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701 Creative Commons FMR 41 Education as an essential component of prevention of youth re-displacement If education is seen as a factor that keeps refugees in camps or host communities rather than encouraging them to go back home, it should be systematically included as part of return to prevent re-displacement. Marina L Anselme, Barbara Zeus 08 May 2013
702 Creative Commons FMR 41 Post-conflict land insecurity threatens re-displacement in northern Uganda For many in northern Uganda, access to land and property remains an unresolved issue that threatens peace and sustainable returns. Levis Onegi 08 May 2013
703 Creative Commons FMR 41 Preventing re-displacement through genuine reintegration in Burundi Displacement is often part of a cyclical process of conflict and displacement. Preventing displacement, therefore, is not only about preventing new displacement but about ensuring that people do not get re-displaced. Lucy Hovil 08 May 2013
704 Creative Commons FMR 41 The UN Security Council and prevention of displacement Respecting the prohibitions against forced and arbitrary displacement could significantly reduce the risk of, or prevent, displacement in situations of armed conflict. Sanjula Weerasinghe, Elizabeth Ferris 08 May 2013
705 Creative Commons FMR 41 Undermining development: forced eviction in Bangladesh The case of a proposed coalmine in Bangladesh clearly illustrates the potential for human rights violations in such projects, the need for stronger safeguard policies that uphold people's rights and prevent displacement, and the power of local protest. Kate Hoshour 08 May 2013
706 Creative Commons FMR 41 Businesses' human rights responsibilities Businesses have the responsibility to avoid infringements of human rights that could lead to displacement and also to take actions to remedy their human rights violations that might lead to displacement. Corinne Lewis 08 May 2013
707 Creative Commons FMR 41 The ICRC approach in situations of pre-displacement The ICRC prioritises the need to prevent displacement-triggering events when possible. Their experience highlights the complexity of the challenges and the central role of working in partnership to serve communities at risk. Veronika Talviste, Jamie A Williamson, Anne Zeidan 08 May 2013
708 Creative Commons FMR 41 Voluntariness to remaın The 'choice' to remain rather than flee is often in effect not really voluntary. Arzu Guler 08 May 2013
709 Creative Commons FMR 41 Shelter interventions prevent and mitigate displacement In hazard-prone developing countries, shelter interventions are an important way to prevent or mitigate natural disaster-induced displacement. To be effective, they need to be multi-faceted and carried out with the involvement of the communities affected. Davina Wadley 08 May 2013
710 Creative Commons FMR 41 Recognising the land rights of indigenous peoples and rural communities Current global trends are putting increasing economic pressure on land and natural resources, raising the risk that new waves of internal displacement may be caused by the combined forces of climate change and large-scale investment in agriculture. Rhodri C Williams 08 May 2013
711 Creative Commons FMR 41 The management of climate displacement Knowing that displacements will occur as a result of climate change, the humanitarian community will need to work pre-emptively with communities identified as likely to be threatened on the land-based solutions that may be available to them. Scott Leckie 08 May 2013
712 Creative Commons FMR 41 Flooding in Thailand: flee, fight or float The severity of recent flooding in Thailand and the probability of future flooding have triggered a re-assessment of coping mechanisms employed by both the Thai population and the government. Wan S Sophonpanich 08 May 2013
713 Creative Commons FMR 41 Towards a uniform legal system of protection There exists a set of inter-related normative texts for the protection of the environment and for the prevention and reduction of disasters, as well as for ensuring respect for human rights in all circumstances. Dimitrios Chotouras 08 May 2013
714 Creative Commons FMR 41 Predicting disasters and protecting rights In order to prevent or reduce disaster-related displacement, we need to address some clear gaps in both knowledge and capacity by improving research on and awareness of disaster risks and associated human rights, and the capacity to address them. Justin Ginnetti, Nina Schrepfer 08 May 2013
715 Creative Commons FMR 41 Driving displacement: explosive weapons in populated areas The issue of the role of explosive weapons in generating displacement in urban areas has recently risen up the international agenda. Simon Bagshaw 08 May 2013
716 Creative Commons FMR 41 The tool box at states' disposal to prevent displacement: a Swiss perspective A harmful action that is looming and has not yet taken place is difficult for third-party states to denounce or counter. A whole range of measures and methodologies is at their disposal enabling them to contribute to the prevention of forced displacement. Isabelle Gómez Truedsson 08 May 2013
717 Creative Commons FMR 41 To prevent or pursue displacement? The repertoire of survival actions of at-risk civilians includes both avoiding and attempting displacement. But there are also overlaps, combinations and tacking back and forth between the two, while trying to mitigate the risks that any choice entails. Casey Barrs 08 May 2013
718 Creative Commons FMR 41 International Humanitarian Law: a short summary of relevant provisions International Humanitarian Law: a short summary of relevant provisions in relation to the right not to be displaced. Editors 08 May 2013
719 Creative Commons FMR 41 The history and status of the right not to be displaced The many existing fragments of law relating to arbitrary displacement have a common thread running through them, revealing a human right not to be displaced. The existence of such a right has not yet been recognised in any international legal instrument. Michèle Morel, Maria Stavropoulou, Jean-François Durieux 08 May 2013
720 Creative Commons FMR 41 Preventing displacement Displacement can be a means of escaping violence but it can also bring great suffering. Displacement is not inevitable, so what can we do to prevent it? Valerie Amos 08 May 2013
721 Creative Commons FMR 41 From the editors From the editors. Editors 08 May 2013
722 Creative Commons FMR 39 Proud to be Tunisian Proud to be Tunisian. Elizabeth Eyster, Houda Chalchoul, Carole Lalève 08 May 2013
723 Creative Commons FMR 39 Migrants caught in crisis A number of new initiatives point to ways in which the international community, particularly governments, could help reduce the vulnerabilities of migrant workers during conflict and crisis situations. Brian Kelly 08 May 2013
724 Creative Commons FMR 39 Newly recognised humanitarian actors 'New' humanitarian leaders are growing in profile, impact and capacity. They need to be recognised as equals by the international humanitarian community. James Shaw-Hamilton 08 May 2013
725 Creative Commons FMR 39 An asylum spring in the new Libya? An asylum spring in the new Libya? Jean-François Durieux, Violeta Moreno-Lax, Marina Sharpe 08 May 2013
726 Creative Commons FMR 39 Protection for migrants after the Libyan Revolution Irregular and mixed migration is still of great concern in post-revolutionary Libya, made more complex by the securitisation of border control issues and the inherent challenges of an interim government consolidating its authority. Samuel Cheung 08 May 2013
727 Creative Commons FMR 39 The Dublin II Regulation makes the first safe country of refuge solely responsible for refugees and asylum seekers. In the case of Italy, the first responsible country has not been acting responsibly. Raffaela Puggioni 08 May 2013
728 Creative Commons FMR 39 From commitment to practice: the EU response The EU's response to events in North Africa in 2011 indicates that more is needed to translate a commitment to solidarity from limited aid and statements of principle into practical reality. Madeline Garlick, Joanne van Selm 08 May 2013
729 Creative Commons FMR 39 Looking beyond legal status to human need What humanitarians can expect more of in the future is more mixed flows defying rigid categorisation and calling for a humanitarian response based on common needs for assistance and protection. Tarak Bach Baouab, Hernan del Valle, Katharine Derderian, Aurelie Ponthieu 08 May 2013
730 Creative Commons FMR 39 Protecting and assisting migrants caught in crises The 2011 Libya crisis brought into sharp focus how global migration patterns are re-defining the range and type of needs and vulnerabilities of persons affected by a humanitarian crisis. Mohammed Abdiker, Angela Sherwood 08 May 2013
731 Creative Commons FMR 39 We are not all Egyptian For many refugees in Egypt the weeks of the revolution were marked by isolation, fear and brutality. In the aftermath of the revolution, the promise of greater freedom has not yet been extended to refugees. Martin Jones 08 May 2013
732 Creative Commons FMR 39 Dispossession and displacement in Libya Inability to access pre-displacement housing, land and property poses a significant obstacle to the achievement of durable solutions for most IDPs in Libya. Displacement and dispossession cannot be separated from the legacy of the Gaddafi era. Rhodri C Williams 08 May 2013
733 Creative Commons FMR 39 Resettlement is needed for refugees in Tunisia With Tunisia experiencing wide-ranging political, social and economic change, there is an imperative need to alleviate the burden of hosting people fleeing Libya who are unable to return to their countries of origin. Amaya Valcárcel 08 May 2013
734 Creative Commons FMR 39 Local hosting and transnational identity Tunisian people, rather than their government, led the response to the humanitarian crisis when Libyans started their own revolt and people starting fleeing across the border. Katherine E Hoffman 08 May 2013
735 Creative Commons FMR 39 The reintegration programme for Bangladeshi returnees When evacuated Bangladeshi migrants arrived home, the government, civil society, international organisations and the private sector cooperated to help them. Anita J Wadud 08 May 2013
736 Creative Commons FMR 39 The bittersweet return home Migrants left Libya in haste and in fear for their lives. A rapid international response saved lives and facilitated the return home but a premature return may have some unwelcome repercussions. Asmita Naik, Frank Laczko 08 May 2013
737 Creative Commons FMR 39 Legal protection frameworks The large-scale displacement associated with the recent popular uprisings in North Africa both reinforces and challenges the role of legal protection mechanisms. Tamara Wood 08 May 2013
738 Creative Commons FMR 39 Bordering on a crisis While the phenomenon of 'mixed migratory flows' has long been recognised, this was the first time it applied to a large-scale displacement. It required a coordinated humanitarian response for a large and diverse group of displaced persons. Guido Ambroso 08 May 2013
739 Creative Commons FMR 39 Migration and revolution The Arab Spring has not radically transformed migration patterns in the Mediterranean, and the label 'migration crisis' does not do justice to the composite and stratified reality. Hein de Haas, Nando Sigona 08 May 2013
740 Creative Commons FMR 39 Broadening our perspective Broadening our perspective, remarks from the IOM Director General. William Lacy Swing 08 May 2013
741 Creative Commons FMR 39 Positive lessons from the Arab Spring Positive lessons from the Arab Spring. António Guterres 08 May 2013
742 Creative Commons FMR 39 From the editors From the editors. Editors 08 May 2013
743 Creative Commons FMR 38 Protracted internal displacement: is local integration a solution? Recent research in six countries in Africa, Europe and Latin America highlights a range of factors that may help or hinder integration. Elizabeth Ferris, Kate Halff 08 May 2013
744 Creative Commons FMR 38 Kenyan refugees included in transitional justice processes In the complex relationship between forced migration and transitional justice, a visit by the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission to a refugee settlement in Uganda seems to mark a significant step. Bernadette Iyodu 08 May 2013
745 Creative Commons FMR 38 Preventing partner violence in refugee and immigrant communities For many refugees and other forced migrants, sexual and gender-based violence does not necessarily stop after resettlement; for some, that may be when it starts. Greta Uehling, Alberto Bouroncle, Carter Roeber, Nathaniel Tashima 08 May 2013
746 Creative Commons FMR 38 A new strategy for meeting humanitarian challenges in urban areas Experience indicates that significant challenges remain across key humanitarian operational approaches relating to the needs of growing numbers of IDPs and refugees who migrate to cities. Roger Zetter, George Deikun 08 May 2013
747 Creative Commons FMr 38 Forgotten and unattended: refugees in post-earthquake Japan Refugees and asylum seekers suffered restrictions on movement, increased impoverishment and shortage of essential information. Katsunori Koike 08 May 2013
748 Creative Commons FMR 38 Language training in the Czech Republic Language skills are crucial for the integration of refugees into the local community. In the Czech Republic, all persons granted international protection have the legal right to language tuition but there are shortcomings in provision. Markéta Bačáková 08 May 2013
749 Creative Commons FMR 38 Nearly a refugee: thoughts from Cairo Turbulence in North Africa and the Middle East has forced many to flee their homes and countries. One woman in Cairo, on the brink of flight, considers her options. Shaden Khallaf 08 May 2013
750 Creative Commons FMR 38 'Identity unknown': migrant deaths at sea Political unrest in North Africa has led to a resurgence in irregular migration to Europe and an increase in migrant deaths at sea, yet there is still no framework for identifying those who die or recording their numbers. Stefanie Grant 08 May 2013
751 Creative Commons FMR 38 New technologies always an improvement? New technologies always an improvement? LIsbeth Pilegaard 08 May 2013
752 Creative Commons FMR 38 Sifting hype from reality Sifting hype from reality. Paul Currion 08 May 2013
753 Creative Commons FMR 38 Technology: bringing solutions or disruptions? The availability of information through new technologies is challenging existing power relations and current ways of working, and we may not be prepared for the consequences. Paul Currion 08 May 2013
754 Creative Commons FMR 38 Country of Origin Information: old problems, modern solutions The current multitude of sources of information paradoxically renders access to good quality Country of Origin Information for refugee status determination procedures quite cumbersome. Marco Formisano 08 May 2013
755 Creative Commons FMR 38 Sharing sensitive data on forced migrants Can a collaborative web-platform for sharing critical demographic information about displaced people improve delivery and response? Prisca Benelli, Alessandro Guarino, Jen Ziemke 08 May 2013
756 Creative Commons FMR 38 Technology and engineering to support work with refugees New partnerships are being forged to encourage young engineers to use their skills in the service of refugees. Stephanie Hunt, Geoffrey C Orsak 08 May 2013
757 Creative Commons FMR 38 The role of technology in family tracing in Kenya Capitalising on the spread of mobile phones and the internet, new digital tools can help refugees trace missing family members. Security of data is a vital aspect of any such tools. Lucy Kiama, Christopher Mikkelsen, Caroline Njeri, Mikkel Hansen 08 May 2013
758 Creative Commons FMR 38 Making online connections Internet-based technologies are changing the way refugees are able to remain connected to their origins while adjusting to life in a new country. Jennifer Flemming 08 May 2013
759 Creative Commons FMR 38 The networking Tibetan diaspora The networking Tibetan diaspora. Emma Tobin 08 May 2013
760 Creative Commons FMR 38 Satellite phones help rescue of refugees Satellite phones help rescue of refugees. Virginia Signorini 08 May 2013
761 Creative Commons FMR 38 Refugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda Refugees enjoy freedom to surf in Uganda. Angella Nabwowe-Kasule 08 May 2013
762 Creative Commons FMR 38 Android phones for mosquito net surveys Android phones for mosquito net surveys. Sarah Hoibak, Marian Schilperoord 08 May 2013
763 Creative Commons FMR 38 Community Technology Access project Community Technology Access project. Daniela Ionita 08 May 2013
764 Creative Commons FMR 38 Mobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur Mobile phones used for public health surveillance in Darfur. Kbede Deribe 08 May 2013
765 Creative Commons FMR 38 From the local community in Colombia into cyberspace From the local community in Colombia into cyberspace. Juan David Gómez-Quintero 08 May 2013
766 Creative Commons FMR 38 Disabled persons database after Pakistan floods Disabled persons database after Pakistan floods. Niaz Ullah Khan 23 Apr 2013
767 Creative Commons FMR 38 GBV data collection and sharing GBV data collection and sharing. Kristy Crabtree 16 Apr 2013
768 Creative Commons FMR 38 How displaced communities use technology to access financial services As drought forces hundreds of thousands of Somalis to flee to Kenya and Ethiopia or to displaced camps within Somali territories, providing financial services might not seem an immediate priority. Abdirashid Duale 16 Apr 2013
769 Creative Commons FMR 38 Online connection for remittances nternet cafés in refugee camps allow refugees to maintain and create networks for overseas remittances. For many displaced people, maintaining these ties is vital. Naohiko Omata 16 Apr 2013
770 Creative Commons FMR 38 What Ushahidi can do to track displacement Ushahidi is an interactive mapping tool for use in crisis situations, which humanitarian workers can use to help them target assistance. Galya Ruffer 16 Apr 2013
771 Creative Commons FMR 38 Phoning home Simply having access to technology does not resolve the problem of communication between displaced people and their families. Linda Leung 16 Apr 2013
772 Creative Commons FMR 38 Web-based monitoring in an insecure environment UNHCR has developed Project Tracking and IDP databases for its work in Iraq in order to facilitate its operations at a lower risk to all stakeholders and to improve financial accountability, oversight and transparency. Andrew Harper 16 Apr 2013
773 Creative Commons FMR 38 Remote visual evidence of displacement Geospatial technologies such as satellite imagery provide a means of 'reaching' a conflict zone when on-the-ground reporting may be too dangerous, a region too remote, or access denied. Susan Wolfinbarger, Jessica Wyndham 16 Apr 2013
774 Creative Commons FMR 38 Open access to scholarly research Forced migration authors hold the key to enabling free and unfettered access to the full text of research articles. Elisa Mason 16 Apr 2013
775 Creative Commons FMR 38 Luxembourg-UNHCR-Skype synergies A recent strategic partnership between UNHCR, the Government of Luxembourg and communications software provider Skype is keeping UNHCR staff in hardship locations in touch with their families and friends. Antoine Bertout, Marc de Bourcy, Mohammad Faisal 16 Apr 2013
776 Creative Commons FMR 38 Access to information - inclusive or exclusive? Do new technologies increase access to information and knowledge for all, or are they deepening a technological divide? Sandra Krause, Diana Quick 16 Apr 2013
777 Creative Commons FMR 38 Early warning of mass atrocity crimes The use of new technologies for early warning systems can help reduce people's vulnerability to mass violence. Phoebe Wynn-Pope 16 Apr 2013
778 Creative Commons FMR 38 Technology in aid of learning for isolated refugees The lack of higher education opportunities for refugees, many of whom flee before being able to complete their education, is a widely acknowledged problem. Petra Dankova, Clotilde Giner 16 Apr 2013
779 Creative Commons FMR 38 The only constant is change Advances in information and communications technology are offering new solutions to a range of operational challenges experienced in the field. Can the humanitarian community's providers of telecommunications services keep up with the pace of change? Mariko Hall 16 Apr 2013
780 Creative Commons FMR 38 Disaster Response 2.0 The traditional disaster response community is only now beginning to assimilate the vast changes that new technologies could bring for information management in their field. Jeffrey Villaveces 16 Apr 2013
781 Creative Commons FMR 38 Citizen initiatives in Haiti The 2010 earthquake in Haiti ushered in a new era for the role and power of technology and communication systems in disaster response, especially for how local responders used them. Imogen Wall 09 Apr 2013
782 Creative Commons FMR 38 Foreword Foreword to issue 37 of Forced Migration Review. T Alexander Aleinikoff 09 Apr 2013
783 Creative Commons FMR 36 The road from Kabul New UNHCR research investigates the motivations for and challenges associated with the migration of young Afghans to Europe. Lucia Cipullo, Jeff Crisp 09 Apr 2013
784 Creative Commons FMR 36 The pervertibility of refugee status The desire to categorise all those seeking refuge throws up continuing challenges to traditions of hospitality and to the realisation of migrants' rights. Ana Paula Penchaszadeh 09 Apr 2013
785 Creative Commons FMR 36 The Kampala Convention and protection from arbitrary displacement The Kampala Convention breaks new ground in elevating the right to be protected from arbitrary displacement to a binding legal norm. Maria Stavropoulou 09 Apr 2013
786 Creative Commons FMR 36 Safe and suitable return for women fleeing conflict in Liberia When women migrants return, they can face daunting challenges to re-integration but can also contribute to development and transforming societies. Victoria Ijeoma Nwogu 09 Apr 2013
787 Creative Commons FMR 36 The displaced also protest Displaced people in Colombia are resorting to mass demonstrations to persuade their government to assume its responsibilities towards them. Freddy A Guerrero, Estefanía Vanegas 09 Apr 2013
788 Creative Commons FMR 36 Rumour versus information Central to Iraqi refugees' efforts to resolve the question of their immediate future is their access to good information about resettlement and return. Adam Saltsman 09 Apr 2013
789 Creative Commons FMR 36 What hope for IDPs in a new Sudan? The most probable outcome of the 2011 referendum is that Southern Sudan secedes from the North, breaking Sudan into two independent nation states. Taghrid Hashim Ahmed 09 Apr 2013
790 Creative Commons FMR 36 Foundations for repatriation and peace in DRC Parties to the protracted Congolese conflict have long promoted fear of 'the other' and a thirst for revenge; these attitudes must be addressed if peace is to have a chance. Vanessa Noël Brown 09 Apr 2013
791 Creative Commons FMR 36 Of tripartites, peace and returns After international agreements covering the return of refugees to Equateur and North Kivu, the challenge is to create local structures that can make the agreements work. Steve Hege 09 Apr 2013
792 Creative Commons FMR 36 Return in the political context of North Kivu Durable returns of IDPs and refugees into some of the most densely populated areas in eastern DRC are never going to be a simple exercise. Fergus Thomas 09 Apr 2013
793 Creative Commons FMR 36 Refugee return and root causes of conflict Since independence, violent conflicts in eastern DRC have been linked to access to land, affirmation of ethnic identities and competition for political control. Maria Lange 09 Apr 2013
794 Creative Commons FMR 36 Training trainers in reproductive health The cascade training model has brought clinical training closer to the areas in DRC most in need of skilled staff to serve conflict-affected women experiencing complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Boubacar Toure, Hélène Harroff-Tavel, Sara Casey, Tegan Culler 09 Apr 2013
795 Creative Commons FMR 36 ICRC: careful analysis is the key In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) combines its protection and assistance activities and focuses on 'priority zones' where armed actors are present. Alena Koscalova, Elena Lucchi, Sabine Kampmüller 09 Apr 2013
796 Creative Commons FMR 36 Innovation in cash-voucher programming Cash vouchers offer flexibility, enabling payment for school fees as well as for basic necessities. They also empower people who, in displacement, have been deprived of choice. Kokoévi Sossouvi 09 Apr 2013
797 Creative Commons FMR 36 The Data Centre for IDPs in North Kivu Effective provision of aid and protection for those displaced in eastern DRC requires reliable data which the new Data Centre in North Kivu is helping to provide. Laura Jacqueline Church 09 Apr 2013
798 Creative Commons FMR 36 Civil society and the displaced persons of Bandundu Local organisations in Bandundu province located in western DRC are struggling to meet the needs of displaced persons in the absence of government or international assistance. Pierre Sossou, Boanerges M’Paty, Fulgence Buzika 08 Apr 2013
799 Creative Commons FMR 36 DRC: a donor perspective Donor engagement in DRC is more important than ever but donors need to reassess their strategies. Seb Fouquet 08 Apr 2013
800 Creative Commons FMR 36 Too big to fail The UN integrated mission in DRC and the piloting of humanitarian reform there have been necessarily innovative in a challenging context. Ross Mountain 08 Apr 2013