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Research/Policy Papers: Displacement/DRC, IDPs/Sri Lanka, International Migration, Local Integration via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog October 6th, 2008 at 14:20

Globalization, poverty and mobility: an introduction to the developmental dimensions of international migration, New Issues in Refugee Research Working Paper, no. 164 (UNHCR, Sept. 2008) [text] National Legal Framework for IDPs in Sri Lanka: A Critical Analysis, IPCS Research Papers (Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, Sept. 2008) [text via Human Security Gateway] Negotiating Rights: The...

Climate Change Resources, New…and Less New via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 26th, 2008 at 18:32

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) has just released the following trio of resources that discuss the nexus between climate change and displacement. Forced Migration Review no. 31 (Sept. 2008) [access] - Articles provide definitions, case studies, possible solutions, and research agendas. FMO Research Guide (Sept. 2008) [access] - Provides an introduction to the issues. FMO Resource Summary...

Addendum to New Issues: JRS via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog August 22nd, 2008 at 12:59

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies is now available: vol. 21, no. 3 (September 2008). Articles focus on displacement resulting from the Iraq war, refugee returns, integration, linking asylum seekers and host communities, predicting forced migration, peace education, and refugee business. Nine book reviews are also included. Posted in...

Climate Change and its Implications via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog July 11th, 2008 at 01:41

ReliefWeb has compiled a resource page entitled "Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change." It includes links to key documents, research institutions, international humanitarian organizations, hazard specific analysis, thematic impact studies, and geographic impact studies. Two recent discussions on the displacement implications of climate change held within a day of each other are...

New Issues of APMJ, Conflict Trends, Cultures & Conflits, Dis. Prev. & Mgmt., FEX, HHRJ, IJRL, JHA, JIMI, Torture, WAN via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog July 3rd, 2008 at 14:11

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, vol. 17, no. 1 (2008) [contents] - Includes an article on displacement from the Three Gorges dam in China. Conflict Trends, no. 1 (2008) [full-text] - Tenth anniversary issue. Cultures & Conflits, no. 69 (printemps 2008) [texte intégral] - Focus of this issue is "Xénophobie de gouvernement, nationalisme d'Etat." Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 17,...

New Reports on Iraqi Displacement Crisis via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog September 25th, 2007 at 16:42

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: Second Quarter 2007 (UNHCR, Sept. 2007) [text] - See also the related UNHCR press release entitled, "Almost 20,000 Iraqis seek asylum in industrialized world in first half of 2007" (21 Sept. 2007). IOM Emergency Needs Assessments: Post Feb. 2006 Displacement in Iraq (15 Sept. 2007) [text] Meeting the Health Needs of Iraqis Displaced in...

New Pubs.: Asylum/UK, Conflict, Darfur, Human Trafficking, Hum. Aid, Integration, Internal Displacement, Intl. HR Law, Refugees/EU, Statistics via Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog June 19th, 2007 at 19:45

2006 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, June 2007) [text] Bridging Divides: The Role of Ethnic Community-based Organizations in Refugee Integration (MPI, June 2007) [text] Detention of asylum seekers in the UK (ICAR, June 2007) [text] Failed States Index 2007 (Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy, June 2007) [access] Human...