Europe could learn a lot from poor nations welcoming refugees

As the World Humanitarian Summit is held in Istanbul, Oxfam Ireland CEO Jim Clarken says Europe could learn a lot from Tanzania’s solidarity with and generosity towards refugees

THE year before last, 180,000 people died in 42 conflicts around the globe.

Wars will happen. But even wars have laws. Almost 70 years since the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the failure to ensure respect for international humanitarian law has never been more apparent.