25 July 2018

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Event & opportunities:

Seminar: Creating a Domestic Refugee Regime in Kenya: The Transfer of Responsibility for Refugee Affairs from UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to Government of Kenya, Johannesburg, 31 July 2018 [info]

Call for participation: 1969 African Refugee Convention: Implementation Survey, Refugee Law Initiative [info]
- Deadline to participate in survey is 15 August 2018.

Call for submissions: Inquiry: Forced Displacement in Africa, UK International Development Committee [info]
- The deadline for written submissions is 21 September 2018.

Publications:

Africa and the Global Compact on Refugees: Inclusive Policy Responses to Forced Displacement (Social Science Research Council, July 2018) [text]

Decision on the 2019 Theme of the Year: "The Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa," no. Assembly/AU/Dec.707(XXXI), 31st Ordinary Session, Nouakchott, Mauritania, 1-2 July 2018 [text]
- Scroll to p. 39.

Destination Europe (IRIN, June & July 2018) [access]
- "As the EU sets new policies and makes deals with African nations to deter hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking new lives on the continent, what does it mean for those following dreams northwards and the countries they transit through? From returnees in Sierra Leone and refugees resettled in France to smugglers in Niger and migrants in detention centres in Libya, IRIN explores their choices and challenges in this multi-part special report, Destination Europe." Follow link to access the various installments.

How Borders are Constructed in West Africa (Refugees Deeply, July 2018) [text]
- Interview with Philippe M. Frowd, author of Security at the Borders: Transnational Practices and Technologies in West Africa (Cambridge Univ. Press, July 2018).

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (28 June 2018)

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