Polish refugees in 1939. PA/PA Archive December 7, 2017 When the British government expects volunteers to help refugees, it’s back to the 1930s Becky Taylor, University of East Anglia Then as now, volunteer groups are stepping in where governments won't.
A Syrian refugee and his two daughters wait for relocation in northern Greece. Yannis Kolesidis/EPA July 19, 2017 Named and shamed: EU countries are failing to share responsibility for refugees Heaven Crawley, Coventry University With the EU's refugee relocation scheme due to end in September, progress has been painfully slow.
A UN helicopter flies over people waiting for food aid in South Sudan. Reuters/Siegfried Modola April 25, 2017 Famine creeps in on Africa while the world’s media looks elsewhere John R Campbell, SOAS, University of London The western media's focus on events at home like the US elections and the UK Brexit referendum has come at the expense of reporting on the famine that's unfolding in Africa.