Negotiations Over a New “Global Compact on Refugees” Are Reaching a Critical Stage Mark Leon Goldberg May 4, 2018Ed note. This is a special guest post by Mark Yarnell, senior advocate with Refugees International Assessing the scale of the global refugee crisis can be overwhelming. There are currently over 22 million refugees world-wide and counting. Rohingya refugees fr...
The Number of People Displaced By Conflict and Disaster Has Reached a Record High Kimberly Curtis June 18, 2015Ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees released their annual "Global Trends" report on the state of refugees in the world today. The data are staggering. There are now more refugees and internally displaced per...
Will Kenya Shut Down the World’s Largest Refugee Camp? Katherine Edelen April 23, 2015In the wake of the horrific Garissa University attacks, which took the lives of 148 people, Kenya’s Deputy President delivered an ultimatum to the United Nations Refugee Agency: move nearly half a million Somali refugees out of a huge Kenyan refugee camp in th...
Why These Mediterranean Migrant Boat Disasters Keep Happening Mark Leon Goldberg April 15, 2015 Update 2: The latest incident may prove to be the deadliest disaster ever. According to the UN Refugee Agency only 50 of the 700 people on board have been rescued, meaning it would be the "largest loss of life from any incident on the Mediterran...
A Refugee Crisis in the Central African Republic Mark Leon Goldberg February 10, 2015With the Syria crisis spinning out of control and South Sudan on the brink of famine, the 18 month old humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic is being largely ignored by international media and international donors. On the one hand, this is partly...
Hundreds of Thousands of Syrian Refugees Need to Be Resettled Penelope Chester December 11, 2014Testing the limits of the international community's ability to respond effectively
Australia has a Problem Kimberly Curtis August 25, 2014Draconian refugee policies could be in violation of international law
Standing in an Empty Warehouse, WFP Official Issues a Dire Warning Mark Leon Goldberg July 1, 2014Troubling new data on food security in central Africa.
America’s Refugee Crisis Adam Lichtenheld June 20, 2014Minors are crossing the border in record numbers.
