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The Impact of the Conflict on Yemeni Internally Displaced Children: Child led assessment report, August 2015
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East, with 53% of the population suffering from multi-dimensional poverty even before the escalation of conflict. The outbreak of the conflict in March between the Saudi-allied national government and H
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Migration Focus on Environment and Climate Change
This report is a comprehensive list of materials that the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has produced on the topic of migration in connection to environment and climate change. Links are provided to where the publications can be either dow
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See me, ask me, hear me: children's recommendations for recovery three months after Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known locally in the Philippines as typhoon Yolanda, was the deadliest rapid-onset disaster globally in 2013. Nearly 6 million children have been affected, 4.1 million people remain displaced and over 6,000 people lost their lives. This re
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Protection Checklist: Addressing Displacement and Protection of Displaced Populations and Affected Communities along the Conflict Cycle: a Collaborative Approach
This Protection Checklist is a coordinated effort to ensure that protection to displaced persons is delivered in a timely manner. Generalized violence saw 45.2 million people forcibly displaced at the end of 2012 across the globe. These persons and divers
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MPI Policy Brief: Demography and Migration: An outlook for the 21st century
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) produced this policy brief, September 2013, on the economic and demographic disparities that influence and are influenced by international migration and internal mobility. The brief postulates that migration cannot mit
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The Consequences of Limited Legal Status for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. NRC Lebanon Field Assessment Aarsal and Wadi Khaled
According to Lebanese national law, without the required entry or stay documentation to be in Lebanon, refugees from Syria are considered to be ‘illegally’ present, giving them limited legal status in Lebanon. Having such limited legal status in Lebanon o
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Haiti Four Years After: Save the Children’s Response
This is a summary report of the situation in Haiti four years after the 2010 earthquake and following cholera outbreak that decimated the population, government, and infrastructure in countless ways. Save the Children has worked in Haiti for over 30 years
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Legal Assistance- Update on birth registration for refugees from Syria. Norwegian Refugee Council.
Through its Information, Counselling and Legal Assistance (ICLA) programme,The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) provides information, counselling and legal assistance to refugees from Syria about access to essential services and on legal issues in Lebanon
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Working with men and boy survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in forced displacement
Sexual violence against men and boys in conflicts, asylum, detention and forced displacement is seriously underreported and is accompanied in virtually all societies with taboo and stigma that keeps many survivors from speaking about their experiences, ac
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Climate extremes and child rights in South Asia: a neglected priority
The links between climate change and disasters in South Asia, such as flooding in Pakistan or cyclones in Bangladesh, are increasingly evident. However, there is little recognition of the potentially life-long impact of climate change and related disaster
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Forced Migration Review: Being Young and Out of Place
This issue of Forced Migration Review includes a large theme section that examines the particular stresses of ‘being young and out of place,’ explores young people’s needs and coping strategies and asks why relatively little attention is paid to the righ
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Migration and Disaster-Induced Displacement: European Policy, Practice, and Perspective
Over the last decade, a series of devastating natural disasters have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions, and decimated the built environment across wide regions, shocking the public imagination and garnering unprecedented financial