Flight & Asylum

Ten years after Europe’s “Welcoming Culture,” the EU has outsourced asylum to North Africa — ignoring racism, repression, and human rights abuses in pursuit of short-term border control.

As Sudan’s war rages on, millions have been displaced—most of them women and children. On World Refugee Day, journalist Shimaa Samy shares the intertwined stories of two Sudanese women in Cairo. 

The violent clashes in Sudan since April 2023 have led to considerable displacement and great hardship for the civilian population. Despite this, the humanitarian crisis is hardly being addressed by the European public. An analysis of the causes and consequences of the conflict and the resulting refugee movements.