20 Jun Central Mediterranean Survey
In 2017, Xchange conducted a cross-sectional survey to obtain first-hand data from migrants aboard the MOAS SAR vessel, The Phoenix, in the Mediterranean Sea. This is what we found....
Central Mediterranean Survey
01 Jun New Xchange survey traces back the perilous journeys and incidents facing migrants and refugees crossing the Central Mediterranean
The Central Mediterranean Sea is host to the most active of the three known major migratory routes into Europe. Last year, it was recorded that of the total reported migrant and refugee entries into Europe, 80% of them took place across the Sicilian channel between Libya...
23 May Xchange Press Release: New Xchange survey highlights failings in Repatriation process
Xchange Press Release New Xchange survey highlights failings in Repatriation process caused by the exclusion of Rohingya refugees from negotiations. Xchange launches its Repatriation Survey on Wednesday 23rd May 2018. This MOAS funded survey, conducted over the one-month period in April and May 2018, is the latest in...
23 May Rohingya Repatriation Survey
In this survey, Xchange seeks to understand a critical component of this tragedy that has largely been overlooked: what the Rohingya understand about the proposed repatriation processes, and what they desire and fear as individuals and as a community....
25 Apr Xchange explores what return means for the Rohingya in latest Repatriation Survey
Since August 25, more than 671,000 Rohingya have fled to neighboring Bangladesh to escape killings and other mass atrocities being conducted in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Xchange arrived shortly after the first Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh and has been collecting data and closely monitoring the developments...
14 Mar Press Release: Out of the Fire, into the Storm: Monsoon Season Threatens Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
New survey highlights protection issues and everyday struggle of Rohingya refugees ahead of potentially deadly rains (COX’S BAZAR, March 14, 2018)—Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh face unemployment and restrictions on access to education for children, raising protection concerns, according to data from a survey that forms the...
14 Mar Snapshot Survey: An Insight into the Daily Lives of the Rohingya in Unchiprang & Shamlapur
February 25, 2018 marked the six-month anniversary of intensified flight from northern Rakhine State. On August 25 last year, Myanmar’s military launched renewed ‘clearance operations,’ ostensibly in response to attacks on police posts by Rohingya insurgents. Since then, 671,000 Rohingyas have fled across the border...
19 Dec PRESS RELEASE: XCHANGE LAUNCHES THE ROHINGYA SURVEY 2017
“It was night when the military entered my village. I was at home when they started searching for people, particularly young girls. When they found them, they raped them. They also kidnapped people, some were beaten up badly and others shot and killed. It was...
07 Aug Libyan Detention Centers • A Legal Analysis
Irregular migrants, economic migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are indistinguishable in Libyan law, and are all considered “illegal migrants”. They are vulnerable to arbitrary arrest, where they are placed in detention centers regardless of their immigration status. Libyan Detention Centers: A Legal Analysis considers the detention...