dossier 2019-05 refugees

The refugee challenge

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Rohingya refugees at a relief camp in Bangladesh lining up for the distribution of humanitarian goods.
Makeshift shelters
– by Ridwanul Hoque, Ashraful Azad

Lives saved temporarily

As food and housing prices have skyrocketed after refugee influx in Bangladesh, host communities suffer serious hardship
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Platform on Disaster Displacement
– by Walter Kälin

Protecting people displaced by disasters

The Platform on Disaster Displacement’s objective is to integrate the protection of refugees in international processes
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Refugees
– by Ochan Hannington

Uganda’s open doors

Many South Sudanese escape the violence in their country by fleeing to Uganda
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EU policy
– by Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, Katja Dombrowski

“The flow has not stopped”

Agadez in Niger is a transit hub for many African refugees – both on the way north and on the way back
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Informal livelihoods
– by Mahwish Gul

The debate that never was

Unfortunately, Prime Minister Imran Khan fast watered down promise to grant citizenship to refugees born in Pakistan
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Hotspot Afghanistan
– by Bernd Leidner

Private sector needs suitable financing

Small and medium-sized enterprises can boost Afghanistan’s economic development – provided they receive well-targeted support in obtaining credit
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Peace talks
– by Nawid Paigham

Marginalised government

The dangers of the US administration negotiating with the Taliban without involving the Afghan government
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Honduras
– by Rita Trautmann, Dennis Muñoz

Hoping for a better future

Poverty, crime and poor governance are causing people to flee in droves from Honduras
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Lacking opportunities
– by Ndongo Samba Sylla

Emigration would help

Unlike young Europeans in past centuries, young Africans today are denied opportunities overseas
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Refugees
– by Mahsa Motlagh

Water suitcase

When refugees leave an area, water demand is reduced there – but it increases in the places they go to
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