The global pandemic of COVID–19 has flooded our new screens in the past weeks as cases continue to grow around the world, but how will the current inability to contain the spread of the virus impact migration and displaced populations worldwide? ...
It is currently estimated that, worldwide, around 1.4 million refugees are in urgent need of resettlement. Last year the UN refugee agency UNHCR resettled 63,696 people – a mere 4.5 percent of the total number. This year the numbers are increasing: UNHCR predicts there will...
In February last year, XChange published part 2 of our Niger report. We interviewed returning migrants transiting Niger, whose journeys had started all over Africa....
2019 has been an incredibly busy year for Xchange. Our information-gathering missions took us all around the globe, from Niger to Venezuala to Malaysia, uncovering the unique and personal experiences of life at the forefront of forced migration....
The Mediterranean has become a vast grave in recent years for thousands of people crossing to Europe, in search of a better life. An estimated 82,240 people have arrived in Europe by sea in 2019, with 1,087 confirmed deaths....
Around 2.7 billion people live in countries where being gay or lesbian is considered a crime. In many places this ‘crime’ is punishable by the confiscation of citizenship, segregation, denial of rights and decade-long prison sentences....
In the wake of the exodus of Rohingya from Rakhine State, Myanmar, the community has become increasingly dispersed across nearby Asian countries and beyond. With limited earning opportunities and consequently limited means for travel, the destinations for fleeing Rohingya tend to be a balance between...
This blog will examine the case of Colombia as a destination and transit country for the new influx of displaced Venezuelans – focusing on both the policy response and the human impact of displacement in the area. As a country of vast natural resources, and a...
Worldwide, the statistics for international migration showed that around 48.4% of migrants were women or girls in 2017. The figures for forced migrants in the same year provided by the UNHCR suggested a similarly even split in this population. Despite this, there is evidence to...
In 2015, over 1 million migrants arrived irregularly in Europe, a fourfold increase on the previous year. With numbers steadily dropping since then, this article scrutinises the European domestic and international political toolkit for migration policies – particularly examining the consequences for rights and development...