The Reuters news agency reported on Tuesday that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) intercepted 23,358 asylum seekers crossing into Canada at unofficial entry points during the first eight months of the year. Asylum seekers are forced to cross border...
Bureaucracy, corruption, violence, and US political pressure are all stalling the human flow. Source: As numbers rise, the hardships of migration through Mexico multiply, The New Humanitarian, by Lillian Perlmutter, September 21,...
With international monitoring and more trust in Afghanistan’s central bank, there is a path forward. Source: Unfreeze Afghan assets or more hungry children may die, The New Humanitarian, Opinion by: Kostas Moschochoritis, Director General of INTERSOS, September 9,...
It’s time for a different approach in Haiti – one that reckons with the enduring harms Global North policies have inflicted in the country. Source: The international community must own its role in Haiti’s food crisis. The New Humanitarian, Opinion of: Sandra...
Some $9bn in reserves have been held outside Afghanistan, including $7bn in the United States, since the Taliban overran Kabul last August as US-led forces withdrew after 20 years of battling the group. Source: US and Taliban exchange proposals for release of funds:...
