25 February 2020

Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Events & opportunities:

Call for participation: Model UN Refugee Challenge [info]
- Note: The MUN challenge formerly had four deadlines for registering. However, now, "MUN organizers should register for the Challenge at least 6 weeks before the start of their MUN conference." Topics include 1) Climate change and displacement; 2) Countering toxic narratives about refugees and migrants; 3) Supporting the economic inclusion of refugees; 4) Improving access to education for refugees.

CFP: Internment Camps: The (Enforced) Placement and "Custody" of Refugees in the Past and the Present, Vienna, 3-4 December 2020 [info]
- Submit proposals by 29 February 2020.

*Reporting fellowship: Global Migration, Refugees and Resettlement, GroundTruth [info]
- Apply by 2 March 2020.

Meeting: 77th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Geneva, 10-12 March 2020 [info]

Seminar: 'Nothing about Us without Us': The Rise of Refugee Self-representation in Global Dialogue on Forced Displacement, Melbourne, 12 March 2020 [info]

Discussion: Global Responsibility Sharing for Refugees: What Next?, London, 23 March 2020 [info]
- Keynote speaker will be Gillian Triggs, AHC for Protection at UNHCR. Will also be livestreamed.

Scholarships:  MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies, Refugee Law Initiative [info]
- Ten full Commonwealth Scholarships available for accepted participants in MA course. Apply to MA programme no later than 23 March 2020; then submit scholarship application by 13 April 2020.

Blog posts & press:

6 Reasons People Hate Refugees (Psychology Today Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Building Walls and Deporting People to "Safe" Countries is Not Deterrence, It’s Defense (Just Security Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Dispelling Migration Misinformation in 5 Charts (World Economic Forum Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

How do Refugee Organizations Communicate about Forcibly Displaced People? (HNRN Blog, Feb. 2020) [text]

The "Private Sector" as the New Panacea in Refugee Protection? (FlüchtforschungsBlog, Feb. 2020) [text]

Where are They? How to Search for Missing Loved Ones (InfoMigrants, Feb. 2020) [text]

*UPDATED

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