Thematic Focus: General

News: 

The New York Declaration on Refugees is a year old. There will be a high-level meeting tomorrow in New York to mark the anniversary; watch it live on UN WebTV. For more info., read a briefing from UNHCR, an assessment from Oxfam and a report card from Jeff Crisp on Refugees Deeply.

Event:

Annual meeting: 68th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 2-6 October 2017 [info]
- Will include a special segment on the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF). Follow link for agenda and reports that will be considered.

Publications:

Changing the Narrative on Migration: Q&A with Louise Arbour (Global Observatory, Sept. 2017) [text]

"Disaster Data: A Balanced Perspective," CRED Crunch, no. 48 (Sept. 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Ethical Considerations: Research with People in Situations of Forced Migration," Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees, vol. 33, no. 2 (2017) [open access]
- See also plain-language summary.

How Does the Media on Both Sides of the Mediterranean Report on Migration? (Ethical Journalism Network & ICMPD, Aug. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for executive summary, full study, literature review and ICMPD observations.

Internal Displacement Mid-year Figures (January-June 2017) (IDMC, Aug. 2017) [access]

IOM Operations on Internal Displacement (IOM, March 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ODI, Sept. 2017) [access]
- Follow link for briefing series and overview. For all publications associated with this project, visit this page.

On Migrants and Refugees, Global Mayors Show the World What Works (Open Society Foundations, Sept. 2017) [text]

This Chart Shows the Actual vs. Perceived Number of Immigrants (World Economic Forum, Aug. 2017) [text]

When Norms are Not Enough: Understanding the Principle and Practice of Burden and Responsibility Sharing for Refugees, Global Leadership and Cooperation for Refugees Series Paper, no. 2 (Centre for International Governance Innovation, Dec. 2016) [text]

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General (13 Sept. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: NY Declaration, Global Compacts & CRRF (13 Sept. 2017)

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