Migration and development
News and comment on migration and people who migrate to and from the developing world
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Toxic political agenda is dehumanising entire groups, Amnesty warnsNGO’s annual report warns that aggressive political rhetoric is creating a ‘hostile climate for refugees and migrants’
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Europe ignores Nigeria humanitarian crisis at its peril, warns top UN officialUN assistant secretary general Toby Lanzer says urgent aid to help stabilise communities in the Lake Chad region is also in Europe’s broader interests
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German report details Libya abuses amid pressure to stem migrant flowsEmbassy in Niger verifies reports of rights abuses including executions in camps as Italy demands action to halt crossings
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Syrian refugee children reduced to selling on Beirut's streets to feed their familiesWith more than 90% of refugees in Lebanon short of food and facing cuts to aid, desperate families often rely on their children to boost income
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Uganda's sprawling haven for 270,000 of South Sudan's refugeesBidi Bidi camp was opened six months ago but already hosts a fifth of all the South Sudanese fleeing violence and hunger in their home country
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Las Patronas: mujeres mexicanas que alimentan a los migrantes – videoDurante los últimos 25 años, Las Patronas han alimentado a miles de migrantes centroamericanos que viajan sobre el tren conocido como La Bestia. Cada día los voluntarios preparan y donan unos 300 paquetes de comida a aquellos en la ruta migratoria hacia EEUU. Para muchos que huyen de la violencia y la pobreza, es una acción de pura generosidad.
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UN says more children and men falling prey to traffickers amid migration crisisStudy by UN Office on Drugs and Crime finds that global movement of refugees and migrants has left men and boys more vulnerable to exploitation
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Nigeria’s farmers return home to rebuild lives shattered by Boko HaramAs the power of the insurgency slowly fades in north-east Nigeria, many people are going back to their ruined villages, intent on rebuilding
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Women of Las Patronas get fast food to migrants on Mexico’s Beast train – videoFor a quarter of a century, a group of women in eastern Mexico has provided food and water to the hundreds of migrants who pass through on top of the infamous freight train known as The Beast
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Young Gambians ready to vote out dictatorial Yahya Jammeh regimeWith high unemployment among its youthful population driving people to flee to Italy, Gambia goes to the polls this week in a climate of dissent
Trafficking and exploitation in focus Ending the Dubs scheme will put child refugees at the mercy of traffickers