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  Reluctant to return? The primacy of social networks in the repatriation of Rwandan refugees in Uganda

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2014

  Two decades after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, tens of thousands of refugees remain in exile. Since October 2002, the governments of Rwanda and Uganda, and UNHCR have been playing an active role in promoting the voluntary repatriation of Rwandan refugees.
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  2014 Trafficking in Persons Report - Nigeria

  US Department of State, 2014

  Nigeria is a popular source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labour and sex trafficking.
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  Change the Story: Refugees and Migrants Speak Against GBV

  2013

  This 3-part series of short radio dramas highlights factors that make refugees and migrant communities vulnerable to sexual violence, as well as the challenges they face when attempting to access care and treatment services.
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  Migration and the environment - Population Bulletin special issue

  Population Reference Bureau, 2014

  As the evidence ofglobal climate change has accumulated, academics, policymakers, and the media have given more attention to migration as a result of environmental change. A major concern is whether climate change will displace large numbers of vulnerable people around the world.
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  50 years of urbanization in Africa: examining the role of climate change

  World Bank, 2014

  For the last 50 years, much of Africa has experienced a decline in moisture availability with the strongest decline happening in areas that were already relatively dry. This trend has affected agricultural productivity and contributed to increased urban migration.
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  Refugee economies: rethinking popular assumptions

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2014

  There is a lack of research that examines the economic lives of refugees and displaced  populations. The limited research that exists is mainly focused on refugee livelihoods or economic impacts on the host state.  The concept of ‘refugee economies’ is used to represent the entire resource allocation system  relating to a refugee community.
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  An exploration and critique of the use of mental health information within refugee status determination proceedings in the United Kingdom

  Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2014

  This study seeks to understand the composition, use and cultural orientation of mental health evidence within the UK’s refugee status determination (RSD) process.
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  Economics behind forced labour trafficking: comprehensive case studies of child domestic labour and commercial sexual exploitation

  Global March Against Child Labour, 2014

  Millions of children and young women are trafficked around the world for forced labour. Trafficking for forced labour as we define in our paper is not restricted to any particular form or industry - it takes place for commercial sexual exploitation, child labour or bonded labour.
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  Climate and Development Outlook: Bangladesh Special Edition

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This bulletin features a range of recent results and learning from the Climate & Development Knowledge Network’s (CDKN’s) programme to strengthen climate resilient development in Bangladesh.
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  Gender-based violence and child protection among Syrian refugees in Jordan, with a focus on early marriage

  UN Women, 2013

  This assessment was conducted from December 2013 to March 2013 to obtain a more comprehensive understanding of the risks that Syrian refugee families – especially women and girls – face in Jordan, and to provide a deeper understanding of Syrian urban refugees’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards gender-based violence (GBV) against adults and children, including early m

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