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WHAT'S NEXT?: Conflict, climate change, and economic necessity will continue to cause mass migrations to more stable countries and in turn cause concerns about integration, security and excess demand of national resources.from the accepting nation.

  • [New] Some migrants with criminal backgrounds are not vetted and are improperly released into communities, putting U.S. citizens at risk. AP News
  • [New] Gaza is on the brink of famine, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees warned in late February. Middle East Eye
  • [New] Evidence published by the Refugee Council from organizations that support people who are seeking asylum finds that the fear of being sent to Rwanda will simply result in riskier journeys to avoid detection on arrival. The Guardian
  • [New] Through the Pact on Migration and Asylum, the EU will strengthen the management of asylum applications in the EU, protecting refugees and people in need of international protection, as well as supporting refugee-host countries. European Commission
  • [New] The potential influx of migrants into the U.S. from Mexico poses a significant risk to state institutions at a humanitarian, economic, and governance level. Brookings
  • [New] The Scottish Asylum and Refugee Resettlement Agency would work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to identify refugees with the most pressing needs and no durable solution in their current location who could come to Scotland. SPICe Spotlight | Solas air SPICe
  • [New] The UK will pay to the economic transformation and integration fund, which is designed to support economic growth in Rwanda; and make payments to cover asylum processing and operational costs for individuals relocated to Rwanda. The Guardian
  • [New] At least two dozen people died off Senegal's northern coast and many others were injured when their boat capsized, officials said, underscoring the danger of the route used by an increasing number of migrants seeking to reach Spain from West Africa. Winnipeg Free Press
  • [New] Owing to economic factors, including limited job opportunities and low wages, there has been significant outward migration in recent years and more than one million Tajiks migrate to Russia every year. ReliefWeb
  • Over the past few years, the Universities of Sanctuary movement has been growing in the UK, as an increasing number of universities have started to offer more opportunities to students with backgrounds of forced migration. University of Leicester
  • Border police have identified the possibility that Putin will flood Europe with migrants, both through its eastern borders and through the regions in Africa controlled by his private militias, as a major security risk for 2024. The Telegraph
  • UNHCR continues to provide protection and assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees, stateless people, and host communities based on identified needs and vulnerabilities. ReliefWeb
  • Doctors Without Borders warns of alarmingly high levels of sexual and gender-based violence among migrants and refugees crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia. ReliefWeb
  • The United States will not support Israel's planned offensive into Rafah until officials have seen a plan that ensures the safety of refugees seeking shelter in the southern Gaza city. CNN
  • The Australian Early Development Index shows a rising prevalence of vulnerability in children's social and emotional development in low socio-economic areas where there are high levels of migrant and refugee families with English as second language. Home
  • Joe Biden will sign legislation to send new military aid to Ukraine and Israel, even if it does not contain policy changes intended to stop migrants from crossing the southern border, the White House announced. The Guardian
  • Britain will undermine its standing in the world if it enacts a government plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. Republican-American
  • S atellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting that Egypt is building what appears to be a large, concrete-walled enclosure which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees flooding out of Gaza via the Rafah crossing on its eastern border. PMP Magazine
  • Economic factors - either poor conditions in migrants' home countries or better economic opportunities in the United States - are widely viewed as major reasons for the migrant influx. Pew Research Center - U.S. Politics & Policy
  • Pakistan's return order highlights the danger of forcing refugees to spend long waiting periods in fragile countries to get access to resettlement. ReliefWeb
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday directed the Israeli Defence Forces to plan the evacuation of the city of Rafah, which lies on Gaza's southern border with Egypt and reportedly holds more than a million refugees already forced from their homes elsewhere in the 25-mile-long strip. The Automatic Earth

Last updated: 13 March 2024



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