refugee crisis
The Refugees Forced to Squat in a Freezing-Cold Tunnel
A shortage of beds at French homeless shelters forced over 150 refugees to live under a bridge.
‘I Can’t Take It Anymore’: Refugees Struggle To Cope in Extreme Heat
One of the worst heat waves in recent history is making life hell for people in the Mavrovouni refugee camp in Greece.
‘I Ate the Same Meal 3 Times a Day for 8 Months’: How Social Media Saved a Man’s Life
One refugee's journey from Syria to Canada, via living in an airport for eight months.
Surreal and Terrifying Photos of Border Walls Around the World
Photographer Rafal Milach shoots the highly politicised boundaries that divide countries from their neighbours.
How Private Security Firms Profit Off the Refugee Crisis
The UK has pumped money to corporations turning Calais into a bleak fortress.
Seven Years Ago Today, the Mediterranean Witnessed Its Worst Ever Migrant Shipwreck
In October of 2013, 368 migrants died trying to sail to Lampedusa from Libya. Survivors and their rescuers are still helping each other heal.
Worst Opinion of the Week: Let's Vox-Pop Migrants in the English Channel
The same week we learned that Britain has the highest excess death rate and worst economic recession in the G7 due to COVID-19, Sky News and BBC Breakfast took to the seas to interview people seeking asylum.
In Case You Needed Reminding: Refugees Are People, Not Statistics
Graphic designer Mathilda Della Torre's project "Conversations From Calais" aims to bear witness for the thousands of displaced people stuck in France, trying to reach the UK.
Greek Islanders Want the Refugee Crisis Over — and the Migrants Gone
With the tourist economy devastated, the locals feel angry and abandoned by both the Greek government and the EU as a whole.
The Problem with Eating Like a Refugee for a Week
Humanitarian charity Concern Worldwide's "Ration Challenge" asks fundraisers to spend a week eating the supply packs provided to refugees. But does it undermine the scale of the crisis?
Denmark’s Elections Show How Much Europe Is Normalizing Anti-Immigrant Politics
“If politics becomes a competition about who can talk the toughest about refugees and minorities, the radical right will always win”
The Objects That Remind Refugees of Home
"I was afraid of also losing my culture, but something as small as a rug has helped me to hang on to a part of it."