With 20 million refugees and 40 million internally displaced people globally, International Rescue Committee President David Miliband says the escalating crisis requires not just more, but also better, humanitarian aid.
Tag: humanitarian affairs
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Even if refugee youth are put on a track to secondary and higher education, what’s next in store remains unclear.
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The former head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen, Cedric Schweizer, and ICRC Senior Adviser Claude Bruderlein discuss their experiences of humanitarian negotiations on the frontlines of conflicts.
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Where the UN sees an opportunity to carry out its humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding activities as part of an integrated approach, MSF and other NGOs have warned that such efforts could compromise the fundamental humanitarian principles of impartiality, neutrality, and independence and direct resources towards long-term rather than acute needs.
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One of the most straightforward and effective measures that could be adopted to fulfill the responsibility to protect is the provision of safe passage and asylum to those fleeing Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s barrel bombs and the so-called Islamic State’s beheadings.
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William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, discusses ways to manage increasing global migration flows in a humane manner.
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The Minawao camp is not far from the border with Nigeria and has swollen in recent weeks. Officially, there are 42,000 refugees living there, but residents estimate there are likely an additional 10,000 in the camp who are undocumented.
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A 16-year-old Syrian girl who fled to Jordan tells of the obstacles she faces while seeking education, training, and work.
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The EU was criticized for the considerable time it took to find the collective will and resources to respond to its refugee crisis, with thousands perishing in the Mediterranean in the interim. ASEAN now faces a similar test of its credibility as a regional organization.
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Another year of brutality, violence, and dashed hopes has hardened hearts on both sides of the Syrian conflict.
