Is it time to re-think financing of humanitarian crises?
OPINION | MANUEL CARBALLO As we move into 2018, the number of people being forced from their communities and countries is growing. Rarely have we seen so many families split up, lives […]
Category Archives: forced migration
Climate Change and Statelesness
Following the somewhat disheartening conclusion of the Rio +20 conference, climate change has been making headlines over the past few weeks through a widely circulated Rolling Stone article and a […]
The Forced Displacement of The Roma: from Sarkozy to Gilles Bourdouleix
By Professor Manuel Carballo Nicholas Sarkozy (2010): The Roma have long been a pariah people. Poorly understood, highly suspect, and the subject of pervasive myths, the Roma of Europe have been […]
World Refugee Day 2012
Copyright 2011, UNHCR As the world celebrates yet another Refugee Day it is important that we remind ourselves that the number of people being forcibly displaced across borders as well […]
Shooting Europe in the Foot: Europe’s Migration Migraine
Thomas Samson/Reuters The presidential campaign in France has predictably focused, once again, on the issue of migration. Migrants represent approximately 11% of the French population. Many, if not most, have […]
The Right To A Healthy Life: The Growing Problem of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
©2012 Stock Connection and World of Stock. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a non-communicable disease caused by glucose intolerance. Despite the fact that it can pose serious threats to pregnant […]
Climate Change: A health hazard?
In November 2011, a group of ministers and senior representatives of governments from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Pacific met in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to discuss the threat […]
