Romania has largely avoided the refugee crisis in Europe, but tightening borders have seen smugglers test the Black Sea route, which is not so new but [ ... ]
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RED CROSS: Education in crisis My report for Red Cross Red Crescent magazine on the challenges for humanitarian organisations to deliver education to displaced children. Featuring v [ ... ] -
THE TELEGRAPH: Hungary and Serbia turning a blind eye to thousands of migrants using 'closed' Balkans route The Balkan Route, despite the claims of EU officials, remains very much ope for business. Wait in the barren wasteland for an asylum hearing, or pay [ ... ] -
IRIN: Welcome to the City Plaza: Greece’s refugee hotel A crew of activists saw an opportunity to shelter some of the 54,000 refugees stranded in Greece, by occupying a long abandoned, seven-story hotel in [ ... ] -
POLITICO EUROPE: Europe’s most hostile port of entry A glimpse into a terrifying winter's journey of refugees who don't take to the sea, but choose to cross from Turkey into Bulgaria. Though there is no [ ... ] -
INDEPENDENT: Macedonia refuses to open border to asylum seekers In the fields outside the village of Idomeni, two elderly Iraqi men shuffled on crutches and prosthetic legs up to the razor wire that laces the fro [ ... ] -
IRIN NEWS: Failed EU relocation plan leaves refugees in limbo In September, the EU proposed to safely relocate 160,000 prima facie refugees from the frontline states of Greece and Italy to the rest of the EU. As [ ... ] -
VICE NEWS: How Volunteers From All Over the World Have Transformed the Refugee Crisis on Lesbos When I visited Lesbos in August, waves of boats of refugees would wash up on the shore, and the passengers would be lucky if they were met by anyone e [ ... ] -
IRIN NEWS: Refugees defy Eu-funded crackdown in Turkey Dispatch from one of the key smuggling hubs in Turkey, where refugees buy their lifejackets and organise their perilous trip in the rubber boats to re [ ... ] -
THE INDEPENDENT: UN secretary urges compassion after Hungary fires tear gas at refugees The most violent scenes I have witnessed so far throughout the refugee exodus into Europe. Stones, gas canisters, helicopters. It could have been lift [ ... ]