Thematic Focus: General

Events:

Seminar: A Work in Progress: A Critical Analysis of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework, Oxford, 17 October 2017 [info]

Thematic Discussions: Global Compact on Refugees, Geneva, 17-18 October 2017 [info]
- Discussions 2 & 3 will focus on: "Measures to be taken at the onset of a large movement of refugees (Comprehensive refugee response framework pillar one)," and "Meeting needs and supporting communities (Comprehensive refugee response framework pillars two and three)." Note the additional links added to the web page, including a concept paper.

Conference: Winning Back the Human Race: The Legacy of ICIHI, London, 14 November 2017 [info]
- Note: More info. is available on the companion web site.

Publications:

Coming Together: A Critical Analysis of Key Issues, Actors and Tools in the Current Global Landscape of Family Tracing & Reunification (Samuel Hall, 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]

Emerging Historians – Dr Claire Higgins (Australian Historical Association Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

"Fieldnotes from Cape Verde: On Deported Youth, Research Methods and Social Change," Chapter in After Deportation: Ethnographic Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan, Nov. 2017) [preprint]

"Food Insecurity and Forced Displacement of People: Where Do We Draw the Line?," IPS News, 13 Oct. 2017 [text]

Global Disaster Displacement Risk: A Baseline for Future Work (IDMC, Oct. 2017) [text]

*The Global Response to Refugees and Migrants: Perspectives from UNGA 2017 (ISIM Blog, Oct. 2017) [text]

Gone with the Wind: International Migration, Economics Discussion Papers Series, no. 1708 (University of Otago, April 2017) [text]
- Study that looked into the determinants of international migration.

Impacts and Costs of Forced Displacement: Phase II - A Critical Evaluation of Methodological and Analytical Progress on Designing Development-led Strategies and Interventions in Forced Displacement (Refugee Studies Centre, June 2017) [text via ReliefWeb]
- See earlier reports produced under this project in this blog post.

*Mixed Migration and the Global Compacts: A Perspective from the Middle East (Mixed Migration Platform, Oct. 2017) [text]

What is a Compact? Migrants’ Rights and State Responsibilities Regarding the Design of the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Oct. 2017) [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- News: EXCOM 2017 Wrap-up (12 Oct. 2017)
- Thematic Focus: General (10 Oct. 2017)

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