Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

News:

According to this UN press release, some 150 refugees who had been protesting outside UNHCR's office in Pretoria since early 8 October 2019, managed to make their way into the refugee agency's compound. They are requesting relocation to a safer country after being targeted in anti-immigrant attacks. More reporting is available in these VOA, Daily Maverick and ABC news stories. UNHCR has posted information on how and where to get help on its Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Blog posts & press:

"Aid Workers Question USAID Counter-terror Clause in Nigeria," The New Humanitarian, 5 Nov. 2019 [text]

*"Europe Wants to Send Migrants Home—but What Happens When They Get There?," Prospect Magazine, 9 Nov. 2019 [text]
- Focuses on Nigeria.

Joint Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs, UNHCR, OCHA and IOM to Mark the 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Kampala Convention (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

Over 40,000 Migrants Assisted with Voluntary Return and Reintegration from Niger Since 2015 (IOM, Nov. 2019) [text]

Refugee Camps Versus Urban Refugees: What’s Been Said – and Done (The Conversation, Nov. 2019) [text]

Refugee Returns to Burundi Must be Voluntary and not under Pressure (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

*Rethinking Responses to Displacement in Northeast Nigeria (Kujenga Amani Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

UNHCR Welcomes Equatorial Guinea’s Accession to Kampala Convention on IDPs (UNHCR, Oct. 2019) [text]

*UPDATED

Related post:
- Regional Focus: Africa (22 Oct. 2019)

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