News Selection – Migration

16/5/2019: The EU plans to deploy 10,000 armed border guards by 2027 to patrol its land and sea borders. The European Border and Coast Guard agency (Frontex) will have the power to use armed force on the EU’s external borders. Source: Inter Press Service

10/5/2019: More than 17 million people were newly displaced in 2018 as a result of weather and geophysical changes, while 10.8 million additional people were uprooted because of conflict. Source: Devex

11/4/2019: As the planet heats up, homes are becoming uninhabitable and people are on the move. The countries most responsible for climate change are fortifying their borders to keep them out. Source: DW

27/2/2019: How we treat Venezuelans in exile will shape the future trajectory of their country and the wider region. The international community has been slow to follow the Colombian government's progressive stance.

Source: IRIN

19/2/2019: New data released by the UN Refugee Agency shows that, despite record levels of worldwide forced displacement, just 4.7% of global refugee resettlement needs were met in 2018.

Source: UN Refugee Agency

11/2/2019: The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement were launched 21 years ago yet people displaced within their own countries – whether by conflict or disaster – often struggle for the same recognition and protections afforded to refugees. Source: IRIN

12/2/2019: A study has found that migrant labor from within the European Union will fall short of the economy's needs. To plug the gap, Germany will need 146,000 workers per year from non-EU countries. Source: DW

30/1/2019: Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world’s deadliest sea crossing. Source: The UN Refugee Agency

25/1/2019: The UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar has accused the government of not working to create conditions suitable for the return of the Rohingya refugees. Source: UN News

24/1/2019: Even after living in Kenya's Dadaab complex for almost three decades, refugees are not allowed to work or live outside the camps. A Somali journalist who was brought up there recounts the recent history of Dadaab.

Source: IRIN