Attempted Coup in Turkey: Two Months On

On the evening of 15 July, 2016, reports of armed clashes in Ankara and Istanbul dominated global news coverage as a group of military officers attempted to seize power from the government headed by President Erdogan. This operation sought to secure sites of information dissemination and restrict movement through the country, but ultimately failed in […]

PublishedSeptember 15th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/2855/

Around 600,000 Afghan Refugees expected to be displaced from Pakistan

Despite the unstable situation in Afghanistan, almost 600,000 refugees in Pakistan are expected to return to their country of origin by March 2017, according to the International Organization for Migration. The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, extended the stay of Afghan refugees in his country by three months after a previously issued deadline. Accordingly, […]

PublishedSeptember 12th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/around-600000-afghan-refugees-expected-to-be-displaced-from-pakistan/

New UNICEF Report on Crisis for Refugee Children

On September 7th, UNICEF released a new report “Uprooted: The Growing Crisis for Refugee and Migrant Children” reflecting on the growing crisis for refugee and migrant children and presenting data on the lives and situation of millions of children and families affected by violent conflict. The agency points out that across the globe nearly 50 […]

PublishedSeptember 12th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/new-unicef-report-on-crisis-for-refugee-children/

Government and opposition to work together for peace in Mali

The once tense relations between President Keita of Mali, and leader of the opposition Soumalia Cissé have been tempered in recent weeks, as both parties have agreed to work together to find a solution to the country’s rapidly escalating internal conflict. The two met on September 9th to begin the first of a series […]

PublishedSeptember 12th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/government-and-opposition-to-work-together-for-peace-in-mali/

Syrian conflict and rethinking ‘Geopolitics in the Middle East’

Earlier this year, the Institute for Islamic Strategic Affairs (IISA) published its Annual Strategic Brief, as part of the IISA Ibn Khaldun paper series, focusing on geopolitics in the Middle East. Our main argument was that state of conflicts and geopolitics in the Middle East is much more complex than conventionally thought, and comprises of […]

PublishedSeptember 8th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/situuation-analysis-syrian-conflict-and-rethinking-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/

Calais Jungle: Anglo-French plan to build a four-metre high wall to ensure road safety in Calais

The UK immigration minister has confirmed a wall will be built along the Calais port’s main dual-carriageway approach road, which passes adjacent to the Calais Jungle refugee camp. Construction of the wall is part of a £17 million Anglo-French security package, which includes safe spaces for trucks to wait at the port. The security measures […]

PublishedSeptember 7th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/calais-jungle-anglo-french-plan-to-build-a-four-metre-high-wall-to-ensure-road-safety-in-calais/

Europe: a Year on from Merkel’s ‘Wir schaffen das’ (We can do it!) on Refugees

Marking the anniversary of Chancellor Merkel’s statements offering sanctuary to Syrian refugees in 2015, the Chancellor has now made critical statements highlighting faults made in the European response to the refugee crisis. Ms. Merkel commented on Europe being ill-prepared for a refugee crisis that had been building for several years, and the severely lacking coordination and […]

PublishedAugust 31st, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/08/europe-a-year-on-from-merkels-wir-schaffen-das-we-can-do-it-on-refugees/

The Confusion Surrounding Boko Haram’s Leadership

by Laura Gardner This article has been edited after the Nigerian military’s announcement on August 23rd that Abubakar Shekau was fatally wounded in an airstrike. Given that similar claims have been made by Nigeria’s army in the past, only to be disproven, we await further details and verification and may edit the story in the […]

PublishedAugust 23rd, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/08/boko-harams-leadership/

180,000 Refugees Displaced from Yemen since March 2015

The UN reported the US-backed coalition in Yemen has created more than more than 180,000 refugees since March 2015. Yemeni refugees have fled to neighbouring Middle Eastern and North African countries, with 51,000 refugees living in camps in Oman, 39,880 in Saudi Arabia and 36,162 in Djibouti.

PublishedAugust 23rd, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/08/180000-refugees-displaced-from-yemen-since-march-2015/

Problems persist in the Balkans

In spite of tightened border restrictions and an increasingly difficult journey, refugee arrivals to the Hungarian border have continued, and issues with smugglers persist in Macedonia. There were also reports of violent attacks and sexual assaults on refugees in Macedonia. A volunteer with MSF stated “closure of the borders will not discourage people from migration. It will just put them in a more vulnerable position and make them more exposed to smugglers,”

PublishedAugust 23rd, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/refugee-report-articles/2016/08/problems-persist-in-the-balkans/