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Nirmalshankar M is a doctoral candidate at the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Commentary 803: EXPLAINED: Israel’s paradox of immigration and emigration

27 January 2026

Even as rockets fell over homes and cities, planeloads of immigrants continued to land at Ben-Gurion Airport. Last week, 225 new immigrants from North

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Commentary 805: Lebanon's refugee dilemma: The uncertain future of Syrians returning home

29 January 2026

The return of Syrian refugees from Lebanon is widely viewed as a positive development, but it also highlights a complex dilemma. The fall of Assad&

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Commentary 809: Yemen's humanitarian catastrophe: The devastating impact on women, children

04 February 2026

Last week, the UN warned that the new humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen, marked  by acute food supply difficulties, has resulted in the nation

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Commentary 813: Iran's shifting stance - From Afghan refugee sanctuary to mass deportations

16 February 2026

The Islamic Republic of Iran, with decades of international sanctions and mounting internal financial challenges, adopts a nuanced approach to the Afg

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Commentary 818: Why Egypt has the largest Sudanese refugee population in the world, but zero from Gaza

03 March 2026

Egypt stands at a critical juncture between two of the world’s most devastating humanitarian crises. In the south, the Sudanese civil war, a con

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Commentary 821: OPINION | In war-torn Libya, illegal migrant-smuggling economy is flourishing

09 March 2026

According to the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM), this week, 42 migrants were presumed dead after a shipwreck near Libya

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Commentary 824: Beyond racism: The complex roots of Tunisia's war on migrants

12 March 2026

Earlier this month, Tunisia declared that it would not become a transit zone for migrants.  In 2025, the country repatriated over 10,000 migrants

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Commentary 830: Who are Bnei Menashe? Unpacking the journey of Israel's lost tribe

24 March 2026

The Bnei Menashe, also known as ‘Sons of Menashe,’ are indigenous people within the Kuki-Chin-Mizo ethnic family. These individuals curren

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Commentary 835: How Morocco asserts its role as both a refugee destination and a critical partner in the EU’s migration strategy

31 March 2026

For decades, the Kingdom of Morocco was viewed almost exclusively as a ‘transit country’ for migrants from the Middle East and sub-Saharan

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Commentary 837: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026: 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau

06 April 2026

As the world marks the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust on January 27, the act of remembering  has ev

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