A UN Official (Correctly) Calls Trump’s New Travel Ban “Collective Punishment” Mark Leon Goldberg September 25, 2017New travel restrictions imposed by the United States hurts ordinary people for one reason only: their nationality.Jan Egeland is the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the world's largest humanit...
The Supreme Court Just Blocked Vetted Refugees from Starting a New Life in the United States Mark Leon Goldberg June 26, 2017The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Trump's "travel ban" can still go into effect for foreigners who lack a "bona fide relationship" with someone in the United States. Unless they can satisfy that ...
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...
PHOTOS: Inside the World’s Largest Humanitarian Relief Depot Mark Leon Goldberg February 21, 2017UN Dispatch recently visited a vast complex on the outskirts of Dubai that stores humanitarian relief items for dispatch anywhere in the world. When disaster strikes, this places snaps into action. These photos...
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...
11 Stories that Will Drive the Global Agenda in 2017 Mark Leon Goldberg January 2, 2017These are the trends, events, elections and happenings that will drive the global conversation in 2017. Welcome to our annual year-in preview listicle for the discerning global set! 1) With President Trump, e...
This will not be the end of “The Jungle” Kimberly Curtis October 26, 2016This week France started the long-awaited shutdown of the notorious Jungle refugee camp outside the city of Calais. Billed as a humanitarian measure, the eviction of nearly 7,000 refugees and asylum seekers in ...
This meeting at the UN is President Obama’s powerful counterpoint to rising anti-refugee sentiment Mark Leon Goldberg September 20, 2016This is Barack Obama's last UN General Assembly, and it comes amid the worst refugee crisis since the advent of the United Nations 71 years ago. There are some 65 million people forcibly displaced around the wo...
5 Stories to Follow During UN Week Mark Leon Goldberg September 19, 2016It's that time of year! World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week for the start of the 71st General Assembly. These five issues will drive diplomacy around Turtle Bay and beyond. 1) Diplomati...
