The devastation and loss caused by environmental disasters caused by climate change affect multiple aspects of the lives of those affected, both physically and socially. When such events occur, timely relief efforts to mitigate the effects of natural or man-made disasters are fundamental. In addition to this, observing the effects of disasters on affected communities is crucial to understanding the …

Even before 2000, the impact of climate change on human migration became a matter of discussion among the scientific community. Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the 1990s predicted that the destruction of the environment would lead to massive population displacement in the following years. In 2001, the World Disasters Report of the Red Cross and …

After the earthquake in 2010, Haiti, an already politically unstable country since 1991 with fragile governments, became a failed state with most of its infrastructure failing or being in ruins as a result of the natural disaster and its already poor economy being left in ruins. These conditions have created an incredibly poor and unstable society where most people aspire …

Turkey is now in election season. The upcoming elections have been set for May 14, with this possibly being the most difficult for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey at the moment is facing one of the worst periods of its economy with inflation to make things difficult for the average household. Nevertheless, it hasn’t always been that way. When Erdogan …

At the beginning of the year, the Belgian Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, Nicole de Moor, in cooperation with the migration services, published the immigration statistics for 2022. According to the numbers, in 2022, a 40% increase in the number of people who applied for international protection was calculated. Almost 37,000 people, mainly from Afghanistan, Syria, Palestine, Burundi, …

The opinion, unfortunately a shared argument, that asylum seekers arriving in the EU are a burden on the economies of its member States must be discredited. To think that people fleeing armed conflicts, persecution and natural disasters encounter obstacles in their attempt to find salvation is mind-boggling, but this reality has been in place since the so-called migratory crisis that …

On 11th of February, 2022 the Biden administration released its Indo-Pacific Strategy, that has the underling objective of protecting its status as the region’s main super-power, with the delineated strategy naming Vietnam as one of the US´s government most important regional partners. This consideration follows the strategic trend of the US regarding Vietnam in the last years, with United States …

Last week, a court case took place in Lesvos, Greece, against 24 aid workers rescuing migrants at sea. Asylum seekers were coming from Turkey after a long route from the Middle East or Africa. According to the OHCHR, the charges against humanitarian workers and volunteers that were working for a Greek NGO called Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI) are in …

China has been earning accolades for their fight against climate change and environmental degradation. The Paris Agreement was a crucial turn for China in regulating its environmental policy. Today, China is international recognition for its efforts to tackle the environmental issue within. However, the Chinese Government, through their foreign direct investment, has managed to vex havoc in other parts of …

The Erdogan government is currently under extreme pressure since its economy is still in trouble with high levels of unemployment and the financial crisis creating a great amount of tension within Turkish society and the opposition parties blaming it on the refugees. It is also still dealing with its own Kurdish community and under such context Erdogan has chosen now …