Ambika Kandasamy

2015 On Pace To Break Record For Migrant Deaths In The Mediterranean

The latest deaths in the Mediterranean have reignited the debate on how the European Union should deal with the crisis.

Ambika Kandasamy
By Ambika Kandasamy

Migrants wait to disembark from a tug boat after being rescued in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, southern Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. Last year more than 3,000 asylum seekers perished as they strived to cross the Mediterranean Sea to seek a safe haven in Europe, the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration said. Given the number

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150 Years After Geneva Convention Set Out To Protect Civilians, Things Are Worse For Them Than Ever

This Swiss diplomat says it’s time to rethink how we protect people in war.

Ambika Kandasamy
By Ambika Kandasamy

Thousands of Syrian refugees are streaming over the Turkish border this week after their towns were overrun by Islamic State militants. And millions more are enduring a brutally violent civil war, which has killed more than 191,000 civilians and displaced more than three million people from their homes, according to data from the United

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