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Table of contents 1. Why are humanitarians so WEIRD? 2. In Pictures: On the migration road in Serbia 3. Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: What can be done? 4. IRIN's Top Picks: White elephants, corruption and IEDs Why are humanitarians so WEIRD? BELGRADE, 15 April 2015 (IRIN) - In his latest column, recovering aid worker Paul Currion argues that humanitarian organisations are fundamentally WEIRD - Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic. Unless that changes, he says, they will always struggle to understand the communities in which they work. Read report online In Pictures: On the migration road in Serbia BELGRADE , 15 April 2015 (IRIN) - Serbia has been hosting refugees from Croatia and Bosnia for the past 20 years, but was unprepared for a recent influx of new asylum seekers, the majority of them from Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia. Read report online Migrant crisis in the Mediterranean: What can be done? LAMPEDUSA/OXFORD, 15 April 2015 (IRIN) - With Italian authorities rescuing 8,500 migrants in the Mediterranean over the weekend and reports up to 400 may have perished, there can be no doubt that an unprecedented summer surge in migrant sea crossings is already under way. Read report online IRIN's Top Picks: White elephants, corruption and IEDs DUBAI, 17 April 2015 (IRIN) - This week's Top Picks features MSF's executive director on the dangers of mixing military and humanitarian missions, how homemade bombs affect aid work in Afghanistan, wasted Ebola funds in West Africa, the links between corruption and conflict in South Sudan, and much more. Read report online

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