Tom Rollins

Tom Rollins is a Cairo-based freelance journalist. @rollinz

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Opinion

Tom Rollins

Refuge and the myth of the liberal welcome

It is a welcome with caveats: asylum comes with a time limit, rights with conditions

13 July 2017

Tom Rollins

The murder of British MP Jo Cox is political

Last week, on a grey-looking street with a little cafe and a dry cleaning shop, in a town that could

22 June 2016

Tom Rollins

Under the pavement

You can be forgiven for thinking June 30 was the end of something and the beginning of something else.

1 December 2013

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features

Syrian refugees • 14 min read

Idlib, a refuge no more: Stories of Syria’s displaced

Tom Rollins | "These days, I’m left thinking, if there’s a military campaign … where would we go?”

1 March 2020

Palestinian refugees • 13 min read

Last days of Yarmouk

Osama Moussa and Tom Rollins | Following its destruction, can the political and social history of Yarmouk Camp be rebuilt?

22 May 2018

migration • 19 min read

The difficult route of returning to Syria

Tom Rollins | Now that the balance of power is tilting toward the regime, who will be able to go back?

14 March 2017

migration • 16 min read

Europe’s migration trade with Egypt

Sofian Philip Naceur and Tom Rollins | Is cooperation between Egypt and the EU putting migrants at risk?

1 February 2017

migration • 15 min read

Egypt’s anti-smuggling bill: New criminals, old victims

Muhammad al-Kashef and Tom Rollins | Parliament passes landmark anti-smuggling law, but what will it change?

19 October 2016

migration • 19 min read

Is Egypt the new gateway to Europe?

Muhammad al-Kashef and Tom Rollins | There has been a notable change in the demographic using the Central Mediterranean route to Italy: while

11 August 2016

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News

human trafficking • 5 min read

Smugglers could face life sentence under new migration bill

17 September 2015