by News Decoder | 28 Sep 2015 | Youth Voices
“I am interested in exploring the economic and political roots of migration — the why.” Diana Montaño Name: Diana Montaño Birth place: Mexico City, Mexico Age: 34 Occupation: Multimedia Journalist and Youth Media Educator Languages: Spanish, English,...
by Pauline Bock | 23 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Decoders, Europe, Middle East
This article is part of a News-Decoder series of “decoders” that explain crucial background to big issues. For more decoders, click here. By Pauline Bock Waves of migrants and refugees are threatening one of Europe’s bedrock achievements — the...
by News Decoder | 21 Sep 2015 | Americas, Asia, Europe, Middle East
By Nelson Graves Here at News-Decoder we take stock on Fridays and look ahead to the next week’s news themes. It’s a way of making sense of developments that in the digital age can go by in a flash and confuse more than illuminate. Here’s a note I...
by Colin McIntyre | 18 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Syria
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...
by Pauline Bock | 11 Sep 2015 | Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, Syria
The world is grappling with its biggest migrant crisis since World War Two. To understand, it’s important to distinguish between refugees and migrants. See also our Decoder on migration crises. If it were a country, the “nation of the displaced” would be the...