As the world watches Gaza with outrage and concern, similar tactics are being used by both sides of Sudan鈥檚 civil war, now in its third year, reports聽Malaz Emad.
internally displaced persons (IDPs)
Jude Alexander聽spoke via text message with Dr Mohammed Hamad, who is now living in a tent in Gaza with his wife and five children. He and his family have been repeatedly displaced due to the war and are barely surviving due to the blocking of distribution of food and humanitarian aid.
The situation in Sudan is described as the 鈥渂iggest humanitarian catastrophe on Earth鈥, with children dying at a rate of 13 a day in the famine-stricken Zamzam camp for internally displaced persons, reports Pavan Kulkarni.
The number of malnourished children in North East Syria has increased by 150% in the past six months, and poverty rates have increased by 90%, reports Medya News.
The impacts of climate change in the Pacific are compounded by the legacy of colonial occupation and the responses of rich countries to displacement, writes Susan Price.
If you listen to most Western politicians you could be forgiven for thinking that refugees are a pesky annoyance, greedy 鈥渆conomic refugees鈥 from the Third World illegitimately trying to break into this wealthy country.
Their now monotonously routine scapegoating of refugees for the pain and insecurity that more and more people feel, even in the richest countries in the world, translates into plain abuse out there in the public.