Niger: the Crossroads of the Major Migration Routes
politics Giulia Miraglia politics Giulia Miraglia

Niger: the Crossroads of the Major Migration Routes

The phenomenon of migration from sub-Saharan Africa to territories considered to be safer or economically and politically stable appears to be quite complex to explain. However, to name a few causes, it would seem that poverty, violence, authoritarian regimes, internal conflicts and climate change are the major push factors that bring people to migrate.

(Photo: Mohammad Ghannam | MSF)

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'Politics Over Lives' in Bottleneck Bosnia
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'Politics Over Lives' in Bottleneck Bosnia

In Bosnia, thousands of migrants and refugees find themselves battling sub-zero temperatures, internal power struggles and squalid conditions. A humanitarian crisis has arrived on the nation’s doorstep as allegations of border abuse reign from neighbouring Croatia.

(Photo: Fehim Demir | EPA)

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