Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 2/2024

Migration

Refugees face the Italian police on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.
Our View

Abandoning our own values

Driven by right-wing populist forces, the EU is tightening its asylum rules. Doing so is wrong for political, moral and economic reasons

The Europe & Asia Education Expo held in Chattogram in August 2023 aimed to connect Bangladeshi students with experts to get higher education opportunities in European and Asian countries.
Bangladesh

Student migration is fuelling Bangladesh’s brain drain

Many educated Bangladeshis migrate first as students, then end up settling in their host countries

Act of remembrance in Barcelona, Spain, for around 2600 refugees who died in the Mediterranean in 2023.
World Bank study

Migration as a powerful force for development

World Bank development report presents policymakers with solutions for managing global migration

More Articles

Children study in front of a classroom at Al Nuur Primary School in Kakuma.
Refugee-camp life

Refugee girls need school opportunities

In Kakuma, Kenya, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is promoting education for South-Sudanese girls, breaking traditional barriers. Efforts have increased school attendance.

Entrance area to Kakuma's main hospital.
Refugee-camp life

Too little for too many

Healthcare in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp and in the Kalobeyei resettlement area has been a major problem for decades. Too many people have to share too few resources.

View from the Paréa Lesvos community centre over Camp Mavrovouni to Turkey.
Mediterranean migration route

Alleviating the suffering on Lesbos

Thousands of refugees continue to live on the Greek island in unacceptable conditions. They receive support by civil-society organisations

Woman who fled the Congo in Pretoria, South Africa.
Women’s migration

Better jobs for migrant women

Migrating can be an empowering experience for women but also involves considerable hardship. Policy action is needed to improve their opportunities

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Zimbabweans wait to cross into South Africa on the dry bed of the Limpopo River.
Intra-African migration

Unwelcome neighbours

South Africa has seen several waves of migration from Zimbabwe. After apartheid, Zimbabweans were welcome. But with South Africa’s own economic problems, they have been met with growing hostility over the past years.

The author at the graduation ceremony in Bochum with fellow Latin American students in February 2022.
Studying abroad

A privileged migration story

The opportunity to study abroad is usually a privileged migration experience compared to others. Our Mexican author Pamela Cruz remembers her time at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

Migrants in Mexico on their way to the northern border with the USA on 26 December 2023.
Latin American migration

Seeking greener pastures

The Mexican diaspora is the second largest in the world. Few opportunities, poverty and increasing crime are prompting Mexicans to leave

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A man from Bangladesh takes part in a naturalisation ceremony in Oklahoma in 2018.
Brain drain

Why Bangladesh’s best minds are moving abroad

Frustrated by a lack of opportunities at home, many educated Bangladeshis are seeking work in foreign countries

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A migrant worker carries a banner at an annual Workers’ Day rally in Beirut, Lebanon.
Migrant women

Migrant Women face exploitative working conditions

Many migrant women find themselves trapped in dangerous dependencies. If they have entered the country illegally, they are particularly vulnerable