Forced Migration

Need for new schools in Malé reignites decentralisation debate

The education minister denied plans to build 10 more schools in the capital after headlines to the contrary drew a backlash.

Forced migration around the corner: Time to act

“Maldivians are paying a high social and economic cost for development policies that force atoll populations to migrate to Malé,” writes Salma Fikry in her foreword for Falhu Aliran Muiy, a book by Muna Mohamed on the inhabited islands of Maldives.

“They do not care”: Maldives outsources climate change pavilion at international art show