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​​​​Issue 29, November 2022​

In this issue, we covered:​

• Puerto Rico's challenges in managing hurricanes destruction

• A worsening crisis in Mozambique as a result of natural disasters and violence

• The devastation of recent flooding in Pakistan

• A surge of Russian migrants fleeing their country due to Russia's war with Ukraine.

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Issue 28, October 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• How climate change is fueling a crisis of health and economics across the horn of Africa

• The critical role of the Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for Syrian and other Middle Eastern refugees

• The causes and effects of persistent inequities in COVID-19 vaccine distribution

• The remarkable and tireless efforts of two individuals to provide substantial humanitarian aid for Ukrainians as they face dire conditions during the war with Russia.

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Issue 27, September 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• DACA's history and where the policy stands presently

• Poland's role as a refugee host country in Europe

• A dangerous ongoing drought in Somalia

• The dangers of refugees' stark lack of access to menstrual products around the world.

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Issue 26, August 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• President Biden's shortcomings on achieving his immigration agenda

• The immense challenges of the U.S. asylum process

• The simultaneous worsening of climate-change related difficulties and the refugee crisis in Pakistan

• Chad's continuing commitment to supporting refugees despite domestic economic challenges

• How inflation of the Euro is affecting the global refugee crisis

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Issue 25, July 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• Controversy over U.S.-Saudi relations in light of Saudi Arabian human rights abuses

• A recent earthquake in Afghanistan that is exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis

• How Central America and the Caribbean are preparing for the Atlantic Hurricane Season

• The dispelling of three more refugee related myths (see Issue 2 and Issue 9 for others)

• Global fatigue surrounding Ukraine aid as the war with Russia continues

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Issue 24, June 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• Recent developments in the slow progress toward's laws more accepting of immigrants in the U.S.

• Kenya's recent reforms of their refugee residence and employment laws

• Uganda's appeal for greater international support amid a rapidly worsening refugee crisis in the region

• The obstacles refugees face in trying to access educational opportunities and how those obstacles harm broader society.

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Issue 23, May 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• Genocide's history and continued use as a political tool in the modern day

• Global responses to the Russia-Ukraine war

• An update on the crisis in Afghanistan

• The ongoing war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia

• The huge dangers that the enormous Kutupalong refugee camp poses to refugees within it

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Issue 22, April 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• The emerging humanitarian crisis in and around Ukraine from various angles, including:

  • A situation overview

  • How refugees of color leaving the country have faced even greater challenges than white refugees

  • The precedents that World War II set with regard to global humanitarian response policy

• The failure of international law in protecting climate refugees​

• A situation update about the Somalian humanitarian crisis.

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Issue 21, March 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• The declining economic and political stability of Venezuela and the resulting refugee crisis

• The plight of the Hazara ethnic community in Afghanistan at the hands of the Taliban

• New humanitarian challenges in the Sahel region of Africa that climate change has caused.

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Issue 20, February 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• Pakistan's surge of incoming refugees

• The climate change-induced humanitarian crisis on Pacific Islands

• The causes and effects of refugee family separation

• How recent riots in the Solomon islands have caused significant displacement of Chinese individuals

• An unprecedented influx of asylum-seekers in Mexico.  

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Issue 19, January 2022

In this issue, we covered:​

• Damage caused by disparities in global vaccine distribution

• The crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan

• Continued controversy over Turkey's handling of the 4 million refugees it hosts

• The ongoing refugee crisis in Cameroon

• Significant displacement due to climate change in India.

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Issue 18, December 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• The United States' new initiatives to support climate refugees, and the reinstatement of the "Remain in Mexico" policy

• Immense food insecurity in Madagascar

• A mass return home of tens of thousands of Burundian refugees

• The refugee adoption process, and the reasons why so many refugee children remain orphans into adulthood

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Issue 17, October 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• The United States' prompt expulsion of thousands of Haitian migrants at the southern border

• The continued implementation of the "Title 42" policy

• How the Taliban takeover of the Afghan government poses a serious threat to women in Afghanistan

• Economic impacts of resettled refugees, particularly those in the United States

• A brief history of the refugee crisis that the Vietnam War caused to commemorate the November anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War

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Issue 16, September 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• The emerging refugee crisis in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the state

• The Refugee Olympic Team's recent competition at the Tokyo Games

• The humanitarian effects of a Lithuania - Belarus conflict

• A Vermont town's effort to host more refugees to support its economy

• A spike in asylum seekers from China as a result of authoritarian government practices

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Issue 15, August 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• Effects of the Atlantic Hurricane Season on refugee populations

• Refugee hunger strikes in Australia

• Refugee economic exclusion by governments around the world

• United Nations efforts to support Pakistani hosting of more Afghan refugees

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Issue 14, July 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• How the United Kingdom's budget cuts endanger millions of lives in low-income countries

• Denmark's plan to hold asylum-seeking refugees in offshore centers

• The risks of being a humanitarian aid worker

• World Refugee Day

• The unique struggles of LGBTQ+ refugees in honor of the end of pride month

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Issue 13, June 2021

In this issue, we covered:​

• Displacement caused by India's devasting COVID-19 outbreak

• President Biden's accomplishments in his first 100 days in office

• The history of the 1915 Armenian genocide

• An update on Ethiopia's current refugee crisis

• The Kenyan government's plans to close the Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps 
   

Issue 12, May 2021

In this issue, we covered:​​

• The devastating aftermath of a fire in a Rohingya refugee camp

• New occurrences of a mysterious coma-like condition in Swedish refugee populations.

• The lack of mental health support in refugee camps

• Efforts to combat substance abuse in refugee camps and communities 

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Issue 11, April 2021

In this issue, we covered:​​

• The historical phenomenon of statelessness

• The hazardous Mediterranean sea travel conditions refugees face

• The European Union's fall in asylum applications

• Why wealthy countries don't host as many refugees as they reasonably can

• The cycle of abuse, bigotry, disease, and violence in which many Libyan refugees are trapped

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Issue 10, March 2021

In this issue, we covered:​​

• The experiences of an MSF nurse working with refugees in the field

• Environmental health hazards of refugee camps

• An Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of The Congo

• The current conditions of refugee camps in Greece

• The risk monsoon season poses to Rohingya refugees

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Issue 9, February 2021

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Accessibility of COVID-19 vaccines for refugees

• The worsening spread of the coronavirus in refugee camps

• A climate-change induced humanitarian crisis in Somalia

• The debunking of two common refugee myths

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Issue 8, January 2021

In this issue, we covered:​​

• The withdrawal of Tanzania's efforts to help refugees

• The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region of Africa 

• The dangers of and rise in migrant usage of the Darién Gap

• Hurricane Iota and Eta's damage in Central America.

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Issue 7, December 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Escalating violence in Ethiopia

• The 2020 Nansen Refugee Awardee

• The Biden administration's immigration plan

• Ongoing persecution of Rohingya refugees in Myanmar

• China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims.

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Issue 6, November 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• How an order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March of 2020 endangers the lives of refugees and migrants

• Croatian authorities' violent rejection of refugees at Croatia's border

• Economic challenges refugees face due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

• The role of art as a powerful tool of advocacy for refugees

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Issue 5, October 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Effects of Australia's closed borders and suspension of certain visa grants

• Terrorist organization Boko Haram's brutal attacks in Cameroon

• The current state of the Afghanistan refugee crisis

• How the intense traumas refugees can face can lead to significant psychological illnesses 

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Issue 4, September 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Ways in which natural disasters during regional wet and dry seasons can devastate refugee populations

• Origins and effects of the EU-Turkey Agreement about refugee settlement

• How a severe lack of refugee education results in increased risks of child exploitation and economic insecurity in adulthood

• The life-threatening conditions refugees face in camps 

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Issue 3, August 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Uganda's response to the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of The Congo

• The history and current state of the Syrian refugee crisis

• The purpose and process of setting up an ideal refugee camp

• The refugee resettlement process in the United States

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Issue 2, July 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• The humanitarian crisis in Yemen

• The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of The Congo

• Ways in which humanitarian organizations have adapted their practices in response to COVID-19

• Financial challenges non-governmental organizations face because of the pandemic

• The economic impact in host countries of resettling refugees

• The debunking of common immigration myths.

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Issue 1, June 2020

In this issue, we covered:​​

• Changes in United States immigration policy in response to COVID-19

• How the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the global response to the refugee crisis

• The unique challenges female refugees face