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Drought forces a family in Somalia to sell teenage daughter into marriage: Heartbreaking photo report
Family forced into impossible situations as an an arc of hunger and violence stretches across Africa into the Middle East.
David Sim Apr 10, 2017
In pictures: The daily lives of the thousands of families who have had to flee their homes in Mosul
Award-winning photojournalist Carl Court visited the Hamam al-Alil refugee camp as the fight to liberate Mosul from Isis enters its sixth month.
David Sim Apr 06, 2017
In pictures: Four-day-old baby girl rescued from dinghy adrift in the Mediterranean Sea
Crew members abroad the 'Golfo Azzurro', the rescue vessel of the Spanish aid organisation Proactiva Open Arms, spotted two overcrowded rubber boats floating at sea in the early hours of Saturday (1 April)
Alex Wheeler Apr 03, 2017
Powerful photos of people being rescued at sea in the Mediterranean
Award-winning photojournalist David Ramos joined the crew of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms vessel Golfo Azzuro during a search and rescue mission off the coast of Libya.
David Sim Feb 20, 2017
Xenophobia-fearing asylum seekers risk brutal winter conditions to cross from US into Canada
Two men lost all their fingers to frostbite after a 10-hour trek across fields of waist-high snow in sub-zero temperatures.
David Sim Feb 16, 2017
Malaysian ship delivers aid to Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar
The Rohingya are one of the most persecuted groups in the world. Neither Bangladesh nor Myanmar recognises them as citizens.
David Sim Feb 16, 2017
The plight of the Rohingya: Caught between ethnic cleansing and banishment
The UN says Myanmar's security forces have committed mass killings and gang rapes of Rohingya Muslims. Now Bangladesh plans to ship them off to a remote uninhabitable island.
David Sim Feb 08, 2017
South Sudan refugee exodus to Uganda raises spectre of Rwanda genocide
Award-winning photographer Paula Bronstein documents the biggest refugee movement in Central Africa since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
David Sim Jan 05, 2017
World's most dangerous border crossing: Photos of dramatic rescues in Mediterranean sea
The coast guard ship Diciotti and the Topaz, a ship run by humanitarian group Migrant Offshore Aid Station, are part of the effort.
David Sim Nov 23, 2016
Migrants stranded in derelict warehouse as Hungary reinforces Serbia border fence
Hungary is building a second 'intelligent' fence equipped with heat and motion sensors and night-vision cameras along its border with Serbia.
David Sim Nov 22, 2016
Aerial photos of the Calais Jungle camp before and after demolition
Bulldozers have flattened the ramshackle huts and tents that had been home to about 6,000 people.
David Sim Nov 01, 2016
Riot police swoop on migrant camp near Stalingrad metro station in Paris
Officials say the numbers living and sleeping rough in the area have swollen by about a third since the evacuation of the Jungle.
David Sim Oct 31, 2016
Calais Jungle camp is gone, leaving poignant traces of its hopeful residents
Nearly 6,000 migrants have been bused around France, leaving behind the possessions accumulated during their time in the camp.
David Sim Oct 27, 2016
Workers use sledgehammers to demolish Calais Jungle migrant camp
'Jungle' had been home to more than 6,000 people, most of them hoping to reach Britain.
David Sim Oct 25, 2016
Refugees begin leaving Calais Jungle camp after night of protests
The authorities are carrying out a complex operation, unprecedented in Europe, to shut down the makeshift camp.
David Sim Oct 24, 2016
Dismantling Calais Jungle and relocating migrants 'won't work' say French charities
'Reception and orientation centres' where refugees can apply for aslum will open but charities forecast they will try to get to the UK instead.
Alex Wheeler Oct 12, 2016
Over 10,000 refugees and migrants rescued in 48 hours, trying to reach European shores
Smugglers took advantage of calm waters to launch vessels crowded with refugees who pay them in the hope of reaching Europe.
Alex Wheeler Oct 05, 2016
Calais Jungle to be shut down 'with method and determination' by end of 2016
At least 10,000 refugees from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are currently living in the Calais camp.
Alex Wheeler Sep 26, 2016
Shipwrecked refugees detained in Egypt after boat capsizes in Med leaving 43 dead
Those on board were Egyptian, Eritrean, Sudanese and Somalian, although it was not clear where the boat was travelling to.
Alex Wheeler Sep 22, 2016
Fire destroys Lesbos refugee camp leaving thousands stranded
Residents could be seen wandering through the ashes and remains of tents, trailers and containers in which they once lived.
Alex Wheeler Sep 20, 2016
Beautiful photos of a Somali wedding in a Mogadishu refugee camp
"Life is about who you marry, not the type of home you live in."
Alex Wheeler Sep 13, 2016
Calais: Hundreds block major highway in protest against 'Jungle' camp
Tensions among locals have increased after the population of the camp rose to at least 7,000 people.
Alex Wheeler Sep 05, 2016
Half a million children around Lake Chad face severe acute malnutrition
A drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram is a disastrous pairing.
David Sim Aug 25, 2016
Dramatic photos show EU migrant crisis scenes in the Balkans in 2015 and 2016
Compare and contrast scenes of the Balkan migrant crisis over the past two years.
David Sim Jul 27, 2016
African migrants hoping to reach US wait in makeshift camp at the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border
Refugee camp is located in Penas Blancas on the official border crossing into Costa Rica.
Alex Wheeler Jul 15, 2016
World Refugee Day 2016: 60 powerful photos of desperate families trying to reach safety
Every day, thousands of families are forced to flee war and violence, leaving everything behind – except their hopes and dreams for a safer future.
David Sim Jun 19, 2016
Refugee crisis: Migrants risk dangerous Mediterranean sea crossing after Turkey-Greece route is closed
The European Union deal with Turkey has affected the flow of people who have been able to reach Greece.
Alex Wheeler May 25, 2016
Idomeni: Refugees at Greek camp moved to state-supervised facilities
Government officials report that 1,110 people had left the camp.
Alex Wheeler May 24, 2016
Greece: Daily life inside Malakasa refugee camp
As conditions in refugee camps worsen, the relocation target of 20,000 asylum seekers has been virtually ignored.
Alex Wheeler May 19, 2016
Refugee crisis: Daily lives of unaccompanied children in Calais Jungle hoping to reach Britain
There are 294 unaccompanied children living in the Calais refugee camp, with further 129 unaccounted for.
Alex Wheeler May 12, 2016
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