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A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 02 December 2025
An Algerian official carries a child in a transit camp as Nigerien migrants in Algeria are repatriated by Algerian authorities back to Niger on June 29, 2018, in Laghouat, northern Algeria. AFP

Niger and Algeria draw battle lines over illegal migrants

Niger accuses Algeria of mistreating EU-bound Nigeriens by dumping them back in the desert. Algeria accuses Niger of opening the floodgates. Neither is backing down.

Rabia Khreis 30 April 2024
Eduardo Ramon

Life inside Dutch and German resorts-turned-refugee camps

The final part of a three-part investigative series examines the experience of migrants in Europe.

Mohammed Abi Samra, Zaki Al-Droubi, and Huda Al-Attas 01 January 2024
Eduardo Ramon

'When I arrived, I discovered half of the people on the boat suffocated to death'

In Part 2 of a special series, Al Majalla interviews migrants who paid smugglers to get them to Europe, either by sea or by land.

Samer Zreik, Sabr Darwish, and Mohammed Abi Samra 31 December 2023
In the 70s, Britain accepted a degree of responsibility for the Ugandan Asians' plight, and Western states accepted their role in the suffering of the Indochinese. Today things are much different. AlMajalla

Why the West is increasingly abandoning its responsibility toward refugees

The Syria and Ukraine crises show that if refugees are from the 'right' place and the 'right' conflict, then the welcome mats are rolled out.

Christopher Phillips 16 October 2023
Venezuelan migrants, some expelled from the U.S. to Mexico under Title 42 and others who have not yet crossed after the new immigration policies, camp on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

First Plane Repatriating Venezuelan Migrants in Mexico Departs for Caracas, Sources Say

A first flight carrying Venezuelan migrants voluntarily returning to their homeland from Mexico departed on Tuesday, according to two Mexican officials. Mexico is dealing with a major increase in…

26 October 2022
Venezuelan migrants, some expelled from the U.S. to Mexico under Title 42 and others who have not crossed yet, receive used clothing by members of a Christian church near the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Repatriation of Venezuelan Migrants From Mexico By Air to Begin Soon -Sources

Voluntary returns of Venezuelan migrants in Mexico by plane back to their homeland are likely to begin in the next few days, four people familiar with the matter said. Mexico is grappling with a…

21 October 2022
Although European countries have not issued accurate data about the number of workers in “black labor”, estimates by economists indicate that their number amounts to millions. (AFP)

Black Labor: Migrants’ Source of Living in Europe

In an increasingly remarkable scene in Europe’s streets, people meet at modest coffee shops at night to complain about being ill-treated by their employers. On speaking to media or meeting…

Jiwan Soz 11 October 2021

Migrants are Being Plunged into a Deadly Rescue Gap 

The mysterious British street artist Banksy, known for his political or social-commentary graffiti that has popped up in cities around the world, made a powerful statement by funding a migrant boat…

Yasmine El Geressi 04 September 2020
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US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Centre in Washington, DC, on 21 March 2016. SAUL LOEB / AFP
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The Israel lobby’s responsibility for the Iran war

17 March 2026

Advocates for the US-Israeli special relationship have played a special role

Stephen M. Walt
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Strait of Hormuz: the waterway critical to global trade 

18 March 2026

Any disruption in the Hormuz has cascading knock-on effects that extend far beyond energy markets, impacting international trade. Al Majalla explores all this and more.

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Politics

Iran after Larijani: a war without an exit

18 March 2026

Israel's assassination of the pragmatic and highly influential National Security Chief closes the path to de-escalation

Futoshi Matsumoto
Pete Reynolds
Business & Economy

Energy infrastructure attacks and the new security imperative

17 March 2026

By attacking Gulf energy infrastructure, Iran aims to apply economic and geopolitical pressure as a way to avoid large-scale conflict

Jessica Obeid
US Navy sailors send signals to an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, 124th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, as it walks on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on 28 February 2026.
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Documents & Memoirs

Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

16 March 2026

The current conflict is unlikely to go global for now, but the speed at which it has spread regionally is alarming. A look at history shows the geopolitical factors that led to world wars.

Christopher Phillips

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