The fight to clear ISIS from its Syrian territory is nearly over. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have declared they are in the process of eliminating the last remaining pockets of ISIS resistance south of the town of Baghuz, having retaken Baghuz itself from the extremist organization on Tuesday.
We often read articles in the media of the successes of refugees and asylum seekers integrating into their new countries: a young woman receiving perfect marks and graduating first of her class at university, or an enterprising young man opening a restaurant featuring recipes from his hometown.
The humanitarian crisis in Yemen is “the worst in the world,” according to a UN report earlier this year: an estimated 24 million people, or 80 percent of the population, is in need of assistance and protection from hunger and armed conflict. Yet despite the scale of the devastation, migration from East Africa to Yemen is growing year after year.