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War Over but Not Gaza’s Housing Crisis
Members of Abu Sheira's family in front of the tent they set up in the grounds of Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza. Credit: Khaled Alashqar/IPSBy Khaled AlashqarGAZA CITY, Sep 8 2014 (IPS)“When the [Israeli]...
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U.N. Launches Ambitious Humanitarian Plan for Gaza
Palestinian families take shelter at an UNRWA school in Gaza City, after evacuating their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, July 2014. UNRWA has now launched a humanitarian reconstruction programme....
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Geographical Divide in Maternal Health for Syrian Refugees
A young mother approaches a healthcare facility inside the Domiz refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan, mid-September 2014. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPSBy Shelly KittlesonDOHUK, Iraq, Sep 19 2014 (IPS)At the...
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Schools Open In Iraqi Kurdistan … But for Refugees Not Students
Fleeing advancing IS fighters, Kamal Faris and his family found refuge in a school turned into refugee camp in Erbil, September 2014. Credit: Annabell Van den Berghe/IPSBy Annabell Van den BergheERBIL,...
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Growing Up Among the Dead
Ali Khalil and his son, Diar, pose by the coffins they have just arranged for burial. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPSBy Karlos ZurutuzaSEREKANIYE, Syria, Nov 3 2014 (IPS)The walls of the Association for...
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Disciples of John the Baptist also flee ISIS
One of the ancient yet vanishing Mandaean rituals in Baghdad, at the banks of the Tigris river. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPSBy Karlos ZurutuzaKIRKUK, Iraq, Nov 8 2014 (IPS)“Going back home? That would...
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Trapped Populations – Hostages of Climate Change
When a natural disaster strikes, people are sometimes left with no choice but to leave the areas affected. Yet, for some, even this option might not exist. Cyclone survivors in Myanmar shelter in the...
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Refugees Between a Legal Rock and a Hard Place in Lebanon
Banner in the village of Fidae (near Byblos) which reads: "The municipality of Al Fidae announces that there is a curfew for all foreigners inside the village every day from 8 pm to 5.30 am". Credit:...
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Athens Sit-in Highlights Catch-22 for Refugees
Sit-in of Syrian migrants in Athens, demanding that they be granted permission to move on to other European countries. Many of them are sleeping rough on the ground during the night, covered only with...
View ArticleWhen Social Unrest Vents Itself on Migrants
By Silvia GiannelliROME, Nov 30 2014 (IPS)“It’s like putting explosive, gasoline and matches all in one shed. These are things that should be stored in separated places.”Giuseppe Giorgioli, an...
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OPINION: Europe Has Lost Its Compass
In this column, Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News, argues that, with the fall of the Swedish government orchestrated...
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Syrian Refugees Between Containers and Tents in Turkey
The Harran camp for Syrian refugees was one of the last to be built by the Turkish government in 2012 and is considered the most modern, with a capacity for lodging 14,000 people in 2,000 containers....
View ArticleSyrians “Have No Faith” in International Community to Solve Human Rights Crisis
By Josh ButlerUNITED NATIONS, Mar 4 2015 (IPS)Syrian citizens “have no faith” in the international community to solve the chaos and war raging across their country, according to a prominent human...
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Opinion: The West and Its Self-Assumed Right to Intervene
In this column, Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News, argues that the West, led by the United States, has taken on...
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Funding For Desperate Palestinian Refugees Under Threat
UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness, who says that unless someone steps in to alleviate the financial crisis facing the U.N. agency, “ it is innocent refugees who will again suffer”. Credit: Mel...
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Opinion: European Federalism and Missed Opportunities
In this column Emma Bonino, a leading member of the Radical Party, former European Commissioner and a former Italian foreign minister, argues that serious problems affecting Europe, like the Greek...
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Analysis: More Countries Want More Babies
Joseph Chamie is former director of the United Nations Population Division and Barry Mirkin is former chief of the Population Policy Section of the United Nations Population Division.By Joseph Chamie...
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Paris, the Refugees and Europe
Roberto Savio, founder and president emeritus of the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency and publisher of Other News.By Roberto SavioROME, Nov 18 2015 (IPS)The focus on terrorism is obscuring the...
View ArticleLoneliness and Memories, Syrian Refugees Struggle in Safe Spaces
Emelline Mahmoud Ilyas is an outgoing 35-year-old mother of three from Syria. Sitting in a community centre in Zarqa, Jordan, where she just held a meeting with Jordanian and Syrian parents on the...
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Syria: Minding the Minds II
Johan Galtung is professor of peace studies, founder of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment and rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University-TPU. He has published 164 books on...
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