Lake Chad has shrunk to a tenth its size, with climate change one of the factors. This has a huge impact on the lives of people dependent on it for food and water. A local explains.

Charlotte Edmond 02 Dec 2019

Germany

Europe divided: 30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe has seen sweeping changes, from EU expansion to the rise of the nationalist right.

Katharine Rooney 01 Nov 2019

Migration

Mobile phones are a lifeline for young refugees arriving in a new country

Thousands of young refugees arrive in a new country every year, sometimes all alone with nothing but a mobile phone to help them survive in their new environment. Here's why they are as i...

Annamaria Neag and Richard Berger · The Conversation 24 Oct 2019

Migration

A visual guide to remittances, the lifeblood of developing economies

People working abroad sent more money home to low- and middle-income countries in 2018 than ever before, and the biggest individual chunk went to India: a total of $79 billion, equal to n...

John Letzing and Andrew Berkley 04 Oct 2019

Migration

India's record-breaking diaspora in numbers

The country’s expatriates are making an economic impact around the world – and back home.

Katharine Rooney 30 Sep 2019

Migration

There are enormous benefits of free migration - but is it a feasible policy?

Freer international migration would create substantial efficiency and equity gains. But, are governments willing to open their borders?

Michael Loshkin and Martin Ravallion · VoxEU 30 Sep 2019

Cities and Urbanization

Cities could be our best weapon in the fight against climate change

Cities are stepping-up to confront many of the world’s biggest existential challenges – especially climate change. Here are six ways the world's cities are leading the way towards a more ...

Robert Muggah 12 Sep 2019

Migration

Here's how refugees can realize their own economic potential

What lessons can be learned from a business training programme in Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp?

Mahmoud Jabari and Silje Ditlefsen 01 Sep 2019

India

Migrant workers sent more money to India than any other country last year

Indians working abroad topped the global ranking for money sent home to their families in 2018.

Simon Torkington 30 Aug 2019

Water

Are water shortages driving migration? Researchers dispel myths

Economic and social issues are larger motivations than water scarcity for those seeking migration.

Adela Suliman · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 28 Aug 2019

Migration

The power of cash for refugees

David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme, explains the value of a cash-assistance programme for refugees in Turkey.

David Beasley · Project Syndicate 27 Aug 2019

Migration

Fraudulent fish, refugee myths, the racial wealth gap and other top stories of the week

Also in this week's round-up: China's robot boom, the power of blockchain and why one country is paying migrants to return.

Adrian Monck 23 Aug 2019

Migration

The 5 biggest refugee myths: debunked

The biggest misconceptions and myths about refugees and the refugee crisis

Alexander Court 19 Aug 2019

Geopolitics

This is how countries feel about welcoming refugees and migrants

A Pew Research Center study on most attitudes towards refugees reveals a more positive sentiment.

Raea Ramussen and Jacob Poushter · Pew Research Center 19 Aug 2019

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Migration

Climate change is forcing 20 million people a year from their homes, Oxfam says

Africa's shrinking lake shows the impact of climate change on women and indigenous people

Europe divided: 30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mobile phones are a lifeline for young refugees arriving in a new country

A visual guide to remittances, the lifeblood of developing economies

India's record-breaking diaspora in numbers

There are enormous benefits of free migration - but is it a feasible policy?

Cities could be our best weapon in the fight against climate change

Here's how refugees can realize their own economic potential

Migrant workers sent more money to India than any other country last year

Are water shortages driving migration? Researchers dispel myths

The power of cash for refugees

Fraudulent fish, refugee myths, the racial wealth gap and other top stories of the week

The 5 biggest refugee myths: debunked

This is how countries feel about welcoming refugees and migrants

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