Protracted Displacement

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC), Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)/Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) collaborated on a research project designed to "to assist policy makers in unlocking conditions of protracted displacement, the scale and dimensions of which demand an urgent global response."

One initial result is the publication of these three case studies:

• Unlocking Protracted Displacement: Central America's 'Success Story' Reconsidered, Working Paper, no. 77 (RSC et al., Aug. 2011) [text]
• Unlocking Protracted Displacement: An Iraqi Case Study, Working Paper, no. 78 (RSC et al., Aug. 2011) [text]
• Unlocking Protracted Displacement: Somali Case Study, Working Paper, no. 78 (RSC et al., Aug. 2011) [text]

Other recent items on this topic from other sources include:

Assisting Refugees in Protracted Refugee Situations: A Never-ending Story? (e-International Relations, Aug. 2011) [text]

Long-term Refugee Encampment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Left Untouched by Human Rights Law? (Africa at LSE, July 2011) [text]

Protracted Displacement in Afghanistan: Will History Be Repeated? (Refugee Cooperation, Aug. 2011) [text]

[Image credit: Protracted Refugee Situations Infographic, U.S. Dept. of State, Feb. 2011]

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