Refugee Crisis
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For Pakistan, political and economic considerations outweigh inhumane deportation of refugees
Scapegoating an entire community only speaks to Pakistan’s lack of legislation or political will on how to deal with refugees, say rights activists.
Abdullah Zahid
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As Pakistan deports Afghan refugees, Western countries must also shoulder the blame
Western countries must keep their promises to process refugee visa applications for Afghans in a timely fashion.
Susan Hutchinson, The Conversation
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World is family: From Manipur to Myanmar, the escalating refugee crisis is a wake-up call for India
The events unfolding in Manipur are not very different from the events that have led to people fleeing their villages and ultimately their country.
Nandita Haksar
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Why the return of the Rohingya to Myanmar is crucial
A whole population cannot spend years in another country in refuge from another situation where they are denied their basic civil rights.
Anup Sinha, Dhaka Tribune
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The repatriation of the Rohingya has drawn objections, but Bangladesh’s struggles remain unaddressed
The international community has not been pro-active in resolving the crisis even as Bangladesh has fulfilled its responsibilities by sheltering the refugees.
MH Rahman, Dhaka Tribune
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Western governments have entertained ideas of outsourcing asylum processing for 40 years, but never has it worked.
Laura Lambert, The Conversation & Martin Lemberg-Pedersen, The Conversation
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UK’s illegal migration bill rides roughshod over both domestic and international law
The UN refugee agency has emphasised that the bill would ‘undermine a longstanding, humanitarian tradition of which the British people are rightly proud’.
Helen O'Nions, The Conversation
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‘There are no happy stories for refugees’: The world has turned its back on a humanitarian crisis
Those seeking asylum encounter a dehumanised, ruthless and ugly society where they are used as pawns in international power politics.
Nandita Haksar
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If long-term issues are ignored, the Ukrainian refugee crisis could go the Rohingya way
Even sympathetic communities can lose their enthusiasm for hosting refugees.
Palash Kamruzzaman, The Conversation & Bulbul Siddiqi, The Conversation
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Afghan refugees who fled to Pakistan face economic hardship and police harassment
The country has grown tired of hosting them.
Zofeen T Ebrahim, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Bangladesh’s unplanned relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island is risky
But the international community should do much more to ensure that the refugees can safely return to Myanmar.
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