Ed 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 from...
Ahead 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...
In 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...
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...
With 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...
Testing the limits of the international community's ability to respond effectively
Draconian refugee policies could be in violation of international law
Troubling new data on food security in central Africa.
Minors are crossing the border in record numbers.