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14 March 2021

Regional Focus: Africa

Opportunities:

Seminar: Refuge after Return: Multiple displacements and diverse trajectories of Burundian refugees in Tanzania, 25 March 2021 [info]

Call for participation: Developing a Research and Policy Agenda for Addressing Displacement and Migration in the Context of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa = Développer un programme de recherche et de politique pour répondre aux déplacements et aux migrations dans le contexte des catastrophes et du changement climatique en Afrique, April-June 2021 [info]
- Apply by 28 March 2021.

Call for applications: Consultancy: Lead Country Researchers in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda [info]
- Apply by 29 March 2021. Note: Two Zoom information sessions will be held on 18 and 23 March 2021.

Blog posts & press:

Migration in the Sahel: putting back human rights, cooperation and solidarity at the centre (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

Rwanda vaccinates refugees and asylum-seekers against COVID-19 (UNHCR, March 2021) [text]
- See also related news story.

Why Eritrean refugees choose the risky migration to Europe (The Conversation, Feb. 2021) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

Does Information Save Migrant Lives? Knowledge and Needs of West African Migrants en Route to Europe (DIIS, March 2021) [access]
- Follow link for report and link to video recording of webinar launch.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees and Migrants on the Move in North and West Africa (Mixed Migration Centre, March 2021) [text]

*"Intersecting stigma and HIV testing practices among urban refugee adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda: qualitative findings," Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 24, no. 3 (March 2021) [open access]
- See also earlier related journal article.

"Linguistic Repertoires of Refugees in Internally Displaced Peoples’ (IDP) Camps in North East Nigeria," Chapter in West African Languages: Linguistic Theory and Communication (Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2020) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 266.

"Migration, Interfaith Engagement, and Mission among Somali Refugees in Kenya: Assessing the Cape Town Commitment from a Global South Perspective One Decade On," Religions, vol. 12, no. 2 (Feb. 2021) [open access]

*Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Refugees in Uganda: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Survey (World Bank, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights situation in Eritrea, Mr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, ​46rd Session of the Human Rights Council (OHCHR, Feb. 2021) [text]
- Addresses in the part "the human rights of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in the context of the ongoing Tigray crisis in Ethiopia." See also related VOA News article.

Understanding Relations between Local Communities and Transit Migrants in Gao and Agadez (IMREF, Feb. 2021) [access via Seefar]
- Follow link for report and executive summaries in English and French.

Understanding the Socioeconomic Conditions of Refugees in Kenya (UNHCR & World Bank, March 2021) [Volume A: Kalobeyei Settlement] [Volume B: Kakuma Camp
- See also related 1) summary and infographic for Kalobeyei, and 2) summary and infographic for Kakuma.

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