Society / Refugees
Articles about Refugees, ordered by date. 
Letter from Bangui: Our trespasses
A hold-up at the airport sets Ruby Diamonde to thinking about the state of siege under which Central Africans have to live.
When Western therapies fail
Is a Western approach the best way to engage with the mental health issues of other cultures? Nick Harvey visits Burmese refugees in Thailand to find out.
'I was in an art class'
Even the young are not exempt: a Costa Rican schoolgirl recalls the day Canadian immigration officers arrested her.
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi was removed from Britain to months of fear and persecution as a gay man in Uganda. Eventually, a British judge ruled his removal illegal and ordered that he be brought back. He tells Dinyar Godrej about his journey.
Frontline Bangladesh
Some Pacifc islands are already being evacuated. Bangladesh stands next in the climate change frontline. The difference is, it has a massive and growing population.
Jungle orphans
Nick Harvey reports on the position of the Hmong – both inside Laos and the bleak refugee camps of Thailand.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| Lost identities | Gold trouble | September, 2014 |
| Letter from Bangui: Our trespasses | The politics of language loss | June, 2014 |
| Free the Eritrean captives | Argentina's challenge | June, 2013 |
| When Western therapies fail | Mental health | May, 2012 |
| 'I was in an art class' | Deported! What happened next? | June, 2010 |
| John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention | Deported! What happened next? | June, 2010 |
| Frontline Bangladesh | Too many of us? The population panic. | January, 2010 |
| Jungle orphans | Where have all the Bees gone? | September, 2009 |
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