In just a few months, this pandemic has turned the lives of children all around the world upside down: their protection against the disease and its consequences is now causing great concern within the United Nations (UN). Ibis Frade The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has issued a warning about the dangers faced […]
Multiculture
Spread of coronavirus in refugee camps
According to Oxfam, refugees living in camps are sharing one tap between up to 250 people and many have less than 3.5 square metres of living space per person – smaller than the average UK bathroom – which will make it extremely difficult to contain a coronavirus outbreak. The […]
Online book launch: We are Cuba!
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 caused a severe economic crisis on the Caribbean island that many thought would be impossible to overcome. But they did it. Aspects such as how they did it, how they lived and why are set out in a book that must be […]
The Covid-19 excuse: non-assistance in the Central Mediterranean becomes the norm
The Covid-19 pandemic has allowed states to enact emergency measures which curtail the right and freedom to move, within Europe and beyond. While some measures seem justified in order to contain the spread of a dangerous virus, European authorities have used this health crisis to normalise the already existing practice […]
The better angels of our nature?
Is violence decreasing worldwide? This is the question addressed by Steven Pinker (professor of psychology, Harvard), to which he answers a resounding, albeit qualified, 800 page ‘Yes!’ Nigel Pocock For hundreds of years violence has been dropping, even if there are huge spikes in the downward graph caused […]