The end of internationalism: Are rich nations turning their back on the world?

By Nick Miller
Updated August 15 2016 - 6:21am, first published August 14 2016 - 12:15am
Yves Daccord, director-general of the  International Committee of the Red Cross, says humanitarian problems need addressing at a global level.
Yves Daccord, director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, says humanitarian problems need addressing at a global level.
There are more than 60 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons worldwide - the most since World War II. Photo: Santi Palacios
There are more than 60 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons worldwide - the most since World War II. Photo: Santi Palacios
A Syrian refugee hangs clothes to dry on a barbed-wire fence at a refugee camp in Islahiye, Turkey. Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
A Syrian refugee hangs clothes to dry on a barbed-wire fence at a refugee camp in Islahiye, Turkey. Photo: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
The Red Cross increased its budget by 50 per cent in four years to meet the growing demand from displaced people. Photo: Dan Kitwood
The Red Cross increased its budget by 50 per cent in four years to meet the growing demand from displaced people. Photo: Dan Kitwood
Conflict rather than natural disaster is increasingly behind the need for refugee camps like this one near the Greek-Macedonia border. Photo: Dan Kitwood
Conflict rather than natural disaster is increasingly behind the need for refugee camps like this one near the Greek-Macedonia border. Photo: Dan Kitwood
Migrants in Slovenia head towards a registration camp, with reports predicting the number of displaced people globally will only rise. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev
Migrants in Slovenia head towards a registration camp, with reports predicting the number of displaced people globally will only rise. Photo: Sergey Ponomarev

"To be honest, right now we are slightly overwhelmed by the world."

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