Aid Archives – The Oxford Student

Why aren’t we talking about the Calais refugees?

18th December 201815th November 2020Jess Thomson

Remember the Calais jungle? Ever since it was officially shut down in October 2016, the refugee crisis only 26 miles away has blissfully drifted out of our heads, replaced by more fun, fresh topics like Brexit and ‘thank u, next’. However, two years on, there are still thousands of people living in makeshift mini-camps in […]

Divisive and Decisive Times: An Interview with Paul Collier

4th June 201812th August 2018Fatima Al-Fahim

Image credit: John Cairns/Blavatnik School of Government I recall sitting in my economic development course as an undergraduate. Paul Collier’s acclaimed bestseller, The Bottom Billion, was a classic on our reading lists. Fast forward a year later, I am sitting opposite him in his office at the glass-walled Blavatnik School of Government for an exclusive interview […]

Meanwhile, in Calais –

25th October 201615th November 2020Robert Jackson

Oft repeated is that standing on the beach at Calais on a clear day you can see the English coastline. Therefore it is puzzling that it has taken months for 387 children to travel across 20.6 miles of water to safety who, under the Dubs amendment or Dublin III agreement, have a legal right to […]

International aid is flawed, but necessary

9th May 20169th May 2016Rachel Dunne

One year on from the devastating earthquake in Nepal, the Red Cross reports that millions are still living in sub-standard temporary shelters. Rebuilding after the disaster has been painfully slow, and with over 800,000 houses destroyed, this has had profound consequences. The reasons given for the delays are numerous. The Nepalese government is keen to […]

The Refugee Crisis: A Shared Responsibility

15th January 2016Tilly Nevin

The Oresund bridge, which connects Sweden to Denmark, stretching from Malmo and Lund to Copenhagen, and which sees 20,000 crossing daily, has, for 15 years, been a monument to international cooperation, a sign of openness, a symbol of interchange between nations and cultures. Now it has become something more akin to the Berlin Wall. On […]