Refugees

Australians stand in solidarity with refugees in honour of Aylan Kurdi MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 07: A woman holds a sign during a candle light vigil in honour of Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi and in protest against the Australian government's position on refugees and asylum seekers on September 07, 2015, in Melbourne, Australia.

The World Is Failing Its Refugees

Kiribati has extended a welcome to refugees in the past—including a group of Afghan refugees back on September 11, 2001—but the island nation’s residents now face displacement due to climate change, without legal protections grants to other refugees.

Is the World Ready for Climate Change Refugees?

Michele Barry (right) during a visit to Khartoum, Sudan.

Changing the Global Health Paradigm: Michele Barry

Syrian girls wash clothes outside their tent in the displaced persons camp in Atmeh, Syria in 2013.

Learn from the Pros: Public Health in Humanitarian Crises

A young refugee in front of hundreds of tents, during sunrise in a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece in March 2016.

How to Fix the Broken Humanitarian System: A Q&A with Paul Spiegel

Children look out at the sunset over the Bamarne IDP camp in northern Iraq.

The Case Against the Executive Order on Refugees

Ambulance depot near the Emergency Response Centre, Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Time to Shake Up Emergency Response