Opportunity:
Vacancy announcement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies [info]
- Applicants sought "to conduct comparative research on forced migration within and from the global South,
preferably with a special focus on the Middle East." Screening of applications will begin 26 June 2017.
Publications:
2017 MEDAM Assessment Report on Asylum and Migration Policies in Europe (Mercator Dialogue on Asylum and Migration, May 2017) [text]
- Note: The report will be officially launched in Brussels on 7 June 2017.
The Deadly “Humanitarian Ping-Pong” of Refugee Rescue at Sea (New Security Beat Blog, May 2017) [text]
"Diasporas and Conflict: Distance, Contiguity and Spheres of Engagement," Oxford Development Studies, vol. 45, no. 2 (2017) [free full-text]
Global Peace Index 2017 (Institute for Economics and Peace, 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
Humanitarian Index 2017 (Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, May 2017) [access]
- See also related Reuters article.
Mixed Meaning: The Challenges of Language and Definition in Mixed Migration Work (Mixed Migration Platform Blog, June 2017) [text]
The Nexus between Food and Nutrition Security, and Migration: Clarifying the Debate and Charting a Way Forward, Discussion Paper, no. 212 (ECDPM, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
OHCHR Report 2016 (UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, May 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
Public Perceptions of Refugees and Migrants: The Role of Politicians, the Media and Civil Society, London, 27 Feb. 2017 [info]
- Follow link for an event summary.
Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7, Taormina, 26-27 May 2017 [info]
- Follow link to access the G7 Taormina Leaders’ Communiqué; "human mobility" is addressed on p. 4.
They Outnumber Refugees but Don't Often Make Headlines (NPR, May 2017) [text]
The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2017) [text]
- See also related NRC press release and CFR blog post.
Web site:
MSF Analysis: Reflections on Humanitarian Action [access]
Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (26 May 2017)
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