Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

Call for co-editor(s): Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees [Eng. info] [Fr. info]

- Application deadline is 15 July 2022.

Blog posts & press:

"Call for next head of UN refugee agency to have lived experience as a refugee," The New Humanitarian, 27 June 2022 [text]

Moving toward data-driven policies to aid people forced to flee (Voices Blog, June 2022) [text]

The number of people fleeing their homes has doubled in a decade. Why? (World Economic Forum Blog, July 2022) [text]

With all eyes on Ukraine, research offers insights from the world’s other 86 million forcibly displaced (UNHCR Blog, July 2022) [text]

Reports:

2023 Global Refugee Forum: Proposed Concept Note (UNHCR, July 2022) [text]

Advancing Participation and Inclusion: Age, Gender and Diversity Accountability Report 2021 (UNHCR, June 2022) [text]

Creating a way out of the maze: Supporting sustainable futures for displaced persons, Policy Brief, no. 7 (TRAFIG, June 2022) [text]

Doing the Maths to End the Refugee Crisis: Modelling Responsibility-sharing in Refugee Response, Policy Brief, no. 39 (Migration Policy Centre, June 2022) [text]

- See also related blog post.

Integrating Migration into International Cooperation and Development: Guidelines for International Cooperation and Development Actors (IOM, June 2022) [text]

Nothing is more permanent than the temporary: Understanding protracted displacement and people's own responses (TRAFIG, June 2022) [access]

- Final report of the project.

Research involving people of refugee background: Considerations for ethical engagement (University College Dublin, June 2022) [text]

Social protection for the forcibly displaced in low- and middle-income countries: A pathway for inclusion, Development Policy Paper, no. 43 (OECD, June 2022) [text]

Strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in UNHCR: Achievements in 2021 and priorities for 2022 and beyond (UNHCR, June 2022) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report and related annex.

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement: Follow-Up to the Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement (United Nations, June 2022) [access]

- See also related joint statement. A Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement was also appointed to help move the UN SG's agenda forward.

Related posts:

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 1 (21 June 2022)

- Thematic Focus: General - Pt. 2 (21 June 2022)