refugees

features

Distressed and homeless in Athens, settled but compromised in Kassel: On documenta 14

Dan Jakubowski | Dan Jakubowski navigates institutional ethics and painfully human art

19 July 2017

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

refugees • 8 min read

The desperation of Oromo refugees in Cairo

Pesha Magid | Ademo says many Oromo still in Cairo feel hopeless, and “some have publicly suggested they have nothing

1 August 2016

Egypt-Syria relations • 13 min read

The socio-economics of diaspora

Tom Rollins | The majority of Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Egypt are now classed as “severely vulnerable,”

22 November 2015

human trafficking • 20 min read

The difficult transition

Tom Rollins | Egypt, historically an important transit country in Mediterranean migration, demonstrates how the routes

21 September 2015

poems • 1 min read

Poem: Arab Spring, Arab Sink.

Jehan Bseiso | Arab Spring, Arab Sink. (1) My friend called me from Sanaa, from Gaza, from Sinai, from Homs.She said:

21 July 2015

archives • 13 min read

Empty archives: What do we do with what we do not know

Laura Cugusi | In the era of hypervisibility the invisible is acquiring a new relevance in the dynamics of power that

22 May 2015

deportations • 11 min read

Unwelcome guests: Egypt’s failed experiment in refugee detention

Tom Rollins | One night in September, a boat carrying over 200 refugees was brought in to Alexandria by the Egyptian

17 November 2014

cinema • 13 min read

Border-crossing on the bride’s side

Laura Cugusi | On a film about a celebratory act of civil disobedience.

20 June 2014

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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

Khaled Mansour

World leaders hold humanitarian summit, but is there hope?

From May 23 to 24 the World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul. Thousands of government officials,

25 May 2016

News

Egypt-Israel border • 4 min read

At least five Sudanese migrants shot dead by security forces near Israeli border

23 November 2015

human trafficking • 4 min read

Justice Ministry to establish special courts for human traffickers and smugglers

25 October 2015

Egyptian migrants • 3 min read

11 dead as boat carrying undocumented migrants capsizes in Balteem

11 October 2015

human trafficking • 5 min read

Smugglers could face life sentence under new migration bill

17 September 2015

Greece • 5 min read

Sawiris in negotiations over Greek islands to host refugees

15 September 2015

Egyptian rights groups statements • 3 min read

Rights groups condemn Egypt’s ongoing detention of refugees

17 March 2015

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Cartoons

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Cartoon: Can you make some room?!

Sabry Eltawil | "Can you make some room!?""No."

14 August 2015