Migration

Since the summer of 2016, Libya has become the number one transit country for illegal migration into Europe. Here, a group of migrants who have been rescued by a MSF vessel.
Interview with Wolfram Lacher

European governments are accused of complicity in human rights violations in Libya. Their actions are also reducing the country's chances for political stability, believes Wolfram Lacher of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

The Sahara desert region of Fezzan in Libya.
Italy’s Intervention in Libya’s South

Southern Libya, a human trafficking hotspot, has long been overlooked. Italy is now trying to tackle the problem, but faces the region’s political vacuum and its booming black market.

Keep pushing: Syrians help to get an old car started on a ferry across the river Meuse.
Syrians in Europe

200 Syrians spend five days hiking in the Netherlands, following in the footsteps of Frans van der Lugt, a priest murdered in Homs in 2014. What brings these people from different European countries together?

Migration Camps in Libya
Photographer Ricardo García Villanova visited detention centres in Misrata, Libya which are home to many African migrants, both those who are trying to travel to Europe, and those who were rounded up after the revolution.
Hayk Khatchataryan and his daughters
Migration Politics in Nagorno-Karabakh

More and more Syrians are settling in Nagorno-Karabakh, supported by Armenian communities, opening a new dimension in the ongoing conflict with Azerbaijan. Syrians may be pawns in this conflict, even as they attempt to begin new lives.

U Kyaw Thien at his stall
The Struggle of Rohingya Exiles in Thailand

Few conflicts have shaken the Islamic world as deeply as the one surrounding the Rohingya, Myanmar’s Muslim minority. U Kyaw Thien and his wife escaped to Thailand – but had to leave more than their belongings behind.

Begging for water at the Shousha campsite
Life In a Shuttered Refugee Camp in Tunisia

Once a crowded transit camp, today the shuttered Choucha refugee facility is home to a small hardcore group of emigrés, hoping vainly for legal passage to a new life.

Men repair a bridge near Mosul, Iraq.
The World Bank's Strategy After the Arab Spring

Despite optimism for quick transitions after the so-called Arab Spring, the reality has been regional conflicts and stalled reforms. Janmejay Singh explains how peace and stability in the MENA have become the main focus for the World Bank.