Keyword Archives: refugees
Refugee Livelihoods in Urban Areas: Identifying Program Opportunities
Refugees in urban areas face a specific set of livelihoods problems, and in recent years many aid agencies have begun to try to address these problems by supporting refugees through vocational training, microcredit and other services. So far, however, there … Read More
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: livelihoods, refugees, urban
Refugee Livelihoods in Urban Areas: Case Study Egypt
Refugees in urban areas face a specific set of livelihoods problems, and in recent years many aid agencies have begun to try to address these problems by supporting refugees through vocational training, microcredit and other services. So far, however, there … Read More
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: livelihoods, refugees, urban
Refugee Livelihoods in Urban Areas: Case Study Ecuador
Refugees in urban areas face a specific set of livelihoods problems, and in recent years many aid agencies have begun to try to address these problems by supporting refugees through vocational training, microcredit and other services. So far, however, there … Read More
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: livelihoods, refugees, urban
Refugee Livelihoods in Urban Areas: Case Study Israel
Refugees in urban areas face a specific set of livelihoods problems, and in recent years many aid agencies have begun to try to address these problems by supporting refugees through vocational training, microcredit and other services. So far, however, there … Read More
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: livelihoods, refugees, urban
Remittances to Transit Countries
The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) teamed up with the Feinstein International Center, (FIC) Tufts University to conduct a three year research project on Sudanese refugees and migrants in Cairo and their transnational linkages with other Sudanese both in the Diaspora and in Sudan. Egypt being a country of first asylum for the Sudanese, Cairo was selected to undertake a case study on their transnational linkages.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: migration, refugees, remittances
Invisible in Thailand
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is concerned that there are significant numbers of Burmese living in Thailand who qualify for and deserve international protection and assistance even though they do not have access to proper registration processes. Without a transparent, humane and lawful asylum policy for Burmese people entering Thailand, it is impossible to estimate the percentage of bona fide refugees that are mixed into the group of migrants who have left Burma solely for other reasons.
Posted in Publications, Reports
Keywords: migration, refugees
Refugees and IDPs in Peacemaking Processes
By Karen Jacobsen, Helen Young and Abdalmonim Osman. In Contemporary Peacemaking. Palgrave Macmillan 2nd Edition. 2008.
Posted in Book Chapters, Publications
Keywords: internally-displaced persons, refugees
The Invisible Refugee Camp: Durable Solutions for Boreah ‘Residuals’ in Guinea
By Lacey Gale. 2008. Journal of Refugee Studies, 21: 537-552.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: refugees
Bulgur Marriages and Big Women: Navigating Relatedness in Guinean Refugee Camps
By Lacey Gale. 2007. Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 80 no.2: 355-379.
Posted in Peer-Reviewed Articles, Publications
Keywords: marriage, refugees, women
Refugees In Urban Settings
Karen Jacobsen, Guest Editor. Special Issue of Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 9(3): 273-286. June 2006
Posted in Other Major Publications, Publications
Keywords: internally-displaced persons, refugees