03 April 2020

Regional Focus: Africa - Pt. 1

Announcement: IASFM18 postponed

The conference "Disrupting Theory, Unsettling Practice: Towards Transformative Forced Migration Scholarship and Policy," scheduled to be held in Accra from 27-30 June 2020 has been postponed to  26-29 July 2021. More info here.

Blog posts & press:

Are We Improving Health and Education Services in Refugee-hosting Communities in Ethiopia? (Development for Peace Blog, March 2020) [text]

New Edition of Kakuma News Reflector Published [info]

South Africa Should Uphold the Dignity of Asylum Seekers (Human Rights Watch, March 2020) [text]

Reports & research papers:

Deportation of Sudanese and Eritrean Refugees from Israel to Uganda: A Violation of Refugees' Rights, Thesis (Cavendish Univ., March 2020) [text]

Migrating with Seeds: Women, Agricultural Knowledge and Displacement in South Sudan (Rift Valley Institute, April 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]

'No place for me here': The Hardships of Return Migration, DIIS Report, no. 1 (Danish Institute for International Studies, March 2020) [text]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.

Tanzania’s National Legal Framework for Refugees: Law, Policy & Practice, LERRN Paper, no. 5 (Carleton Univ., March 2020) [text]

Towards a Common Research Agenda: A Research Synthesis Paper to Inform the Implementation of the Global Refugee Compact (Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat, Rift Valley Institute & UNHCR, March 2020) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Focuses on Ethiopia.

The Variety of People in Refugee Settlements, Gender and GBV: The Case of South Sudanese Refugees in Northern Uganda, Working Paper, no. 25 (JICA Research Institute, March 2020) [text]

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