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Robust health systems are society’s first line of defence against pandemics

Belgium has long been written off as a dysfunctional and failing state, yet its response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly functional

Island of refugee despair

While the outrage of Europeans has been turned to Donald Trump’s wall and the handling of migrants at the border with Mexico, they ignore a humanitarian disaster closer to home. The EU has left Greece to handle the influx of refugees on its own and those stuck on Lesbos are living in abysmal conditions.

Prisoners of our guilty consciences

The intensifying crackdown on the media and civil society in Egypt leaves Egyptians who are out of the country feeling powerless to help and guilty about the freedoms they enjoy.

The generous of the earth in the most wretched of places

If you’re feeling dejected by the troubled times we live in, remember that human generosity lives on, even in the most wretched of places.

Watanili: The art of helping Syrian children rediscover childhood

Through art, film and education, Watanili is a grassroots initiatives which is working to give traumatised Syrian kids a dose of normal childhood.

How can refugees invade Europe without invaders?

Any objective observer can see that the refugees of today are not the invaders of history. So why are so many Europeans afraid of refugees?

Greek islands: No holiday in the sun for Syrian refugees

Kos is straining under the influx of Syrian refugees. Though locals are hospitable, the refugees are desperate to move on but where or how eludes them.