Isabelle Roughol

Journalist, podcaster, media consultant, historian. Telling stories & building better newsrooms. Ex- LinkedIn News, Le Figaro, The Guardian, The Cambodia Daily. 🎓 Mizzou '08, Birkbeck '25.

You’re probably wrong about refugees

You’re probably wrong about refugees

Busting some common myths and assumptions about asylum-seekers and Channel crossings

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Borderline
047 | Daniel Sohege | Busting myths about refugees and Channel crossings

047 | Daniel Sohege | Busting myths about refugees and Channel crossings

Arriving without a visa to claim asylum is legal, there is no queue to jump and there is no such thing as the "first safe country" rule.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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046 | Kamal al-Solaylee | Why we go back to where we come from

046 | Kamal al-Solaylee | Why we go back to where we come from

Immigration isn't a one-way ticket. For many, the homeland calls back.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Mass migration is inevitable. The global North should welcome it.

Mass migration is inevitable. The global North should welcome it.

Climate change and demographics are setting the stage for a massive reshuffling of the human population, argues Parag Khanna.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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045 | Parag Khanna | Mass migration is inevitable. We should welcome it.

045 | Parag Khanna | Mass migration is inevitable. We should welcome it.

Climate change and demographics are setting the stage for a massive reshuffling of the human population.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Belarus "weaponises" migrants, longtermism is BS and why we’re running out of translators | Borderline Brief #3

Belarus "weaponises" migrants, longtermism is BS and why we’re running out of translators | Borderline Brief #3

A weekly curation for global citizens. This week: Germany, Afghanistan, United States, Australia, Barbados, Belarus, Poland, European Union, the New York Times, Netflix, veterans and translators.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Nearly 5 billion people are not yet fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Nearly 5 billion people are not yet fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

Portugal has the best vaccination rate of any major country, while Burundi only received its first few hundred doses in October 2021. Explore the data in this interactive graph.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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Netflix vs Orthodox Jews, travel for the unvaxxed and deadbeat dads in blue helmets | Borderline Brief #2

Netflix vs Orthodox Jews, travel for the unvaxxed and deadbeat dads in blue helmets | Borderline Brief #2

A weekly curation for global citizens. This week: Cambodia, UN peacekeepers, Haredi Jews, Black Britons, US immigration, Afghan refugees, Facebook, Covid, climate, Antarctica, France, Mexico, Russia, China and Isaac Asimov’s Foundation.

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
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