03 May 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Explainer: UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism Centre in Rwanda (UNHCR, April 2024) [text]

"Ghana accused of expelling Fulani asylum seekers from Burkina Faso," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2024 [text]

Statement by principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Crushing levels of violence, displacement fuel unprecedented civilian suffering (IASC, April 2024) [text]

Reports:

Baobab Research Programme Consortium (Population Council, Population Council Kenya & African Population and Health Research Center) [access]
- Undertakes research on "Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Refugee Settings," with a focus on Ethiopia and Uganda. 

Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda, Policy Brief, no. 10 (PRIO, 2024) [text]

Legal protection needs of refugees self-settled in secondary cities in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2024) [text]

Multiple and intersecting harms: Examining use of force in return and its detrimental impact on migrants’ human rights during and after return to Senegal (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [text]

Urban risks for young migrants in West and North Africa: An analysis of caregiver and youth perceptions (Mixed Migration Centre, April 2024) [access]
- Available in English and French.

White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection: Towards a complete overhaul of the Migration System in South Africa (South Africa Dept. of Home Affairs, April 2024) [access]
- The full-text of the final version of this policy paper can be retrieved via the a/m press statement. See also related explanatory memo.

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Displaced Persons, Refugees and International Migrants: An Overview of the Situation in Ghana," Chapter in Exile/Flight/Persecution: Sociological Perspectives on Processes of Violence (Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2023) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 41.

"Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Kakuma Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, 2020–2021," Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 30, no. 5 (May 2024) [open access]

"Experiences, Expectations and Challenges of Return: Liberian Refugees in Ghana," Exile/Flight/Persecution: Sociological Perspectives on Processes of Violence (Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2023) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 161.

"On the Present Situation and Future Perspectives of Eritrean Migrants: Deported from Israel, Stranded in Kampala," Chapter in Exile/Flight/Persecution: Sociological Perspectives on Processes of Violence (Universitätsverlag Göttingen, 2023) [open access]
- Scroll to p. 99.

"Prevalence and associated factors of common mental disorders among internally displaced people by armed conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: a cross-sectional community-based study," Frontiers in Public Health, 15 April 2024 [open access]

"Reducing Prejudice toward Refugees: Evidence That Social Networks Influence Attitude Change in Uganda," American Political Science Review, FirstView, 29 April 2024 [open access]

"South African attitudes towards refugee settlement: Examining the importance of threat perceptions," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 25 April 2024 [open access]

Multimedia:

RLI Focal Point Podcast Series (Refugee Law Initiative) [access]
- Follow link to access podcasts from the "Refocus: An Online Summer Forced Migration in Africa Workshop Series" that was held during April 2024.

What Does It Take to Increase Refugees’ Access to Education and Work? Insights from Ethiopia (World of Migration Podcast Series, May 2024) [access]

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