Ethiopia, UAE and Bangladesh: Sanctuary from the heart?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 26, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


Something quite remarkable with respect to refugees may be quietly under way in parts of …

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Hungary’s Orban says he wants ‘protect Europe’. Which one?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 14, 2018


It was striking that Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban declared that his country took as …

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What South Korea’s reaction to Yemeni refugees really tells us

by Rashmee

Posted on July 13, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


It has taken less than a thousand refugees fleeing Yemen’s grinding three-year-old war for prosperous, …

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Why Europe seeks an ‘Australian solution’ to the migrant issue

by Rashmee

Posted on July 8, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


When European leaders talk of establishing “disembarkation platforms” for migrants in the Middle East and …

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Can the heroic act of the Paris ‘Spider-Man’ change the perception of migrants?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 3, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


Mamoudou Gassama, the Malian undocumented migrant feted by France for his heroism, epitomises the many …

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Italy has fewer migrants now but hateful Trumpian echoes resound

by Rashmee

Posted on February 11, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


By every calculation, Italy’s election in early March will settle nothing. The country may or …

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How’s that? Ultra-right lost regional German election that went well for the far-right

by Rashmee

Posted on September 6, 2016


Consider the enormity of what happened in a relatively poor and obscure part of northeastern …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK