Forced Migration

Focus

The politicisation of humanitarian response and the migration and displacement crisis in Central America and Mexico: challenges and priorities

Mexico, on the northern border of the Central American subregion, is in a peculiar position: as one of only two terrestrial gateways to the United States, it has its neighbour’s...

Kavita Kapur

Focus

Responding to a non-traditional humanitarian crisis: the case of Northern Central America

The “Northern Triangle” of Central America might seem a good place to put the famous nexus into practice. However, the author feels that, for too long, the favour given to...

Julio E. Rank Wright

Perspectives

The continuum of violence in forced migration: acknowledging it and acting on it

On top of the difficulty or distress they experience when leaving, migrants endure all kinds of violence throughout their exile. For the authors, recognising the existence of this “continuum” of...

Isabelle Auclair - Lorena Suelves Ezquerro

Editorial Focus

Forced migrations: a necessary humaneness

We have discussed what would be the added value of Humanitarian Alternatives’ contributing to the abundant debate over migrants and moving populations. First and foremost, the migrant crisis constitutes a...

Jean-Baptiste Richardier - Serge Breysse

Focus

“The priority for States must be to save lives”

The latest report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) paints a damning picture of the situation of migrants around the world. It reinforces the observers’ view that...

Idil Atak

Focus

Refugees and Displaced Persons in Nigeria and Myanmar: rethinking the synergy

A number of crises linked to forced migration are developing throughout the world, “in the shadow of the humanitarian centres of gravity that are the Syrian crisis and its consequences...

Marie-Alice Torré - Thierry Benlahsen

Reportage

“Afghan Stories: Waiting for Hope” by Sandra Calligaro

After studying art and photography at the University of Paris 8, Sandra Calligaro oriented her career to the field reporting and went to Afghanistan for the first time in 2007....

Sandra Calligaro

Focus

Cameroon: reception areas for displaced people, between socio-demographic reconfiguration and managing Persons with Specific Needs

This article builds on the results of two studies: one carried out in the Far North region on the demographics of the people displaced by the Boko Haram crisis, and...

Joséphine Lémouogué - Éric Joël Fofiri Nzossie - Jasmine Laurelle Kahou Nzouyem

Tribune

Forum

Venezuelan migrations in Latin America in a context of humanitarian crisis: stakes and challenges in aid for migrants

Published on October 18, 2017 ©Photo by Andrés Gerlotti on Unsplash As a result of her article on aid for refugees in Ecuador – which will be featured in the forthcoming...

Lucie Laplace

Focus

When NGOs and lucrative organisations collaborate: the economic integration of refugees in Ecuador

As the problem of refugees is not confined to the European area, the collaboration between NGOs and companies is in the process of globalisation. Lucie Laplace’s article examines how the social...

Lucie Laplace