Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 5/2023

Migrants and refugees

Migrants queue in Bajo Chiquito, a Panamanian community in the Darién region, after crossing the jungle.
Migration in Latin America

Venezuelans continue to leave their country on dangerous treks

People of all ages still leave Venezuela using ever more perilous routes. North America remains an increasingly desirable destination

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Apprenticeship workshop on masonry in the premises of displaced persons.
German development projects

Seizing the potential of migration and displacement

Development projects must recognise and realise the transformative potential of migration and displacement

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In Nairobi in 2018, Kenyans and South Sudanese rallied to demand that assets of leaders who benefit from civil strife be frozen.
Migration in Africa

Life as a refugee in Kenya

Kenya offers safety to refugees who fled from violence-torn South Sudan, but even highly skilled persons lack job opportunities

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Migrants from Haiti and Ecuador walk through a narrow trail in the jungle of the Darién Gap in November 2022.
Refugee routes

Why the US wants to close a jungle

The US has reportedly negotiated an agreement between Panama and Colombia to prevent migrants from crossing the jungle in their border region

Refugee rights activists in front of the German federal parliament, 2022.
European Union

Legally guaranteed protection for refugees in the EU

A legal expert explains which laws in the EU and Mediterranean guarantee refugees fundamental rights

Italian Coast Guard rescuing refugees in the central Mediterranean.
European Union

EU strengthens borders against refugees

Faced with more migrants, the EU strengthens border agency Frontex, and member states tighten refugee policies – often at the expense of human rights

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Landownership tends to be insecure: smallholder fields in Senegal.
Senegal

Senegal’s youth is not satisfied with dead-end livelihoods

Artisanal fishing and traditional farming do not offer attractive long-term prospects in Senegal

Those who drown trying to get to Europe are no longer seen as victims: MSF rescue operation on the Mediterranean Sea.
ECOWAS

Migration from West Africa should not be a crime

To the detriment of Senegal’s people, their government is supporting the migration policies of the EU

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Migrants crossing a river in the dangerous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama.
Our view

The right to belong somewhere

People have always moved to far-away places to find livelihoods or to flee from war and disaster. The international community would benefit from more coherent and pragmatic regulation of migration and flight.

Somali delegation during a conference organised by IGAD to promote data-driven migration policies.
German development cooperation

Displacement in Africa

Migration and displacement in Africa pose almost impossible tasks for the communities of low-income and unstable countries. GIZ supports states in these efforts through numerous projects

Flight out of German territories in Eastern Europe in the spring of 1945 before the advancing troops of the Red Army.
Flight and displacement

Displacement is part of almost everyone’s history

Flight and displacement are a scourge of humanity that conceals untold numbers of individual fates

The author in front of Bonn University’s main building.
Higher learning

How universities in India and Germany differ

A social scientist from Kolkata shares her experiences after completing her PhD at Bonn University