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Refugees in Egypt: economic burden or opportunity?

Half of all child refugees in Egypt are not in school despite being eligible. Experts think a new law may make things worse in a country with stretched budgets. Is the solution to let them work?

Marcelle Nasr 14 February 2026

A family of migrants flee the Moria camp after a fire broke out, on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020.

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New book on one of Europe's largest refugee camps recounts a shocking tale of injustice

Greek writer Lauren Markham's book 'A Map of Future Ruins' reveals the toxicity of borders, the myth of racial superiority, and exclusionary practices

Osama Esber 07 September 2024

FILE - People from Ukraine, most of them refugees fleeing the war, wait in front of the consular department of the Ukrainian embassy in Berlin, Germany, on April 6, 2022. More than 244,000 people applied for asylum in Germany last year, and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees came to the country looking for shelter from Russia's war, the government said Wednesday Jan. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Numbers of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers Increase in Germany

More than 244,000 people applied for asylum in Germany last year, and more than 1 million Ukrainian refugees came to the country looking for shelter from Russia’s war, the government said. The No…

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A Syrian family at Moria camp in Greece on November 30, 2017 © REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis)

Lives of Syrians in Europe in Trouble

With the arrival of more than a million Syrian refugees to European countries in the past years, as a result of the war that Syria has been witnessing since 2011, families are experiencing new…

Jiwan Soz 20 May 2022

British home secretary Priti Patel and Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Biruta sign the policy to house illegal migrants to UK in Rwanda detention centers.

Are Britain's Imperialist Ambitions Dictating Rwanda Asylum Policy?

In March, the UK government’s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (which is clumsily shortened to DLUHC) and the British Home Office jointly announced that individuals, families,…

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