FGM
According to the World Health Organisation, it is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), …
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An Account of Volunteering in Togo
With a population of around 7.6 million, Togo is one of the smallest countries in Africa, bordered by Benin, Ghana and Burkina Faso. Agriculture accounts …
The Plight of Women Refugees
Research by Amnesty International exposes the inhumane and unsafe conditions that women refugees suffer in the course of transit to Europe and once they arrive. …
Refugee Rights in 2018
On 10 December 2018, which marks seventy years since the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the same day in 1948, Amnesty …
The Conditions in Moria Worsen
Last month, UNICEF issued a statement calling for children stranded in Moria on the island of Lesbos to be transferred to accommodation on mainland Greece. …
Saving Lives
On 3 September 2018, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) released a new report showing that migrants making the journey across the Mediterranean are encountering a …
Rohingya Women and Girls
As at 1 August 2018, close to one million Rohingyas have fled from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, seeking refuge from a military campaign …
Education Paves the Way
The European Commission has approved a new assistance package of €400 million for the education of Syrian refugees in Turkey. The action to approve the …
The Fight Continues
In 2011, 769 indigenous families were accused of occupying land belonging to Chabil Utzaj (a sugar mill) and evicted by force from Polochic Valley in …
Coming Up Short
In late 2015, Spain, along with other European countries, agreed to accept more asylum seekers in order to reduce the strain on Greece and Italy. …