This story, written and illustrated by John Cottrell from the Greek island of Lesvos, was a runner-up in the university category in News-Decoder’s inaugural reporting contest. Cottrell visited Lesvos in November 2015. By John Cottrell Travelling across the...
Are Arab nations doing enough to help Middle Eastern refugees, especially from Syria? Should Europe be doing more? Syrian refugee Bissan Alabdullah, almost 3, near the Syrian border in Jordan, 20 January 2016(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File) Are Arab nations doing...
by Nelson Graves Is Europe facing a refugee crisis? Is it Europe’s crisis? The answer to both questions is “no,” according to two experts who spoke to News-Decoder this week. Søren Jessen-Petersen, former Assistant High Commissioner at the UN refugee...
The world is grappling with its biggest migrant crisis since World War Two. To understand, it’s important to distinguish between refugees and migrants. See also our Decoder on migration crises. If it were a country, the “nation of the displaced” would be the...
By Colin McIntyre A quarter century after the fall of the “Iron Curtain” and the Berlin Wall separating Communist East Europe from the West, new barriers are going up across the continent. In stark contrast to the old barriers erected by the Soviet bloc to keep its...