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    The UNHCR tool for participatory assessment in operations

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2006
    Refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees must be at the centre of decision-making concerning their protection and well-being. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the protection problems they face, it is essential to consult them directly and to listen to them.
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    Citizenship, violence and xenophobia in South Africa: perceptions from South African communities

    Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2008
    More than 50 people died and tens of thousands of people were displaced as a result of ‘xenophobic’ violence in South Africa during 2008. A number of urgent questions resulted from these attacks: Why are foreign African migrants the targets of violence in informal settlements? What is the explanation for the timing, location and scale of the outbreaks?
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    Crisis in Kenya: land, displacement and the search for 'durable solutions'

    Overseas Development Institute, 2008
    This policy brief explores the importance of land issues in forced displacement in Kenya, drawing out their implications for current humanitarian and early recovery interventions in the wake of the violence and displacement that followed the 2007 elections. Key messages nclude:
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    Women on the run: female survivors of torture amongst Zimbabwean asylum seekers and refugees in South Africa

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006
    Large numbers of Zimbabwean women are fleeing their homes and even their country to avoid violence. This report was written to coincide with South Africa's 'Sixteen days on gender activism'. It shows that a significant proportion of the women who have fled Zimbabwe for South Africa have experienced state torture.
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    IDP working group: internally displaced persons in Iraq – update

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    This paper reports on the current situation with regards to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Iraq. It outlines the spread of IDP’s across Governorates, trends and discusses some of the main trends and stated needs in addition to discussing some of the vulnerable groups. Key issues highlighted include:
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    Five years later, a hidden crisis report of the IRC Commission on Iraqi refugees

    International Rescue Committee, 2008
    Based on interviews with senior officials from the United Nations and the governments of Iraq, the United States, Jordan and Syria, this paper reports on the situation with regards to assistance for refugees, diplomatic engagement and resettlement.
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    Migration & development linkage in Sri Lanka: a post-tsunami and civil conflict approach

    Federico Caffe Center, Dept. of Social Sciences, Roskilde University, 2007
    This paper examines the linkages between migration and development with a particular focus on the post-tsunami and civil conflict approach in Sri-Lanka. It also reviews migration policies and their integration in national and/or international development whilst also identifying migration strategies and good practices.
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    A climate of conflict

    SIDA Studies, 2008
    Climate change is upon us and its physical effects have started to unfold. This report takes such findings, expressed in the Forth Assessment Review of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, as its starting point and looks at the social and human consequences that are likely to ensue – particularly the risks of conflict and instability.
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    Focus on... Agriculture after conflict

    New Agriculturalist, 2007
    The aftermath of war is a reality faced by millions of rural poor around the world, and re-establishing agricultural production, for both subsistence and trade, is an essential part of the rehabilitation process.
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    Access to post primary education for victims of forced displacement in Africa

    African Union, 2007
    This concept paper explains that the need for an African Union policy on access to post primary education for victims of forced displacement in Africa is based on a situation analysis of forced displacement in Africa and the review of access that this group of people has to education in general and post primary education in particular.

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