Thematic Focus: General

Blog posts & media:

Active Neglect: The New Tool for the 'Externalisation' of Refugee Protection (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2019) [text]

The Bible Says to Welcome Refugees (The Conversation, July 2019) [text]

Dear UN Secretary-general, Don’t Forget the Internally Displaced (The New Humanitarian, July 2019) [text]

GCM Indicators (RLI Blog, July 2019)
- New posts in this series discuss the implementation of Obj. 9, Obj. 11 & Obj. 14.

"Refugee Ripple Effect: The 'Send Them Back' Strategy is Spreading," Ozy, 17 July 2019 [text]
- See also similar articles in NBC News and the NYT.

Social Diversity is Initially Threatening But People Do Adapt Over Time – New Research (The Conversation, July 2019) [text]

"What We Can Learn from the Revolutionary Passport That Helped 1920s Refugees," QZ, 13 July 2019 [text]

Publications & journal articles:

2018 Return and Reintegration Key Highlights (IOM, July 2019) [text]

Global and National Activities under the Twentieth Anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/41/40/Add.1 (Human Rights Council, June 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Internal Displacement and the Role of National Human Rights Institutions: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/41/40 (Human Rights Council, April 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Miracles in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt and Refugees as 'Vanguard'," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 13 July 2019 [open access]

Promoting Refugee Participation in the Global Refugee Forum: Walking the Walk (Refugees International, July 2019) [text]

Web sites:

Global Refugee Forum, Geneva, 17-18 December 2019 (UNHCR) [access]
- UNHCR has added a lot more information to the web pages for the forum. Visitors can find details re. pledges & contributions as well as good practices; templates are available for submitting to both areas. The resources section includes concept/guidance notes, Q&As, and summaries of two workshops on measuring refugee impact. Also available is an information note on the Global Academic Network, which will be officially launched at the Forum.

United Nations Network on Migration [access]
- Established under the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration to "ensure effective, timely and coordinated system-wide support to Member States." It will hold its first annual meeting in December.

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (7 July 2019)
- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (7 July 2019)

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