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“The Israeli government has not publicly confirmed any plan for Gaza’s population after the current conflict, the authors write. “But as scholars of migration and war, we understand that displacement in conflict is often strategic—that is, it can serve specific short-term and long-term goals.”
Sipp Culture is planning the Homegrown Utica Festival as part of local efforts to tackle food insecurity in Utica, a Mississippi food desert.
Hosting Ukrainian refugees could cost countries more than $30 billion in the first year alone. …This could pose new challenges for the European economy, which is already under stress with high inflation,” Mark A. Grey writes. “As a scholar of mass migration, I think it is important to understand that there is often a connection between forced migration and national or regional security concerns.”
“Escaping war is a dangerous endeavor,” Chen Reis writes. “The media have reported about Ukrainian refugee women and girls being raped in the places where they sought safety. Almost all of the 3.6 million Ukrainians who have left Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, are women and children.”
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