Refugees

Families arrive in South Sudan carrying everything they can. The surge of arrivals is putting further strain on an already overburdened health system. There’s an estimated ratio of one physician for every 65,574 people in the country and 9.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.

Refugees from Sudan’s bitter civil war are stretching the aid agencies to breaking point

ByGeographical StaffApr 17, 2024

Families arrive in South Sudan Photographer Peter Caton has been in the region in recent months, documenting conditions and the…

Photo of some of the Windermere boys with a carer in Prague, before they flew to Carlisle to then get buses to Windermere.

Refugee Week 2023: Compassion in Windermere children story

ByVictoria HeathJun 23, 2023

Refugee Week 2023's theme is compassion - discover the vital role of compassion in rehoming 300 Jewish Holocaust children survivors

Abdul Salam, 62, photographed in 2018 inside a hole that he had excavated to build a latrine in Kutupalong-Balukhali refugee camp

The Rohingya camps of despair

ByGeographical ContributorMay 15, 2023

Dispossessed Rohingya refugees are living in vast, sprawling, underfunded camps in Bangladesh. What does the future hold for them?

Iraqi Kurdistan: A nation in a state

ByGeographical ContributorFeb 15, 2023

Iraqi Kurdistan, unlike the rest of Iraq or Syria, was previously considered relatively safe and stable. However, in recent years, growing problems have caused the semi-autonomous state to stumble %

Where will the Taliban’s refugee exodus go?

ByJacob DykesApr 28, 2022

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan prompted a refugee crisis, highlighting how nations differ in the numbers they’re willing to re-home