In 2023, over 8,500 migrants died en route to a better opportunity. What can volunteers do to help refugees? There are many ways to help refugees abroad. Whether you volunteer in a refugee camp or with refugees, asylees, and migrants in the community, a range of skills are in demand. ...
Don’t be basic:There are many impactful books by talented authors in the cultural zeitgeist that will be popular choices for many students. You don’t want your essay to be the tenth one onThe Handmaid’s Talethat admissions officers read that day. Try and pick something you wouldn’t be...
“So I scribbled on it, I can’t think why, ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.’” At that point Tolkien had no idea what a hobbit even was. But to the enormous benefit of readers worldwide, he let the idea blossom! For me, sometimes it’s a passage in an articl...
Beyond the sea level rise, floating cities would have to plan for climate refugees who are seeking shelter. As extreme weather intensifies (as a result of climate change), floating homes could be particularly vulnerable. There are also environmental concerns about floating cities. For example, how...
Of course, there are always some people who think they can get away with it. Maybe they're feeling a little frisky after a night out or just don't want to wait until they get home. But let me tell you, getting caught with your pants down (literally) is not worth the risk. ...
circumventing breaks in the supply chains; and supporting refugees and others immediately impacted by the war. And while solidarity and crisis management will continue to be urgent necessities for however long the war lasts, leaders must start to develop strategies for the midterm — and t...
The world is in danger of entering a post-human rights era — and, as some of the world’s most vulnerable people refugees and migrants may pay the price. A renewed commitment to the rule-based multilateral system underpinned by human rights could avert the worst of...
Some of these incoming residents could potentially be classified as environmental refugees moving from increasingly environmentally challenging locations to an area that at least had relatively stable weather conditions and enough freshwater to survive. Those forced to move into the region would not be ...
The experiment had a 2 (anti-immigration metaphor: present, absent) x 2 (anti-immigration hyperbole: present, absent) between-subjects design. Participants read a short statement from an anonymous politician, promoting a stricter asylum policy to reduce the influx of economic refugees to the Nether...
The pandemic, though dark in so many respects, has a green lining. The halt in travel allowed Mother Earth to rest andrecover after a busy year in which about 1.5 billion people flitted around the globe. Before borders closed, ...