17 May 2021

Regional Focus: Africa

Blog posts & press:

Conducting surveys safely during a pandemic: perspectives from Ghana (MIGNEX Insight, March 2021) [text]

“The guards had no compassion”: The migrants abandoned in Niger’s desert (African Arguments, May 2021) [text]

‘IDPs’ and the Politics of Labels: Young Migrants in Cameroon’s ‘Anglophone Crisis’ (African Arguments, April 2021) [text]

Joint statement by the Government of Kenya and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps Roadmap (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

Reports:

Atrocities and Displacement in Burkina Faso (Refugees International, May 2021) [text]
- See also related UNHCR news briefing.

“Fixing” people in place through policy and development? Efficacy and unintended consequences of migration deterrence in Kantché (Mixed Migration Centre, May 2021) [text]
- Focuses on Niger.

Learning Lessons from the EUTF, Phase 2: Paving the way for future programming on migration, mobility and forced displacement (European Union, Feb. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Note: EUTF = European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa

Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Refugees in Ethiopia: Results from the High-Frequency Phone Surveys of Refugees, Report no. 2 (Joint Data Center, April 2021) [text]

Thematic Note on Agriculture and Land Use: Overview of access to land and its uses by refugees in the Maratane Camp and host communities in Mozambique (UNHCR, April 2021) [text]

A Region on the Move: 2020 Mobility Overview in the East and Horn of Africa and the Arab Peninsula (IOM, May 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

Journal articles:

"Deconstructing borders: Mobility strategies of South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda," Global Network, Early View, 3 May 2021 [open access]

"Effect of beneficiary participation in program design and implementation on satisfaction and acceptability among internally displaced persons in Borno, Nigeria," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 6:9 (May 2021) [open access]

"An exploratory pilot study of the effect of modified hygiene kits on handwashing with soap among internally displaced persons in Ethiopia," Conflict and Health, 15:35 (May 2021) [open access]

"Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food rations of refugees in Rwanda," International Journal for Equity in Health, 20:107 (April 2021) [open access]

Journal of African Law, vol. 65, Supp. S1 (May 2021) [open access]
- Special issue on "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa," with eight articles that variously discuss refugee law, the Global Compact on Refugees, IDP protection, internally displaced children, the African Commission's comment on freedom of movement, and xenophobia in South Africa.

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