Conflict refugees and IDPs
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- How can internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Iraq attain parity with the non-IDP population?
- ( J. Bigio;J. Scott / Brookings Institution , 2009)
- With increased levels of security in Iraq in 2008-9, displaced persons have begun to make decisions about their future, and the number of displaced Iraqis making settlement decisions is expected to in...
What is the situation of IDPs in Algeria?
- ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2009)
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Although Algeria has been affected by large-scale internal displacement caused by the internal conflict that has ravaged the country since the early 1990s, very little information is available on t...
- Ensuring human security can lead to better opportunities for human development in the Arab world
- ( M. El-Sayyid;M. Al-Rasheed;S. Benjelloun;Et al / Human Development Report Office, UNDP , 2009)
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This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to on...
- Overview of Palestinian refugee issues
- ( A. Shiblak / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK , 2009)
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Palestinians form the largest and one of the oldest refugee and stateless communities in the world. This paper gives a personal overview of the Palestinian refugee issue from a Palestinian perspect...
- How has conflict affected livelihoods and remittances in Darfur?
- ( H. Young;K. Jacobsen;A. Osman / Feinstein International Center, USA , 2009)
- In conflict zones where displacement and insecurity undermine people’s ability to pursue livelihoods, links with Diaspora and the remittances they send are an important source of support. This b...
- Violations of international humanitarian law in Sri Lanka
- ( Human Rights Watch , 2009)
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During the ongoing fighting in the Vanni, both the Sri Lankan armed forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have committed serious violations of international humanitarian law with r...
Refugee girls in states affected by armed conflict
- ( Women's Refugee Commission , 2009)
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More than 140 million girls live in fragile states affected by armed conflict. As they flee from war, girls face many dangers, including rape, landmines, gunfire and hunger. They may be recruited i...
Protecting refugee women in Darfur from sexual assult
- ( Physicians for Human Rights , 2009)
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It is over five years since many refugee women and their families them fled their burned villages, ransacked homes and ruined fields in Chad and streamed across the Sudan border. This report a...
- Global trends in internal displacement
- ( Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre , 2009)
- With approximately 26 million people internally displaced worldwide, the issue of IDPs remain one of the most serious challenges for the international development community. This report from the Inter...
- Increasing recognition and protection of refugees and migrants in Mashrek countries
- ( L. Hilal;S. Samy / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2008)
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Refugees and migrants in the Mashrek countries (defined as Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria for the purposes of this report) are at risk of unlawful deportation, ill treatment and exploitation. Di...
