The Diffa region is one of the humanitarian hot spots of the Lake Chad Crisis. A large proportion of the civil population has experienced violent assaults reflecting the volatility of the security situation. Security measures such as curfews and prohibition of fishing, have thus been taken in the area and have restricted economic activities. Against […]
As the protracted conflict continues throughout their country, the people of Afghanistan find themselves subjected to widespread displacement for a fourth consecutive decade. With more than 350,000 people newly displaced in 2017, the living conditions and well-being of displaced populations continue to fall, with overcrowding, decreased access to services and prevalent use of negative coping strategies […]
Uganda currently hosts almost 1.4 million refugees, with more than 1 million who fled South Sudan. Beyond this massive displacement into northern Uganda, many settlements in the southwestern part of the country are also seeing steady influxes of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi, Rwanda, and elsewhere. While the refugee response faced […]
Many refugees and other migrants migrate to Europe to seek asylum, and with asylum a more secure life and improved livelihoods. Recent REACH assessments[1] have found that a number of these refugees and other migrants lack information about legal migration pathways when they set out on their migration journeys. Aside from asylum, they are often […]
