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    Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] (RAU)

    The Research and Advocacy Unit [RAU] is an independent, non-governmental organisation. Its Mission is to provide high-quality research for the purposes of relevant and current policy change.
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    African Centre for Migration and Society (ACMS)

    The ACMS is an independent, interdisciplinary and internationally engaged Africa-based centre of excellence for research and teaching that shapes global discourse on human mobility, development and so
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    The Zimbabwean Documentation Process: Lessons Learned

    African Centre for Migration and Society, 2012
    Between September 20 and December 31, 2010, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) carried out the Zimbabwe Documentation Process (ZDP). Intended as a model for similar documentation projects that the DHA plans to extend to other categories of Southern Africans, the process provided a path for regularising the status of undocumented migrants.
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    The causes and consequences of re-trafficking

    International Organization for Migration, 2012
    Although there is a consensus agreement among international organizations, governments and academics regarding the seriousness and significance of re-trafficking as a problem, there has been very little research conducted into its incidence, cause or consequence.
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    Climate change, vulnerability and human mobility: perspectives of refugees from the east and Horn of Africa

    United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
    This study aims to understand the extent to which refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have perceived, experienced and responded to climatic variability and long-term negative climatic change in the east and Horn of Africa.
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    Climate change, migration and critical international security considerations

    International Organization for Migration, 2012
    There are growing concerns that climate change will lead to large-scale population displacements and migrations in coming decades. Many security scholars worry that these may in turn contribute to violence and conflict in the most vulnerable regions. Are these concerns supported by scientific evidence? And if so, what options are available to concerned policymakers?
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    Making migration a development factor: the case of North and West Africa

    International Labour Organization, 2010
    Migration can be a positive factor in the development of countries of origin through two main channels - remittances and return migration. But, in looking at five countries (Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia) this report shows how the global financial crisis has aggravated the already difficult employment situation in North and West Africa.
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    Rethinking “Ecological Migration” and the Value of Cultural Continuity: A Response to Wang, Song, and Hu

    Springer, 2010
    Comment by J.M. Foggin, in response to: Wang Z.M., K.S. Song, and L.J. Hu. 2010. China’s largest scale ecological migration in the three-river headwater region. AMBIO 39 (5–6):443–446. The author argues that Ecological Migration (EM) policy is all too often accepted with little critique in China.
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    Migration, a possible adaptation strategy?

    Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales (IDDRI) / Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations, 2010
    The environment has always been an important factor in migration, however, the expected impacts of climate change transform the complex relationship that exists between environmental degradation and migration flows, whether forced or voluntary.
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    Climate-Related Displacement and Human Security in South Asia: A Review of the Social Science Research

    Institute for Human Security, 2011
    Climate-related displacement is one of the key challenges facing South Asia in the coming decades. This paper reviews existing research and argues that one way to frame the contributions of social science research is to explore the issues in terms of a human security approach.

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