New Issues:
Development in Practice, vol. 18, nos. 4&5 (August 2008) [contents]
- Focus is on participatory research and gender analysis; includes a literature review.
Humanitarian Exchange Magazine, no. 39 [full-text]
- Features articles on the humanitarian response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Migrations & Identities, vol. 1, no. 1 (2008) [contents]
- Mix of articles.
Calls...
2007 Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless Persons (UNHCR, June 2008) [text]
The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Annotations, 2nd ed. (ASIL and Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 2008) [access]
Policy Plan on Asylum: An Integrated Approach to Protection across the EU (Commission of the European Communities, June 2008)...
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre's latest annual survey concludes that the global internal displacement crisis deteriorated last year. The report, Internal Displacement: Global Overviews of Trends and Developments in 2007, includes key facts and figures, major findings, a review of worldwide developments and responses, and regional summaries. Also provided are statistics, maps and...
The Global Database on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement was recently launched by the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement and the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM). Its aim is to facilitate the development of national legal and policy frameworks on internal displacement by providing "instant access to official documents, including...
Addressing Internal Displacement in Peace Processes, Peace Agreements and Peace-Building (Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, Sept. 2007) [text]
Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations (USIP, Oct. 2007) [text]
Exiled and Suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (Amnesty International, Oct. 2007) [text]
Human Rights Report, 1 April to 30 June 2007 (UN...
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"Escape into insecurity: Iraqi refugees find a precarious home in Jordan," National Catholic Reporter (3 August 2007) [text]
The Ongoing Plight of Iraqi Refugees, 10 September 2007 [info.]
- This panel will be hosted by the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, DC. The speakers are scheduled to discuss their recent mission to the Middle East "to observe the plight of refugees fleeing the...
The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC, formerly the Global IDP Project) released its annual survey of trends in international displacement yesterday. Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2006 estimates that 24.5 million IDPs have been displaced by conflict around the world, a majority of them women and children. Read the report for more facts and...