The words refugees, migrants and climate change are increasingly becoming connected to each other, but sometimes causing more noise than shedding light! The three terms have very distinct origins and global fora for discourse which were quite different and siloed in the past. However over the last year all of them have recognised the need to connect with each other. …

Moving towards a humanitarian-development response to the Rohingya refugee crisis Giorgi Gigauri is the Chief of IOM-UN Migration Agency’s mission in Bangladesh. This interview has been edited for clarity. What is IOM’s overall vision for on-going Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh? Our overall vision is basically two-fold. The first is the humanitarian phase. So, before we speak of midterm, longer term …