Greta Privitera hears the stories of some of the 20,000 refugees who have died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean – and the families and friends still trying to find them.
Coronavirus is spreading, tensions at borders are rising and refugee camps are overcrowded and under-resourced. As refugees at the Greek-Turkish border are met with water guns and hostility, Mariana Fotaki calls for countries across the EU to offer more than just compassion. Encouraged by Turkey, refugees and forced migrants have once more been arriving at… Read more »
Changes to our daily lives since the coronavirus outbreak are proving difficult for many, but people with intellectual disabilities, who often rely on routine and consistency, are facing an even greater challenge.
Photojournalist Gabriele Cecconi’s images from Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh expose both the human suffering and environmental degradation caused by forced mass migration.
“People might speculate on why someone might end up homeless – mental health issues, substance misuse, debt, abuse, relationship breakdown – but very few people understand the day-to-day experience of being homeless.”
Lacuna Magazine is proud to publish stories by younger writers. Here is a selection of stories from school pupils, university students and recent graduates.
“The international community always says never again”, says Salah Uddin, a Rohingya man born in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, “but we are letting genocide happen in the 21st century.” In Bradford, we meet the founding members of the British Rohingya Community speaking from the first office used and run by a Rohingya-led organisation anywhere in the world.
