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2 Oct 2017, 4:00 pm by EEM
(OECD, Sept. 2017) [access]- Follow link for report and three case studies.Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Covering the Period 1 July 2016-30 June 2017, UN Doc. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 11:45 am by EEM
Middle East:Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM Iraq, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]"I was left with nothing": "Voluntary" Departures of Asylum Seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda (International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sept. 2015) [text]- See also related Guardian article.In Israel, Refugees Welcome Gains Small Foothold (IRIN, Sept. 2015) [text]In the Land of Hidden Legislative Aims: HCJ 8665/14 (Detention of Asylum-seekers in Israel - Round 3) (Versa:… [read post]
19 May 2010, 7:22 am by Kristin Michelle Ekert
The estimated 15 - 20,000 refugees are uncertain whether the Ghanaian government or the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will revoke their rights as refugees. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 12:00 pm by Unknown
Integrating Videos for Young Children into Multi-sectoral Interventions: What We’re Learning from Pilots in Bangladesh, Colombia, and Kenya (Sesame Workshop, June 2023) [text via INEE] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statement on Membership of Particular Social Group and the Best Interests of the Child in Asylum Procedures (UNHCR, June 2023) [text] - Scroll to section 5 for… [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 3:01 am
While Southern states have had to open their borders to refugees fleeing conflict or human rights abuses in neighboring states, Northern states have had little obligation or incentive to contribute to protecting refugees in the South.In recent years, however, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sought to foster greater international cooperation within the global refugee regime through… [read post]
24 Apr 2024, 8:57 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
The headquarters office for the Resettlement Support Center for Turkey and the Middle East is in Turkey, as are PRM refugee coordinators and a regional office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 6:22 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
The United States is working with European partners, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and NGOs to identify particularly vulnerable Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing the conflict who may warrant permanent resettlement through USRAP. [read post]
7 Nov 2018, 11:15 am by FM Librarian
Other Countries Feel the Same," New York Times, 2 Nov. 2018 [text]UN Refugee Chief Urges States to Support Fairer Response to Refugee Crises (UNHCR, Oct. 2018) [text]- See also the HC's speech to the UNGA's Third Committee, the annual Report on the United High Commissioner for Refugees (Part 1 & Part 2) which was presented to the Committee, and an overview of the debate at the meeting.World Cities Day: Addressing Internal… [read post]
20 Jun 2016, 3:35 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The Global Trends 2015 compiled by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) notes that 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of more than 5 million from 59.5 million a year earlier. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 8:00 am by Unknown
No deadline indicated.Job announcement: Latin America Regional Lead, R-SEAT [info]- Applications viewed on a rolling basis.Roundtable discussion: Forced Displacement and Migration related Research, Bonn, 17 May 2023 [info]- Register by 28 March 2023.Launch event: The Child's Right to a Nationality and Childhood Statelessness: A Toolkit for Child Rights Actors, Online, 30 March 2023 [info]Panel discussion: Migration Crisis in Latin America: Empowering Migrant and Refugee… [read post]
29 Jun 2017, 2:00 pm by EEM
Border Camps in South Africa Will Not Solve Asylum Crisis (Refugees Deeply, June 2017) [text]European Anti-migration Agenda Could Challenge Stability in Niger, DIIS Policy Brief (Danish Institute for International Studies, June 2017) [text]"Help has not reached me here": Donors Must Step up Support for South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda (Amnesty International, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]"'I feel betrayed': The Somali Refugees Sent from Safety… [read post]
25 Feb 2013, 9:30 am by EEM
Belgium and Greece (Application no. 30696/09) and Related Cases (ICJ & ECRE, Feb. 2013) [text] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Observations on the Proposed Amendments to the Act on Granting International Protection to Aliens (UNHCR, Feb. 2013) [text]Tagged Publications and Events & Opportunities. [read post]
9 May 2018, 8:07 am by Allan Blutstein
-- holding that: (1) agency improperly relied on section 222(f) of Immigration and Naturalization Act, in conjunction with Exemption 3, to withhold plaintiff's Resettlement Application; (2) agency properly withheld USCIS's  Refugee Application Assessment under Exemptions 5 and 7(E), except for page containing final decision, which may be redacted under Exemptions 6 and 7(C); (3) agency properly withheld portions of USCIS's chronology under Exemptions… [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 1:00 pm by Unknown
New book:Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The 'Data for Refugees Challenge' Study, Springer (Sept. 2019) [info]- Follow link for free preview.Reports & journal articles:Bridging the Mobile Gender Gap for Refugees: A Case Study of Women’s Use of Mobile Phones in Bidi Bidi Refugee Settlement and Kiziba Refugee Camp (GSMA Mobile for Development, March 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]"Digital Litter: The Downside of… [read post]
20 May 2023, 11:15 am by Unknown
., May 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]- Note: BAY states = Borno, Adamawa and Yobe in Nigeria.Integrating refugees: Lessons from Germany since 2015–16, Background paper to the World Development Report 2023 (April 2023) [text]Joint communiqué of the high-level tripartite meeting between the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Rwanda and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (15 May 2023) [access]- Follow… [read post]
24 Jul 2014, 8:11 am by lucyhovil
The preconception that the only place refugees can legitimately belong is in their original homes both drives, and is driven by, an emphasis on repatriation that has been promoted by both national governments and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). [read post]
16 Jan 2019, 8:15 am by FM Librarian
(This announcement re. changes to the Refworld and ecoi.net databases was posted on ecoi.net's blog and is reproduced with permission.)Joint Communication by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Austrian Red CrossUNHCR and the Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD), a department of the Austrian Red Cross, are partnering up for a streamlined content division between their… [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 9:15 am by EEM
"Mental Health, Psychosocial and Child Protection for Syrian Adolescent Refugees in Jordan (UNICEF & International Medical Corps, Dec. 2014) [text via ALNAP]Remarks by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Open Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Syria, UN Security Council, New York, 26 Feb. 2015 [text]Trapped in Refuge: The Syrian Crisis in Jordan Worsens (MERIP, March 2015) [text via… [read post]
24 Jun 2024, 8:45 am by Unknown
"Dadaab voices: Despair as refugee food rations in Kenya slashed by 60%," The New Humanitarian, 13 June 2024 [text]Displaced by violent conflict: the world’s most neglected crises are in Africa – six essential reads (The Conversation, June 2024) [text]Host Communities Embrace and Support Forcibly Displaced People across West and Central Africa (UNHCR, June 2024) [text via AllAfrica]"Migrants turn to Mauritania as new EU transit route," DW, 10 June 2024… [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 9:45 am by Unknown
Opportunity: Call for registration: Two webinar sessions will be held on the Middle East and North Africa during the Virtual Conference on the 70th Anniversary of the founding of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 21 January 2021 [info] - One session will focus on "Legal and Policy Frameworks in Refugee Hosting Countries: Perspectives from the MENA region" and the other on "International … [read post]