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Handcuffing the helpers | Part 1
As migration is increasingly treated as a security matter rather than a humanitarian concern, migrants and those trying to help them are being regarded as criminals.
As migration is increasingly treated as a security matter rather than a humanitarian concern, migrants and those trying to help them are being regarded as criminals.
Red Cross Red Crescent magazine goes on the road with migrants as they make the exhausting journey through the freezing mountain passes of northern Colombia.
Fabian Arellano Peña, who leads the Colombian Red Cross’ disaster management team, explains what the world needs to learn from the Americas’ biggest, on going, mass migration.
A typical day for thousands of migrants making the long trek on foot through Colombia. These are their stories.
Juan used to work so much that he would hardly see his son Santiago. Now they are on a journey of a lifetime.
Whether travelling by train, road, foot or plane, migrants and asylum seekers often find themselves in extremely vulnerable situations.
Migrants can make important contributions to the communities in which they live. Sometimes all they need is a feeling of safety and a helping hand.
Even for those who manage to make it to a destination country with a good economy, their odyssey is not over.
Powerful images of migrants drowned at sea, crossing over razor-wire fences or arriving on shore after a shipwreck have propelled the current migration phenomenon to the forefront of public consciousness in Europe in the past year.
Sent back to Guatemala after being caught by police in Mexico, Guatemalan migrants arrive at the border with little more than the clothes they are wearing.
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