Forced migration
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- Climate change and migration
- ( V.O. Kolmannskog / Norwegian Refugee Council , 2008)
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With the certainty of global warming, the term ‘climate refugees’ is gaining popularity in public discourse. The term climate refugees implies a mono-causality that one rarely finds in ...
- Are IDP camps in Darfur militarized?
- ( C. Khan / Small Arms Survey , 2008)
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Tensions in internally displaced person (IDP) and refugee camps in Darfur and on the Chadian border have given rise, in recent years, to claims that they are ‘militarized’. To date, lit...
- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- ( M. Couldrey;M. Herson / , 2008)
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming ...
- Security ,Stability and Development- a guide for the Great Lakes Pact
- ( D. Clancy;O. Bueno;K. Ridderbos / Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2008)
- The Great Lakes region has one of the largest displaced populations in the whole world with about two million refugees and ten million IDPs. Most of these displacements are due to violent co...
- The impact of demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries
- ( R. Black;D. Kniveton;R. Skeldon / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex , 2008)
- This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for internatio...
- Internal displacement in Azerbaijan
- ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2008)
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Almost 15 years after signing a ceasefire agreement, Azerbaijan and Armenia have yet to resolve the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh. In the absence of a peace agreement, some 570,000 internally disp...
Addressing the needs and rights of those affected by riverbank erosion in Bangladesh
- ( C., R. Abrar;S., N. Azad / Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh , 2007)
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Each year, tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh are internally displaced as a consequence of riverbank erosion. Yet, such erosion does not draw the attention of policy makers in the same way t...
Mapping environmental change in Africa: evidence from satellite images
- ( United Nations [UN] Environment Programme , 2008)
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This African atlas is the first publication to use satellite photos to depict environmental change in each and every African country during the last thirty years. Through an array of satellite imag...
How should violence be prevented in South Africa?
- ( R. Fuller;V. Williams;N. Jaynes;Z. Nkongolo / Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa , 2008)
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In May 2008, South Africa was shaken by an outbreak of a wave of violence characterised by an intensity and fierceness previously unknown in this young democracy and reminiscent of apartheid bloods...
- Is South Africa protecting the rights of non nationals?
- ( The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA) , 2008)
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In South Africa non-nationals, refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants are often excluded from the services, welfare, and dignity they are guaranteed by South African law and constitutional ...
