Thematic Focus: General

Event:

Discussion panel: Dignity in Displacement: From Rhetoric to Reality, Geneva, 27 March 2019 [info]
- Will also be livestreamed.

Publications:

74th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 4-5 March 2019 [access]
- Follow link for meeting documents, presentations and remarks.

Area-Based Assessment with Key Informants: A Practical Guide (UNHCR & REACH, March 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Being Hopeful: Exploring the Dynamics of Post-traumatic Growth and Hope in Refugees," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 28 Feb. 2019 [postprint]
- Note: Access to the complete text is under embargo until 28 Feb. 2021.

Closed Borders: The International Conference on Refugees in Evian 1938 - Online Exhibition [access]
- "Comprehensive documentation of the International Conference on Refugees in Évian 1938 with words, documents, photographs and videos."

"Considering Refugees through 100 Years of Geographical Review," Geographical Review, Accepted Articles, 2 March 2019 [free full-text]

"Human Rights, Income and International Migration," International Migration, Early View, 11 March 2019 [open access]

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), MOPAN 2017-18 Assessments (Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network, Feb. 2019; officially launched March 2019) [access]
- Follow link for report and organisational performance brief. A related side event was recently at the 74th Meeting of the Standing Committee.

On Message: UNHCR's Melissa Fleming on Changing the Refugee Narrative (Devex, March 2019) [text]

“Op-ed: UNHCR’s Uncourageous Vision,” ECRE Weekly Bulletin, 8 March 2019 [text]

Urban Displacement from Different Perspectives: An Overview of Approaches to Urban Displacement (Global Alliance of Urban Crises & JIPS, Feb. 2019) [text]

Which Countries Have the Most Immigrants? (The Conversation, March 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

A Conversation with António Vitorino, the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Washington, DC, 6 March 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video and podcast.

Displaced, Season 2 (International Rescue Committee) [access]
- Weekly podcast series, with episodes on the future of war, refugee resettlement, and climate change and displacement.

Migration in a Turbulent World, 34th Annual EPIIC International Symposium, Medford, MA, 7-9 March 2019 [info]
- Follow link for video of the presentations. See also related Tufts Now article.

Talking Migration Podcasts (Univ. of Sheffield) [access]
- "Discussions, debates and interviews on all aspects of the politics of migration."

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: General (5 March 2019)

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