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Two young Eritreans wait to board a ferry at Samos Island, Greece. Growing numbers of Eritreans are seeking asylum in Europe.

The Eritrean children who cross borders and deserts alone

27 July 2017

Meet three Eritrean children trying to reach Europe. Stranded in Cairo, they must decide whether to risk the next leg of the journey north

Investigations

Aid credibility at stake as donors haggle over reporting rules
21 July 2017
Donors report billions of spending at home as "aid" - and some want to expand the loophole
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Gambians in crosshairs of EU migrant return drive
20 July 2017
Migrants who reach Italy are under increasing pressure to return home, but as one told IRIN: “Nobody wants to go back a loser”

Aegean island refugees fear Greek government aid takeover
12 July 2017 News
EU needs to offer work visas to bring migration under control
28 June 2017 Opinion
Two cheers for UN transparency
28 June 2017 Analysis

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Welcome to refugee purgatory on the Hungary border
20 June 2017
Migrants who attempt to sneak across Hungary's heavily guarded border risk brutal beatings by Hungarian police
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One year on, World Humanitarian Summit scorecards are due
16 June 2017
It’s report card time. The coming days will see a flurry of publications and announcements as the humanitarian community takes stock of commitments made at...
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“If you kept animals in this situation, they would die”
2 June 2017
Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Greece would rather live in inhumane conditions than be forced to leave
Analysis

Explaining the Bangladeshi migrant surge into Italy
1 June 2017
Bangladeshis are suddenly second behind Nigerians in terms of new migrant arrivals to Italy. How come?
Feature

British aid official Mark Lowcock to be UN humanitarian chief - sources
10 May 2017
Is a British bureaucrat the right person to uphold humanitarian values in the Security Council?
Investigations

Women refugees at risk of sexual assault in Berlin shelters
10 May 2017
Germany is failing to protect female refugees, leaving them vulnerable to sexual harassment and assault

Hardening European policies keep refugee children apart from their families
20 April 2017 Feature
New Gambia, new migration?
28 March 2017 Feature
Local aid agencies: still waiting for a bigger share of the funding cake
27 March 2017 Analysis
Hunting for the Grand Bargain
22 March 2017 Analysis
A Syrian refugee family’s year-long Greek odyssey
13 March 2017 Feature
EXCLUSIVE: UK “voluntary” returns – refugee coercion and NGO complicity
21 February 2017 Investigations

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