A migrant looks out the window on a bus on her way north to Nicaragua and the Mexico-U.S. border, in Paso Canoas, Costa Rica, in 2023. Grassroots organizations that help migrants in countries in Costa Rica have been significantly affected by American cuts to humanitarian aid in 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

How international aid cuts are eroding refugee protections in the Global South

In light of the U.S. retreat from humanitarian leadership, countries like Canada must assume a more prominent role in sustaining global protection systems.
A Syrian refugee boy jumps from a swing as he plays under cloudy skies at the public beach of Ramlet al Bayda in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

How displaced Syrians effectively navigated ‘border frictions’ in Lebanon and Turkey

Many displaced Syrians responded to harsh border controls by passing through permeable borders, using alternative routes and relying upon the use of smugglers and social networks.

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