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The protection of forced migrants in Islamic law
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007Despite Muslim states hosting large numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), the inherent protection and assistance afforded to forced migrants at Islamic Law has largely been overlooked.DocumentInfluencing state behavior for refugee protection: UNHCR and the design of the refugee protection regime
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008UNHCR is the guardian of the international refugee protection regime. In fulfilling this role, UNHCR is also the single most important actor in its constant development.DocumentBeyond the nexus: UNHCR’s evolving perspective on refugee protection and international migration
United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008Until the 1990s, UNHCR rarely made any reference to the issue of international migration in its policy documents and public statements. From the early 1990’s onwards, however, UNHCR's traditional reluctance to acknowledge or discuss the issue of international migration was challenged by a number of related developments.DocumentIrregular migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union: an overview of recent trends
International Organization for Migration, 2008The migrants themselves are commonly depicted as victims recruited by merciless and unscrupulous traffickers and smugglers. This paper highlights how due to this perceived image policy solutions usually involve fighting illegal immigration through intensifying border controls and cracking down trafficking and smuggling-related crime.DocumentCitizenship, violence and xenophobia in South Africa: perceptions from South African communities
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2008More 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?DocumentThe Vienna forum report: a way forward to combat human trafficking
UN global initiative to fight trafficking, 2008Issues such as disempowerment, social exclusion and economic vulnerability are the result of policies and practices that marginalise entire groups of people and make them vulnerable to being trafficked. Individuals are vulnerable to trafficking not only because of conditions in their countries of origin.DocumentCrisis in Kenya: land, displacement and the search for 'durable solutions'
Overseas Development Institute, 2008This 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:DocumentDon't call it shangri-la economic programs for displaced populations in Nepal
Women's Refugee Commission, 2008In 1996, an armed Maoist insurgency grew out of the Communist Party of Nepal and resulted in 10 years of conflict, human rights violations perpetrated by both the government and the Maoists, and large-scaleDocumentAssessing the security implications of climate change for West Africa: country case studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2008Traditionally seen as an environmental and an energy issue, climate change is now also being cast as a threat to international peace and security.DocumentHighly skilled migration from Albania: an assessment of current trends and the ways ahead
Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2008Within the last decade, developed countries' immigration policies have become increasingly skewed in favour of skilled migrants. Despite this recent attention on the emigration of the highly skilled workers from Albania has yet to be analysed in a systematic way. There is an urgent need to have a more accurate picture of the size and intensity of this phenomenon.Pages