Society / Refugees
Articles about Refugees, ordered by date. 
‘How can you say no?’
Reem Haddad reports on how Christian Palestinians in Lebanon have welcomed Muslim refugees from Syria.
Global Refugee Crisis – THE FACTS
This infograph from the January-February 2016 New Internationalist magazine offers the big picture view of who, why, and where people flee to.
Fight for the heart of Europe
On the frontlines of the refugee crisis in Lesvos, Hazel Healy finds loss, humanity – and answers.
COP21 and the invisible jungle of Calais
Cherri Foytlin meets refugees directly affected by climate change.
Crack a squat for migrants
Lewis Garland reports on a growing solidarity movement to help asylum-seekers.
Letter from Bangui: Our trespasses
A hold-up at the airport sets Ruby Diamonde to thinking about the state of siege under which Central Africans have to live.
When Western therapies fail
Is a Western approach the best way to engage with the mental health issues of other cultures? Nick Harvey visits Burmese refugees in Thailand to find out.
'I was in an art class'
Even the young are not exempt: a Costa Rican schoolgirl recalls the day Canadian immigration officers arrested her.
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi was removed from Britain to months of fear and persecution as a gay man in Uganda. Eventually, a British judge ruled his removal illegal and ordered that he be brought back. He tells Dinyar Godrej about his journey.
Frontline Bangladesh
Some Pacifc islands are already being evacuated. Bangladesh stands next in the climate change frontline. The difference is, it has a massive and growing population.
Jungle orphans
Nick Harvey reports on the position of the Hmong – both inside Laos and the bleak refugee camps of Thailand.
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