Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Event:

Discussion panel: Academia to the Public Square: Media Engagement on Immigration and Asylum Issues, Oxford, 23 May 2019 [info]

Blog posts & new developments:

Ancient Rome Inspired Washington But Its Legacy of Being Open to All Has Fallen into Oblivion (The Conversation, May 2019) [text]

GCM Indicators (RLI Blog, May 2019)
- New posts in this series discuss the implementation of Obj. 5, Obj. 7, Obj. 16, Obj. 17, Obj. 18 & Obj. 22.

Introducing the New Themed Series on Transforming Borders from Below (Border Criminologies Blog, May 2019) [text]
- Follow the a/m link to access posts in this series (via the "see also" menu on the right).

Making Data Count for Internally Displaced People: 5 Questions with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC Blog, May 2019) [text]

The Number of Internally Displaced People is at a Record High. Here's Why (IDMC Blog, May 2019) [text]

*Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Cities – the “Hidden” Side of Forced Displacement (Sustainable Cities Blog, May 2019) [text]

UN Establishes Pioneering Trust Fund for Cooperation on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (UNDP, May 2019) [text]

Multimedia:

Escaping Violence: New Approaches to Forced Migration, New York, 12 April 2019 [info]

- Video recordings of the conference are available here.

RSC Conference 2019: Democratizing Displacement, Oxford, 18-19 March 2019 [access]
- Follow link for podcasts of 37 presentations.

When Disasters and Conflict Collide (ODI, May 2019) [access]
- First in a series of three podcasts that explore "how conflict increases people’s vulnerabilities to disasters around the world."

*UPDATED

Related posts:

- New Issue of IJRL (20 May 2019) [focuses on the Global Compacts]
- News: 2019 Edition of Global Report on Internal Displacement (10 May 2019)
- Thematic Focus: General (30 April 2019)

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