Peace is Breaking Out in Colombia Kimberly Curtis June 29, 2017 Colombia marked a major milestone this week in ending its 52 year-long conflict with FARC when the UN certified disarmament of the rebel group as complete. This is a step -- and a very consequential one -- to...
Refugees who have fled the carnage in Afghanistan are being deported in record numbers Kimberly Curtis June 23, 2017This has been a particularly bloody "fighting season" in Afghanistan. Now that winter has ended and the opium poppy harvest is over, the annual summer “fighting season” is in full swing in Afghanistan. This ye...
It’s Not Just Syria. A Record Number of Refugees Are Fleeing from New Conflicts. Kimberly Curtis June 20, 2017Today marks World Refugee Day. Once again, this past year was record breaking for refugees and the forcibly displaced, albeit all the wrong records. The number of forcibly displaced in the world hit a record h...
A Small Cyclone Just Caused Major Damage in South Asia. (Yet Another Reason Trump Should Stick With the Paris Agreement) Kimberly Curtis June 1, 2017Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar are facing a major clean up after Cyclone Mora hit the area earlier this week. Overall, government officials estimate that 17,500 houses were destroyed in Bangladesh and search...
“Climate Refugees,” Explained Kimberly Curtis April 24, 2017What makes a "climate refugee?" There is no standard definition and no such a category of refugees currently exist under international law. But the fact is people who have been uprooted because of climate chang...
With Civilian Deaths Mounting in Mosul, Will the International Criminal Court Intervene? Kimberly Curtis April 3, 2017The Battle of Mosul that began last October is becoming increasingly deadly for the civilians still trapped in the city. At least 200 civilians have been killed in recent coalition bombings; and the bombing of ...
The “Four Famines,” Explained Kimberly Curtis March 17, 2017Hunger will be the humanitarian disaster of 2017. The UN already declared a full fledged famine in parts of South Sudan last month, and three other situations around the world are precariously close to crossi...
Refugees in Limbo with Trump’s Executive Order Kimberly Curtis February 10, 2017More than a week after President Trump turned airports into a battleground by signing an Executive Order aimed to drastically curtailing immigration into the US, the fallout continues. A nationwide temporary re...
Three Ways the Proposed Trump Refugee Ban is TOTALLY Unprecedented Kimberly Curtis January 27, 2017This week, President Trump made good on several campaign promises to start building a wall on the US-Mexico border and begin proceedings to crackdown on undocumented migrants and so-called Sanctuary cities arou...
