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A Global Test: The refugee response in Uganda
Uganda hosts more than 1.3 million refugees, one of the most in the world. It is widely acknowledged as having one of the most open and progressive refugee policies globally and is a trailblazer for the Global Compact on Refugees and its Comprehensive Ref
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Rohingya Refugee Response: Child-focused secondary data review
Over the last decade, many Rohingya escaping violence in Myanmar have found refuge in Cox Bazaar. August 2017 saw the beginning of a large and rapid influx of refugees, including 400,000 children, fleeing across the border in response to escalating violen
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Key Messages for Temporary Learning Centre Teachers and Students for Monsoon, Cyclone, Landslide, and Flood
During the monsoon season, all students should be told, and regularly reminded of, the key messages in this document. Facilitators should reinforce these messages regularly through role play, games, and poems. All Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) should
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Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for the Cox's Bazar Education Sector
The influx of over 650,000 Rohingya since September 2017, coupled with extreme hazards in monsoon season and overcrowding, has created many challenges for the Education Sector responding to the crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Educational activities hav
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Education Capacity Self-Assessment: Transforming the Education Humanitarian Response of the Rohingya Refugee Crisis
The immense Rohingya refugee flow into Cox Bazar, Bangladesh, following widespread destruction and violence in Myanmar, has brought with it an array of complex needs. As part of the immediate emergency response, humanitarian actors have provided learning
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Language & Comprehension Barriers in Greece’s Migration Crisis: A study on the multitude of languages and comprehension of material provided to refugees and migrants in Greece
A notable feature of the refugee crisis starting in 2015 has been the diversity of languages and ethnicities of refugees and migrants. Approximately 95 percent of the refugees and migrants who arrived in Greece in 2015 and 2016 came from seven countries:
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Rohingya Refugee Crises: Assessment of Shelter Upgrade Needs, Cox Bazar, October 2017
Following an outbreak of violence on 25 August 2017 in the Rakhine State of Myanmar, a new massive influx of Rohingya population to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh started in late August 2017. The majority of the Rohingya population are living in Ukhia and Teknaf
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Rohingya Crisis Response Strategy 2017-2020
Since 25 August, more than 600,000 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh, fleeing large-scale violence and human rights abuses in Rakhine state, Myanmar. This new wave of Rohingya refugees adds on to a pre-existing Rohingya community in refugee camps. The
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Harrowing Journeys: Children and youth on the move across the Mediterranean Sea, at risk of trafficking and exploitation
Adolescents pay a high risk for a chance at a better life. The journey to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea is incredibly dangerous, especially for youth fleeing from Sub-Saharan Africa. A boy with a secondary education, travelling by group through thi
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When the Rubber Hits the Road: Local leadership in the first 100 days of the Rohingya crisis response
The international community has committed to the localization of humanitarian action. In practice, this means a shift of power, resources and decision-making to local and national responders. But how is this shift manifested during a humanitarian response
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EU Response to the Refugee Crisis: The ‘hotspot’ approach, Special Report 06/2017
Available in a total of 23 languages, this special report examines the effectiveness of the “hotspot” approach introduced by the Commission in 2015. The hotspot approach was designed to help manage the large flow of immigrants arriving at countries on the
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Keeping Children at the Centre: Time for EU solidarity in protecting migrant and refugee children's rights
In 2016, more than 100,000 children arrived in Europe, of whom over one-third (33,800) were unaccompanied or separated from their families. In the same year, more than 63,000 unaccompanied children applied for asylum in the EU. One of the central goals of