A European without a Country - Minorities in the Baltics
By 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,...
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- Apr 22, 2020
- 3 min
Paradoxical Safety Nets: Looking at the lives of Rohingya Women
By Gurmeet Kaur Back in 2015, millions of Rohingyas fled Myanmar for the fear of persecution due to their religious identity. Nearly all...
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- Apr 2, 2019
- 4 min
Through Hell for Heaven: Religious Persecution in China
By Zahra El Bouhali In August 2018, a UN human rights panel cited credible reports stating that more than 1 million people are being...
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- Sep 22, 2018
- 4 min
Refugee paralegals
By Christian Musenga Refugees in Kenya face multiple challenges. In addition to the long process of recognition or rejection of refugee...
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- Jul 26, 2017
- 1 min
Borders
By Jelle Wassenaar A poem about the ability for European people with passports to cross a border with no trouble whatsoever, while people...
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- Jul 25, 2017
- 2 min
a Number, a Name
By Jelle Wassenaar A poem from two different perspectives about refugees who are lost in the numbers, currently living in a camp where...
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- Jul 21, 2017
- 1 min
Complicated
By Jelle Wassenaar A poem about the complicated world of helping people (as a volunteer) and how one can struggle with emotions as you...
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- Jul 20, 2017
- 1 min
Darkness
By Jelle Wassenaar A poem I wrote while in Greece about the trip people make from Turkey via Farmakonisi – a military island – to Leros....
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- Jul 19, 2017
- 2 min
Life in the jungle
By 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...
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- Feb 13, 2017
- 5 min
My story as a volunteer in a Greek camp in Ritsona
By Jelle Wassenaar From the very first moment you – a stranger – enter the community of Ritsona, you feel accepted. People see an unknown...
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