The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is getting worse due to famine and the increasing displacement of people. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other agencies have issued urgent calls to rescue Yemenis who are facing multiple crises,...
A refugee is a person fleeing her/his country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group or political opinion. Close to 4 million Afghani refugees left their country as a result of...
This summer, Antonio Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino was elected the new Director General of the International Organization for Migration by acclamation. According to Augusto Santos Silva, Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vitorino has a proven record in...
On April 10, 2018, the School of Diplomacy hosted a talk by Mohamad Mirghahari entitled, “Security through Understanding: Emir Abd el-Kader: A Muslim Example for Our Time.” As our Inaugural Emir Abd el-Kader Fellow, Mr. Mirghahari discussed how he is using the life...
