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...
The Overseas Development Institute (ODI), recently published a working paper entitled “Dignity and the Displaced: Rohingya in Bangladesh” documenting their research findings regarding how different groups understand the concept of dignity, within the context of mass displacement of Rohingya. ...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) recently released their “Desperate Journeys” report which looks at the treacherous journeys that migrants take to reach Europe via the Mediterranean. Despite the decrease in arrivals over the past few years via the Central Mediterranean Route, sea arrivals continue to rise in Spain and Greece. Between January and June this year,...
The most recent chapter in a decades-long series of Rohingya refugee crises, which erupted in August 2017, has reignited discussion over the policies and legal structures, or lack thereof, to protect the rights of refugees and asylum seekers in Asia. Policy and binding legal frameworks...
The latest report from Human Rights Watch “Bangladesh Is Not My Country: The Plight of Rohingya Refugees from Myanmar” examines the deteriorating conditions Rohingya refugees face living in camps in Bangladesh after hundreds of thousands fled from their homes in Rakhine State, Myanmar after the...
Following a three-day visit to Dhaka and an official meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, India's Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, has pledged further relief materials to over 750,000 Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar region in Bangladesh. The meeting between the two officials focused on...
A senior rights group says it has ‘credible’ evidence of crimes against the Rohingya and names those responsible. Amnesty International has released a report based on 400+ interviews and a body of forensic, photographic and audio materials which show the coordination of attacks on Rohingya people. They...
The ‘Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices of the Rohingya’ report by Plan International, wanted to understand the perspectives and quality of life of refugee girls between the ages of 10 and 19. Through 300 interviews, the report identified issues surrounding food security, access to water and...
The document calls on the ICC to investigate recent crimes and atrocities committed against Rohingya. Human rights lawyers and prosecutors are using an unconventional technicality of human rights law which states that human rights abuses are still being committed against Rohingya in Bangladesh, by virtue of...