Focus on Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) will focus on Iraq in the upcoming months. First, a one-day roundtable is scheduled for 23 March 2007 which will examine "1) the current status of the forced displacement crisis, 2) the protection challenges faced by humanitarian agencies in the region, and 3) recommendations for action" for both refugees and IDPs. The objective is to produce a briefing document to inform UNHCR's April 17-18 international conference on Iraqi refugees and IDPs, preparations for which are currently underway. Second, a special supplement of Forced Migration Review (FMR) will be published in May/June 2007 and will examine the "future of humanitarian operations in Iraq." In addition, Forced Migration Online (FMO) will most likely prepare a companion resource summary page to supplement the FMR issue.

In the interim, here is a listing of various refugee/IDP organizations with resources/reports relating to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq:

- Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement page
- European Country of Origin Information Network (ECOI.net) page
- Human Rights Watch (HRW) page
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) page
- Refugees International page
- ReliefWeb page
- UNHCR page

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