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A Rohingya refugee takes a moment’s pause, shortly after arriving in a makeshift camp at Teknaf, Bangladesh, last September. She is one of over 670,000 people to have fled over the border from Myanmar since August 2017.

31 Mar 2018 7 minute read

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Fleeing Myanmar

Parsa Sanjana Sajid speaks to Rohingya refugees trapped on the Bangladeshi border.

27 Mar 2018 5 minute read

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Brutal forced deportations, globalization and human rights

The Stansted 15 have exposed the hypocrisy of Britain, Ann Pettifor argues.

2 Mar 2018 4 minute read

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Women of Yarl’s Wood stand up

More than 100 women detainees are on all out strike. Those outside detention must show their support, argues ...

Showtime from the Frontline: Alaa Shehada, Mark Thomas and Faisal Abu Alhayja.

28 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Using comedy to break down stereotypes

Nick Dowson reports on Mark Thomas’s attempt to train a comedy troupe in the West Bank.

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Between Sudan and a hard place

Eritrean refugees who try to escape into neighbouring Sudan are caught up in a deadly stand-off between East Africa’s big...

24 Jan 2018 5 minute read

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How Roma are made stateless for generations

Jonathan Lee reports on the forgotten victims of Europe’s last refugee crisis.

Musa Fata's social media feed shows a life of ease and abundance.

8 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Kids at work: a migrant in Italy

Sophia Seymour and Daisy Squires shine a light on Musa Fata, a Gambian...

EU border towns: Migrants sleeping under Via Europa, the bridge linking Italy and France in the border town of Ventimiglia. Photo by Fotomovimiento

18 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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(Dead) end of the journey: when migrants reach border towns

Europe’s response to migration: more police, more walls – for no reason. Alex Fusco writes.

Immigrant rights march in downtown Los Angeles, California on May Day, 2006. Jonathan McIntosh

29 Nov 2017 7 minute read

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7 reasons why we should have open borders

Aisha Dodwell debunks the major myths preventing us from extending free movement to everyone.

9 Nov 2017 4 minute read

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Europe’s offensive against refugee solidarity

Ben Hayes and Frank Barat look back three years after Operation Mare Nostrum’s end.

1 Oct 2017 1 minute read

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Heads of state, stateless

An artist has painted a range of world leaders as displaced or disenfranchised people. Amy Hall reports.

23 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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‘The borderless Republic’: Sheffield celebrates migration

Britain’s largest festival about refugees and sanctuary is more relevant than ever, writes Lydia Noon.

2 May 2017 6 minute read

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Is Brussels training human traffickers in Libya?

Human traffickers in Libya might be benefiting from a controversial EU training program worth millions. Karlos...

1 May 2017 3 minute read

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Making Waves: how Catherine Shovlin is bringing a sense of community to a refugee camp

A radio soap opera is bridging social gaps in Azraq refugee camp. Florence Derrick meets its champion.

1 Apr 2017 6 minute read

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A personal welcome

In Canada, private sponsors are paying refugees’ resettlement costs. But should such a scheme be replicated elsewhere?...

1 Apr 2017 3 minute read

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When sanctuary is resistance

In the United States in the 1980s, the simple act of providing refuge became a form of civil disobedience, writes Mark...

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