Aug 11, 20207 minA European without a Country - Minorities in the BalticsBy Aleksejs Ivashuk I am European, but not a citizen of the country of where I was born or of any other. I was born in Riga, Latvia,...
Apr 22, 20203 minParadoxical Safety Nets: Looking at the lives of Rohingya WomenBy Gurmeet Kaur Back in 2015, millions of Rohingyas fled Myanmar for the fear of persecution due to their religious identity. Nearly all...
Apr 2, 20194 minThrough Hell for Heaven: Religious Persecution in ChinaBy Zahra El Bouhali In August 2018, a UN human rights panel cited credible reports stating that more than 1 million people are being...
Sep 22, 20184 minRefugee paralegalsBy Christian Musenga Refugees in Kenya face multiple challenges. In addition to the long process of recognition or rejection of refugee...
Jul 26, 20171 minBordersBy Jelle Wassenaar A poem about the ability for European people with passports to cross a border with no trouble whatsoever, while people...
Jul 25, 20172 mina Number, a NameBy Jelle Wassenaar A poem from two different perspectives about refugees who are lost in the numbers, currently living in a camp where...
Jul 21, 20171 minComplicatedBy Jelle Wassenaar A poem about the complicated world of helping people (as a volunteer) and how one can struggle with emotions as you...
Jul 20, 20171 minDarknessBy Jelle Wassenaar A poem I wrote while in Greece about the trip people make from Turkey via Farmakonisi – a military island – to Leros....
Jul 19, 20172 minLife in the jungleBy Jelle Wassenaar A poem about life in Calais and how it must’ve felt like before it got dismantled earlier this year and people were...
Feb 13, 20175 minMy story as a volunteer in a Greek camp in RitsonaBy Jelle Wassenaar From the very first moment you – a stranger – enter the community of Ritsona, you feel accepted. People see an unknown...