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    Local government and migration management in border areas - challenges and opportunities for public service provision

    The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2008
    Local government is finally beginning to examine the issues around cross-border migration with several metro municipalities in South Africa recently developing independent policies related to migrants and refugees.
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    Negotiating rights: the politics of local integration

    The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2008
    The current advocacy campaign against the warehousing of refugees in camps suggests the facilitation of local integration as a possible alternative policy.
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    Which migration, what development? critical perspectives on European African relations

    The Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of the Witwatersrand, 2007
    In early 2006, the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2006 considered the economic implications of migration and remittances for poverty alleviation in Africa and elsewhere. Since then, migration and development have served as primary themes in conferences, workshops, and policy debates in Europe, North America, and elsewhere.
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    Africa: atlas of our changing environment

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008
    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 images, graphs, maps, and photographs, this Atlas presents a powerful testament to the adverse changes taking place on the African landscape as a result of intensified  natural and human impacts.
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    An introduction to human trafficking: vulnerability, impact and action

    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008
    Traditional approaches to preventing trafficking in human beings, to protect and assist trafficked persons and bring criminals to justice have had some small impact on the global phenomenon, but not enough. This document contains three background papers presented to the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking.
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    Double jeopardy: women migrants and refugees in South Africa

    Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2008
    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 bloodshed.
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    Disabilities among refugees and conflict-affected populations: a resource kit for fieldworkers

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
    Persons with disabilities remain among the most hidden, neglected and socially excluded of all displaced people today. People with disabilities are often literally and programmatically “invisible” in refugee and internally displaced persons (IDP) assistance programs [adapted from author].
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    Protecting refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in South Africa

    The Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa (CoRMSA), 2008
    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 commitments.
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    Natural disasters and remittances exploring the linkages between poverty, gender, and disaster vulnerability in Caribbean SIDS

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2008
    The dislocation of households coupled with the loss of livelihoods caused by natural disaster, which usually affects the poor disproportionately, provides a push factor for migration and future remittances.
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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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