Refugees

Venezuela’s ex-military deserted Maduro hoping for a revolution. Now they’re on the brink of homelessness.

May 24, 2019

Over 1,400 defectors and their families are holed up in hotels in Cúcuta, Colombia, where they are registered as asylum-seekers, according to Colombia's migration authority. But funding has run out.

Global Politics

With far-right topping Dutch polls, EU elections could see Eurosceptics take the lead

PRI's The World

May 22, 2019

All eyes will be on the Netherlands and its exit polls Thursday night, where young and charismatic Thierry Baudet, leader of new far-right party — with plenty of controversial statements to his name — is hoping to gain seats in European parliament. Some say the rise of far-right Eurosceptic parties has fevered speculation that this week’s election results could determine the future of the European project.

Conflict & Justice

Fleeing into the fields, a family runs from Idlib attacks

Reuters

May 21, 2019

There are some of the 180,000 people who have escaped an upsurge in violence in the last major Syrian rebel stronghold in the last few weeks. It marks the most intense escalation between President Bashar al-Assad and his rebel enemies since last summer, with dozens killed in the shelling of insurgent territory.

Conflict & Justice

Yazidi women still fear ISIS months after their defeat

GlobalPost

May 21, 2019

Updated

05/23/2019 - 6:15pm

As the US withdraws troops from Syria, displaced Yazidi women fear increased insecurity in the region could postpone rehabilitation and a return to their homeland in Iraq.

Migration

'I get screamed at in the streets': Colombia's patience with Venezuelan migrants wears thin

PRI's The World

May 10, 2019

Colombia has taken in 1.2 million Venezuelan migrants and refugees since 2015 with a flexible stance toward migration, but some Venezuelans say that Colombians target them with xenophobic slurs and insults on the streets.

Refugees

In Uganda, a refugee camp becomes a city

Living on Earth

May 09, 2019

The government of Uganda and international agencies have taken an innovative approach to housing displaced persons by building more permanent facilities that serve both refugees and local residents.