04 June 2024

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

"Could Kenya be the next refugee rights champion?," The New Humanitarian, 23 May 2024 [text]

The New Refugee Act in Kenya and What it Means for Refugees (RI Blog, June 2024) [text]

Playing the migration blame game (Wits Univ., May 2024) [text]
- Focuses on South Africa.

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials (June 2024) [text]

Sudan: Conflict triggers more displacement than in previous 14 years combined (IDMC, May 2024) [text]

Uganda's open-door policy for refugees strained by arrivals from Sudan, DRC, and South Sudan (UNHCR, May 2024) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"The African Guiding Principles on the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Afr. Comm'n H.P.R.)," International Legal Materials, FirstView, 17 May 2024 [open access]

"Doing and contesting borderwork in Senegal: local implementers of migration information campaigns," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 50, no. 12 (2024) [open access]

Mapping of Protection Services: A Routes-based Approach to Protection Services Along Mixed Movement Routes (UNHCR, June 2024) [access]
- This report "covers 15 countries along the Central and Western Mediterranean and Northwest Africa Maritime Routes. These countries are: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, and Sudan."

Towards inclusive protection: Understanding refugee experiences and gender dynamics in Uganda (Norwegian Refugee Council, April 2024) [text]

The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises in 2023 (Norwegian Refugee Council, June 2024) [access] [interactive version]
- "The full list in order this year is: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Niger, Honduras, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad and lastly Sudan." Available in English and French. See also related news release.

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