International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse.
In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees caught in Libya have boarded planes for Rwanda's capital Kigali. Another 120 are expected to make the same journey in November. Most are younger than twenty and hail from the Horn of Africa having initially travelled to Libya hoping to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
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