Zimbabwe Migrants Support Network making strides
The organisation of Zimbabwean migrants defends and fights for all migrants.
Refugees
With poverty rates on the rise, eradicating child labour in Lebanon is proving ever more complicated
On roaming through the winding alleyways of Tripoli’s old city and its maze-like souk, it is not unusual to see children pushing wheelbarrows with boxes […]
Study sheds light on how South Africa can best tackle prejudice against migrants
Xenophobia is a serious problem in South Africa. Cross-border migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the country face harassment and discrimination. Hundreds of incidents of anti-immigrant hate crime […]
African nationals remain outsiders in SA
South Africa is said to have overcome the peak in covid-19 cases, while many African nationals will take much longer to recover from the lockdown.
Aid workers face new tests and challenges from the coronavirus
On the small Greek island of Lesvos (also known as Lesbos), 21,000 people are crowded into the Moria camp, which was originally designed for 3,000 […]
Rome’s ‘invisible’ immigrants offer an alternative view of the Eternal City
For many people who live in Rome, the weekends are reserved for leisurely walks in the city centre and window shopping. But on a sunny […]
South Africa takes fresh steps to restrict rights of refugees
Recent changes to the law, and the promulgation of new regulations governing refugees in South Africa, have been heavily criticised by civil society organisations. The […]
For African migrants trying, and dying, to reach north America, the Darién Gap is the “new Mediterranean”
By the time Basame Lonje made it out of the jungle, he was beyond exhausted. The 35-year-old from Cameroon had gone four days out of […]
“There is war in Sudan. Many people are getting killed, women raped, men beaten. In Jordan, we just stay at home but it also feels […]
Women and children bear the brunt of Cameroon’s conflict
On 7 September 2018, hundreds of women rallied in a stadium in the city of Bamenda, in the north-west region of Cameroon to protest multiple […]
Can Saint-Louis be saved from the sea?
“You see? Right there, two metres down!” The water is murky and choppy, but it is still possible to see the roofs of some small […]
SA refugee laws allow for separation of families
The physical and inhumane separation of children from their families by US authorities has received harsh criticism around the world but a closer look at South Africa’s refugee laws show that they have the same result.
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