In-depth coverage of the global refugee crisis and forced migration, featuring reporting, analysis, expert interviews and commentary. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/rss en Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:30:00 +0000 Martin Ruhs https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/04/01/can-labor-immigration-work-for-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/04/01/can-labor-immigration-work-for-refugees The Global Compact on Refugees recommends that high-income countries take in some refugees as labor migrants. Researcher Martin Ruhs explores how that might work. Crises & Conflicts Education Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Mon, 01 Apr 2019 10:30:00 +0000 Sunaina Kumar https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/04/01/how-rohingya-refugee-children-are-torn-between-languages https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/04/01/how-rohingya-refugee-children-are-torn-between-languages Language is both a means of assimilation and a source of exclusion for young Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh caught between a host country trying to prevent their integration and a home country that may prevent their return, writes Sunaina Kumar. Crises & Conflicts Integration Refugee Voices Solutions Tue, 26 Mar 2019 08:30:00 +0000 Marta Vidal https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/26/in-jordan-some-refugee-fathers-find-a-place-to-be-vulnerable https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/26/in-jordan-some-refugee-fathers-find-a-place-to-be-vulnerable Humanitarian aid organizations tend to view men as more capable of coping with hardship and often overlook them as a vulnerable population of refugees, writes Marta Vidal. One group in Jordan is trying to change that. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:30:00 +0000 Sarah Deardorff Miller https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/21/phasing-down-and-out-the-murky-art-of-leaving-protracted-refugee-crises https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/21/phasing-down-and-out-the-murky-art-of-leaving-protracted-refugee-crises There are endless protocols for scaling up humanitarian responses to deal with new emergencies. But more guidance is still needed on when and how to phase down, writes researcher Sarah Deardorff Miller. Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:00:52 +0000 Cynthia Sleiman https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/18/what-i-learned-from-beiruts-syrian-refugee-street-children https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/18/what-i-learned-from-beiruts-syrian-refugee-street-children Beirut’s Syrian refugee street children are not thieves, nor are they criminals, writes child protection specialist Cynthia Sleiman. Despite their hardships, they can be incredibly compassionate, and have hopes and fears just like everyone else. Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:00:00 +0000 Peter Yeung https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/15/land-confiscation-is-latest-barrier-to-return-for-myanmars-displaced https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/03/15/land-confiscation-is-latest-barrier-to-return-for-myanmars-displaced An amendment to Myanmar’s land-ownership laws will make it nearly impossible for Rohingya refugees and Myanmar’s internally displaced to return to land they’ve tilled for generations, Peter Yeung reports. Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:00:00 +0000 Tania Karas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/01/deeply-talks-refugee-children-and-resilience https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/03/01/deeply-talks-refugee-children-and-resilience The scale of human displacement across the world means more children than ever are growing up without stable homes. In our latest Deeply Talks, we discuss lessons from child-development experts on how to build their resilience. Crises & Conflicts Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Thu, 28 Feb 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Provash Budden https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/28/its-time-to-treat-venezuela-like-a-protracted-refugee-crisis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/28/its-time-to-treat-venezuela-like-a-protracted-refugee-crisis Other prolonged refugee crises, such as in Syria, show that short-term aid is only one piece of the puzzle, writes Mercy Corps’ Provash Budden. Now is the time to ensure Venezuela turns out differently. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:00:00 +0000 Isaac Bloch, Anne Dutton https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/22/border-purgatory-trump-administrations-latest-effort-to-deter-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/22/border-purgatory-trump-administrations-latest-effort-to-deter-refugees Asylum seekers who lawfully attempt to enter the U.S. are being forced to wait in Mexico – or made to leave after gaining entry – even after demonstrating they have a credible fear of returning home, write Anne Dutton and Isaac Bloch of the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies. Economy Innovation & Technology Integration Solutions Mon, 18 Feb 2019 06:30:00 +0000 Jennifer Gordon https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/18/what-ethiopia-can-learn-from-the-jordan-compact The Ethiopia Jobs Compact’s commitment to providing formal economic opportunities ignores the likelihood that many refugees will be able to find only informal work, writes law professor Jennifer Gordon. Implementation will be more effective if it considers this reality. Refugee Voices Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:30:00 +0000 Zainulabdeen, Mohammad Kamal, Basel Al Sheakh Ali, Hayder Al-Hilo https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/02/14/refugee-love-letters-to-inanimate-objects-left-behind https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/02/14/refugee-love-letters-to-inanimate-objects-left-behind We share love letters from four refugees, giving an insight into the pain they felt when they had to leave behind not just their country but their belongings. Wed, 13 Feb 2019 08:00:00 +0000 Gerasimos Tsourapas https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/13/how-migration-deals-lead-to-refugee-commodification https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/02/13/how-migration-deals-lead-to-refugee-commodification The trend toward ‘compacts’ encourages overburdened host states to treat refugee populations as sources of economic rent, with serious implications for refugee protection, writes researcher Gerasimos Tsourapas. Economy Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:30:00 +0000 Steven Davidson https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2019/01/31/israels-deposit-law-is-pushing-asylum-seekers-to-financial-ruin An Israeli law enacted in mid-2017 amounts to a de facto salary cut for African asylum seekers, plunging the community into a financial crisis, reports Steven Davidson. Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Marta Welander https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/30/how-the-british-government-deters-migrants-via-the-politics-of-exhaustion https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/30/how-the-british-government-deters-migrants-via-the-politics-of-exhaustion The British government has seized on the small recent increase in sea crossings to Britain as an opportunity to literally exhaust asylum seekers through a raft of deterrence measures, writes Marta Welander, executive director of Refugee Rights Europe. Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:30:00 +0000 Chris Horwood https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/22/its-time-for-a-more-honest-less-partisan-debate-on-mixed-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/22/its-time-for-a-more-honest-less-partisan-debate-on-mixed-migration Mixed migration flows represent a small proportion of human mobility but have seriously disrupted migration and refugee policy as well as politics worldwide. We need a sober, forward-looking discussion of the issues, argues Mixed Migration Centre analyst Chris Horwood. Laws & Policy Solutions Fri, 18 Jan 2019 08:00:00 +0000 Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/18/how-a-visa-for-asylum-seekers-could-grant-safe-passage-to-europe The move to consider an E.U.-wide humanitarian visa is a chance for member states to take action on a long-debated concept, and to show global leadership with life-saving consequences for people in need of protection, writes researcher Claire Higgins. Economy Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:30:00 +0000 Dirk Willem te Velde, Freddie Carver, Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Eva Ludi, Veronique Barbelet https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/14/how-to-ensure-ethiopias-jobs-compact-works-for-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/14/how-to-ensure-ethiopias-jobs-compact-works-for-refugees Jordan’s ‘jobs-for-refugees’ compact, rolled out in 2016, saw mixed results. Five researchers from the Overseas Development Institute draw on lessons learned to recommend five ways to ensure the Ethiopia compact succeeds. Crises & Conflicts Economy Laws & Policy Thu, 10 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Aviva Shwayder https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/10/false-paradise-caribbean-island-nations-must-respect-venezuelans-rights https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/10/false-paradise-caribbean-island-nations-must-respect-venezuelans-rights With the number of displaced Venezuelans on track to reach 3.6 million this year, small island-nations such as Trinidad and Tobago can’t ignore their responsibility to help, writes Aviva Shwayder of Refugees International. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:00:00 +0000 Nick Megoran https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/09/need-to-solve-a-border-dispute-look-to-ethiopia-or-uzbekistan https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2019/01/09/need-to-solve-a-border-dispute-look-to-ethiopia-or-uzbekistan The E.U., U.K. and U.S. like to see themselves as moral standard-bearers in the international community. When it comes to border politics, however, they could do a lot worse than look to Uzbekistan and Ethiopia in 2019, writes political geography researcher Nick Megoran. Crises & Conflicts Economy Education Environment Innovation & Technology Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Solutions Fri, 21 Dec 2018 11:00:00 +0000 Tania Karas, Daniel Howden, Charlotte Alfred https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/21/2018-a-year-of-reporting-deeply-on-refugees-and-migration As we near the end of another eventful year for refugees and migration policy, our editors select 2018’s best stories and commentary on Refugees Deeply. Integration Laws & Policy Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:30:00 +0000 Izza Leghtas, Jessica Thea https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/20/turkey-must-not-ignore-non-syrian-refugees https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/20/turkey-must-not-ignore-non-syrian-refugees As Turkey takes sole responsibility from UNHCR for processing the asylum claims of Afghans and other non-Syrians, it must register them and allow them to access their basic rights, say Refugees International’s Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea. Crises & Conflicts Integration Laws & Policy Solutions Tue, 18 Dec 2018 12:24:04 +0000 Tamara Wood, Claire Higgins https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/18/targeted-resettlement-is-one-way-to-implement-global-refugees-compact A one-off Australian program that resettled 12,000 Syrians and Iraqis between 2015 and 2017 can be replicated around the world, say researchers Claire Higgins and Tamara Wood. Solutions Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Mauro Lanati, Rainer Thiele https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/13/the-complex-effects-of-development-aid-on-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/13/the-complex-effects-of-development-aid-on-migration Does development aid curb migration? Researchers Mauro Lanati and Rainer Thiele show how aid can deter would-be migrants when it goes to public services, but argue that it would take an unrealistic increase in aid to significantly lower emigration rates. Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 12 Dec 2018 06:30:00 +0000 Willem Staes https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/12/european-union-must-reconsider-its-role-in-syrian-returns https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/12/european-union-must-reconsider-its-role-in-syrian-returns Syrian refugees in Lebanon are being used as bargaining chips in a power play by Russia and the Syrian regime that could force them back to Syria prematurely. The E.U. must use its leverage to find a durable solution that protects them, says researcher Willem Staes. Crises & Conflicts Refugee Voices Fri, 07 Dec 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Sam Mednick https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/07/in-south-sudan-a-tailors-sewing-machine-is-a-lifeline-amid-civil-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/12/07/in-south-sudan-a-tailors-sewing-machine-is-a-lifeline-amid-civil-war Peter Koang has been displaced three times since the war in South Sudan began. Each time, he managed to salvage his sewing machine, which now brings him a rare bit of stability at a time of fragile peace. Laws & Policy Solutions Wed, 05 Dec 2018 13:47:56 +0000 Solon Ardittis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/05/whats-to-fear-in-the-u-n-global-compact-for-migration https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/12/05/whats-to-fear-in-the-u-n-global-compact-for-migration The forthcoming adoption of the United Nations’ global migration compact has sparked turmoil, particularly among members of the European Union. But the compact itself refutes much of the criticism, says Solon Ardittis, director of Eurasylum. Integration Laws & Policy Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:30:00 +0000 Sarah Deardorff Miller https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/29/why-anti-xenophobia-campaigns-may-backfire https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/29/why-anti-xenophobia-campaigns-may-backfire At best, pro-migrant campaigns raise awareness. At worst, they reinforce tensions. Researcher Sarah Deardorff Miller explains why such efforts must examine the motivations behind xenophobic behavior. Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:30:00 +0000 Hannah Markay https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/how-the-debate-over-flags-sidelined-europes-migrant-rescue-ships https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/how-the-debate-over-flags-sidelined-europes-migrant-rescue-ships Europe’s aggressive migration policy has seen Italy dive into the obscure world of national shipping flags to sabotage rescue missions. Researcher Hannah Markay argues that such moves undermine the international legal requirement to save human lives at sea. Thu, 22 Nov 2018 07:30:00 +0000 Caitlin Wake https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/rohingya-want-to-return-but-only-if-rights-and-safety-are-guaranteed https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/22/rohingya-want-to-return-but-only-if-rights-and-safety-are-guaranteed Multiple displacements of the Rohingya throughout history have shown that premature returns to Myanmar will only backfire. Caitlin Wake of the Overseas Development Institute argues that we owe them a better solution this time. Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Mon, 19 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000 Dr. David Beversluis https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/19/what-it-means-for-migrants-when-europe-blocks-sea-rescues https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2018/11/19/what-it-means-for-migrants-when-europe-blocks-sea-rescues With no NGO vessels to rescue migrants crossing the central Mediterranean, people are drowning. Dr. David Beversluis, physician onboard one of the last rescue ships in the Mediterranean, looks at what it means when Europe turns its back.