 27/2016

July 12, 2016 - Open Migration

Focus on Italy: the emergency in welcoming migrants on the move in Rome and the major issue of unaccompanied minors' reception in Sicily; an history of bad reception practices in the country (from long before the so-called refugee crisis); the positive example of the humanitarian corridors. Furthermore: Brexit & the migration control fantasy, the new climate change refugees and the impact of technology on the humanitarian crisis.