Evidence suggests migrants help drive sustainable economic growth, diversify societies and cultures, and bring their experience to civic and political challenges.

Ian Goldin and Marie McAuliffe 18 Dec 2019

Workforce and Employment

These German businesses are hiring refugees to plug the skills gap

A growing number of large German firms are tapping into an underused pool of diverse, skilled and highly motivated workers: the country's refugee population.

Alexander Court 17 Dec 2019

Migration

Neil Gaiman's poem on a scarf: warm words for refugees

To show solidarity with the world's refugees, British author Neil Gaiman gathered together people's favourite ideas about warmth - and turned them into a scarf.

Beatrice Di Caro 16 Dec 2019

Climate Change

Flooding is predicted to displace 50 million people a year by 2100. What's being done?

Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods.

Megan Rowling and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 13 Dec 2019

Migration

Here’s how community lending could help refugees find their feet

A blend of enterprise and access to low or no-interest funds is a sustainable solution to achieving financial independence.

Rya G. Kuewor 12 Dec 2019

Latin America

5 unique libraries from around the world

These libraries are going the extra mile for the people they serve – sometimes literally.

Sean Fleming 09 Dec 2019

Human Rights

Beyond policies, pathways and pledges: How to truly help refugees

Freedom, dignity, education and independence: Joelle Hangi, a Congolese refugee living in Kenya, explains how we can build a brighter future for the millions of refugees around the world

Joelle Hangi 09 Dec 2019

Climate Change

The cost of the climate crisis? 20 million homeless every year

Internal displacements due to climate-related extreme weather events are soaring, with those in poorer countries more at risk.

Johnny Wood 06 Dec 2019

Migration

People are more likely to be displaced by cyclones, floods or fires than by conflicts, Oxfam says

Seven of the top 10 countries with the highest displacement by proportion of their population were developing island states, largely in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the report found.

Laurie Goering, Megan Rowling, and Thomson Reuters Foundation · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 04 Dec 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

This Philippines village is being swallowed by rising sea levels

The combined effects of the population's overuse of groundwater and climate change have caused the village of Sitio Pariahan to sink 4cm each year.

Eloisa Lopez · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 04 Dec 2019

Climate Change

These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change

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

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Migration

Global migration, by the numbers: who migrates, where they go and why

How education has transformed the life of this Syrian refugee

Why it's time to celebrate migrants

These German businesses are hiring refugees to plug the skills gap

Neil Gaiman's poem on a scarf: warm words for refugees

Flooding is predicted to displace 50 million people a year by 2100. What's being done?

Here’s how community lending could help refugees find their feet

5 unique libraries from around the world

Beyond policies, pathways and pledges: How to truly help refugees

The cost of the climate crisis? 20 million homeless every year

People are more likely to be displaced by cyclones, floods or fires than by conflicts, Oxfam says

This Philippines village is being swallowed by rising sea levels

These indigenous women in Africa are paying the price of climate change

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

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