As the United Nations takes on the ambitious task of creating a coordinated architecture that protects both refugees and migrants, it must not forget people with overlapping identities, writes Parvati Nair. Because whether driven by hunger or conflict, everyone who flees their country faces great risks in transit.
And Antoine Pecoud and Marta Esperti ask whether NGOs may hold some responsibility for the many migrant deaths in the Mediterranean.
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Refugees or migrants? When it comes to children who cross international borders without papers, there’s no easy answer.
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Parvati Nair, United Nations University
There are refugees, there are migrants and then there are the millions of people who live in legal limbo because they defy easy categorisation. But everyone is just looking for a place to call home.
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Politics + Society
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Antoine Pécoud, Université Paris 13 – USPC; Marta Esperti, Université Paris 13 – USPC
Accused of cooperating with smugglers, NGOs defend migrants’ right to life and point to the inadequate policies of European states.
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Business + Economy
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Ramón I. Centeno, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
FROM OUR ARCHIVES – With its uncharismatic president and liberalising economy, Cuba already looks less like North Korea and more like China or Vietnam.
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John Luiz, University of Cape Town
The development trajectory of South African born brewer SABMiller peaked with the 2016 $104 billion merger with Anheuser-Busch InBev. Behind it lies an extraordinary journey.
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Health + Medicine
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Dixon Chibanda, University of Zimbabwe
Lay workers are being trained to help Zimbabwe manage mental issues in communities. So far it's proving successful.
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Science + Technology
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Frans Swanepoel, University of Pretoria
Governments on the African continent must increase their investment in research and development so that science can yield self-sufficiency.
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