Marking World Refugee Day: What Do the Experts Say?
By Alex Braithwaite, and guest contributor Miranda Simon Each year on June 20th, the world is encouraged to…
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Who Should Pay for Refugees?
Guest post by Lester Zeager and Richard Ericson When a record number of Middle Eastern refugees made their…
Will COVID-19 Harm or Help Displaced Populations?
By Alex Braithwaite The emergence and escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic pose myriad threats to vulnerable populations, including…
Do Refugee Encampment Policies Contribute to Communal Conflict?
Guest post by Kerstin Fisk. Placing refugees in formal encampments remains the preferred policy solution for most host…
What’s at Stake for Syrian Returnees
By Kelsey Norman for Denver Dialogues. In February 2018 the UN divided its support of the repatriation of…
Concerns Over a Coercive Return of Syrian Refugees from Lebanon
By Kelsey Norman Last summer, the issue of refugees returning to Syria began making headlines. The UNHCR reported…
Is Europe Facing a Refugee Crisis?
By Patrick Pierson. On November 2nd, 239 migrants died crossing the Mediterranean en route from Libya to the…
The Security Consequences of the Global Refugee Crisis
By Daniel Krcmaric. Anyone remember the global refugee crisis? You can be forgiven for letting it slip your…
Seeing Flight as a Non-violent Option: One Way to Change the Discourse about the World’s 60 Million Refugees
By Erica Chenoweth and Hakim Young for Denver Dialogues Today, one in every 122 humans living on the…
Political Violence and Humanitarian Technology
Guest post by Katja Lindskov Jacobsen Can humanitarian uses of new digital technologies always be expected to have benevolent…