Lift-off for Britain’s Rwanda outsourcing plan? Don’t bet on it
by Rashmee
Posted on June 14, 2022
It’s been two months since Britain struck a deal with Rwanda to send asylum-seekers on …
Read MoreBritain’s DIY-asylum for Ukrainian refugees has potential…and perils
by Rashmee
Posted on March 16, 2022
It was Keir Starmer’s Labour Party that called out the British government’s efforts on Ukrainian …
Read MoreThe Refugee Convention is dead: let’s bury it and start again
by Rashmee
Posted on December 19, 2021 / open Democracy
In the past decade, there’s been a shift away from international norms for protecting people …
Read MoreBritain is seeking an ‘Australian solution’ to the migrant problem
by Rashmee
Posted on November 22, 2021
Reports that migrants are continuing to try to cross the Channel from northern France to …
Read MoreBelarus is weaponizing human beings. For years, Europe has done the same, in reverse
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2021
Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was spot on when he said that the border crisis…
Read MoreAbdulrazak Gurnah: the truth-teller’s tale
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2021 / open Democracy
Winning the Nobel Prize in literature means his work could add essential nuance to the …
Read MoreDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
by Rashmee
Posted on September 14, 2021 / open Democracy
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human …
Read MoreInside the Afghan resettlement process in London
by Rashmee
Posted on September 8, 2021 / open Democracy
Within hours of Afghan refugees’ arrival in the UK, local councils sprang into action, as …
Read MoreThe Afghan situation comes home to Greenwich
by Rashmee
Posted on August 31, 2021
Late last evening, I received an urgent email from my local authority. “As you know …
Read MoreEven a pandemic can’t stop the desperate flow of refugees to Europe
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
In the circumstances, an EU humanitarian package might serve as a band aid but not …
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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