Refugees

Humanitarian organisations in the face of (under)funding for Cameroon’s crises

Now that American aid has been sus­pended, humanitarian organisations in Cameroon are facing a double whammy: an immediate funding crisis on top of a significant and long-standing trend of underfunding...

Alex Pueugue Simo

What future for the Global Compact on Refugees in an international system in crisis? The case study of Niger

International solidarity with refugees is breaking down due to massive budget cuts. In Niger, a Sahelian country host­ing close to 400,000 refugees, American and European funding decisions are jeopardising previously...

Rémy Kalombo

“Villagisation” as a resilience strategy for Central African Republic refugees in southern Chad in response to the international aid crisis

Chad has opted for villagisation as an alternative host model for refugees from the Central African Republic in a context impacted by ongoing forced dis­placement, a camp-based humanitarian model losing...

Julien Ramadji Begoto

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

The invisible – A reportage by Bertrand Gaudillère

Bertrand Gaudillère was a university student when he first grasped the power of documentary photography. During France’s university strikes in 1995, he helped set up a newspaper. He and a...

Bertrand Gaudillère

One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: humanitarian needs are as great as ever

Published on February 27, 2023 To quote this article: Sara Germain, Janyck Beaulieu, Stéphanie Maltais, and François Audet, “One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine: humanitarian needs are as...

Sara Germain - François Audet - Janyck Beaulieu - Stéphanie Maltais

The reception system for asylum seekers: are civil society organisations still free to pursue their mission?

Published on August 16, 2022 The impact of a management approach in line with market logic is increasingly felt, including in migrant aid schemes. This is what Giorgia Trasciani explains...

Giorgia Trasciani

Russian civil society put to the test by the invasion of Ukraine

Does Russian civil society still exist since the invasion of Ukraine? After a look back at the conditions of its emergence in post-Soviet Russia, the authors go back over the...

Anne Le Huérou - Aude Merlin

Civil society under siege in Turkey: authoritarianism, polarisation and counterstrategies

Turkey is, like Russia, a striking illustration of the shrinking of civic space as a result of authoritarian policies. The author paints a picture of the trends and practices at...

Ülker Sözen

The cause of migrants at threat from the rise of nationalisms: what path for international solidarity organisations?

Co-editor of this issue’s Focus with Boris Martin, Editor-in-Chief

Clara Egger

The French Hautes-Alpes: community solidarity locks horns with a security ideology

In Vauban’s old fortress-building stomping ground, and more specifically at the frontier with Italy, the French State is striving to secure its borders. Volunteers respond by creating humanitarian corridors and...

Agnès Antoine - Ariane Junca - Guillaume Pégon - Luc Marchello - Philippe Hanus - Philippe Wyon

No Way Out, a multimedia documentary on the 10 years of war in Syria

Published on March 5, 2021 Ten years after the start of the war in Syria, 6.6 million people have been displaced by the fighting and violence tearing the country apart....