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Tested at the Margins: The contingent rights of displaced Iraqi children in Jordan
This report argues that Iraqi children in Jordan lack the institutional support necessary to guarantee them the fundamental needs for safety and wellbeing, as a result of their non-citizen status. In addition, humanitarian/development actors on site in Jo
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There are Alternatives: A handbook for preventing unnecessary immigration detention
The first version of the There Are Alternatives handbook was published in 2011 by the International Detention Coalition. This updated edition provides further research and findings over the elapsed four years, incorporating research from an additional 20
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Scattered dreams, broken promises: An Assessment of the Links between Girls’ Empowerment and Gender-based Violence in the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Assessment Report by The Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) from its mission to Kyaka II Camp in Kegegwa, Uganda, aimed to explore the relationship between the empowerment of adolescent refugee girls and the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV). This i
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Regional Inter-State Consultation Mechanisms on Migration: Approaches, recent activities and implications for global governance of migration
Produced by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this report summarizes 25 regional and interregional consultative processes and forums on migration, also known as regional consultative processes (RCPs). It provides commentary on the purpos
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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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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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Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific
Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the potential impacts of climate change on migration in
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ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 5: Plaidoyer
ARC- Module contenant un sujet fondamental 5: Plaidoyer Vous trouverez dans ce module des informations pratiques, des lignes directrices, des exemples et des outils destinés à soutenir les organisations et les acteurs-clés à s'engager dans le plaidoyer po
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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
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Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognize climate migrants?
This article addresses the expected increase of migration flows due to climate change, especially from socially and environmentally vulnerable populations, and the absence of official protection under international law, which has implications for the huma
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ARC- Foundation Module 6: Community Mobilisation
ARC- Foundation Module 6: Community Mobilisation This module on community mobilisation has been developed as a resource pack for those humanitarian and emergency workers whose engagement with child protection, brings them into contact with communities. Th
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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