On paper, refugees on Kenyan soil have the full protection of local and international laws and regulations. But much more needs to be done on the ground to bring them in from the fringes of society.
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Based on how other diseases have moved through refugee camps, there is an urgent need to protect refugees in camps and informal settlements from COVID-19.
The policy and law applying to refugees and asylum seekers in South Africa is largely progressive. But, in practice, they continue to endure hardship and unfair treatment by officials.
COVID-19 is spreading quickly in Bangladesh. An outbreak in the refugee camps that house some 1 million Rohingya Muslims in cramped, unsanitary quarters would be calamitous.
Many African countries host large numbers of asylum seekers. But should they be held in camps, or be allowed to integrate into cities?
The 2015 reception crisis had a profound impact on civil society in Europe. A significant set of attitudes and practices emerged that give a sense of what political participation means today.
An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no access to formal education.
Wars play a central role in increasing numbers of refugees worldwide. Is it time to think about a "destruction tax"?
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been stuck in makeshift camps for years. They are now being targeted by criminal gangs, alongside public health and well-being issues.
Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma, will soon house 1,400 Central American children, the Trump administration says. It's not the first time the US has used army bases to house refugees.
In this difficult context, through different mechanisms, the artists engage with the consequences of war to restore social cohesion, stimulate imagination and revive hope.
After 1.3 million migrants from the Middle East and Africa came to Europe in 2015, many countries built fences or closed their ports. That has pushed migrants to take riskier routes into the EU.
Kenya may never close Dadaab, but it has good reasons for wishing to do so
City authorities can take straightforward measures to help refugees settle into cities – and help existing residents at the same time.
From eye-scanners to 3D printers, technology in humanitarian crises can be a positive force for disenfranchised people.
The detention centre for asylum seekers generated some economic benefits for Manus Islanders. But how would their forefathers have reasoned with the incarceration of men in exchange for development and money?
With a single cut in donations to a UN agency, Donald Trump has abandoned another norm of US foreign policy. The consequences could be disastrous.
The UN defines water and sanitation as human rights. Why not decent drainage too?
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Research Fellow and Lecturer at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, University of South Wales
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Acting Director, International Human Rights Program, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
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