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    Women's migration, urban poverty and child health in Rajasthan

    Sussex Centre for Migration Research, 2008
    Migration is an increasing feature which defines the lives of the rural and urban poor in India, however few studies have considered its effects on the health of migrants and their families. This paper examines the high levels of infant and child illness and death amongst poor urban slum communities in Rajasthan, a state with one of the highest infant mortality rates in India.
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    Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)

    The Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy.
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    Africa review report on drought and desertification

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2008
    Prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in preparation for the sixteenth session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16), this report reviews drought and desertification in Africa by bringing together inputs from member states, regional partners, available documentation and comment from various organisations and individuals.
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    Human tide: the real migration crisis

    Christian Aid, 2007
    The number of IDPs is expected to rise dramatically in the coming decades. And those already displaced look likely to be joined by at least equal numbers of people forced from their homes because of climate change. The case studies in this report spell out in human detail how major internal migration crises, caused by conflict, have already developed in Sudan, in Uganda and in Sri Lanka.
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    Europe's migration policy: a comprehensive international strategy or a pressing domestic concern?

    Fundació Centro de relaciones internacionales y cooperación internacional., 2008
    Since the Tampere European Council, cooperation with third countries has been one of Europe’s guiding principles in the area of migration. This article argues that in today’s world the distinction  between internal and external management of migration flows has lost much of its relevance.
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    Climate change and migration: improving methodologies to estimate flows

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. The document:
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    Resisting displacement by combatants and developers: humanitarian zones in north-west Colombia

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2007
    In the north-western department of Chocó, near Colombia’s border with Panama, forcibly displaced people have established 'Humanitarian Zones' in a bid to hang on to their land and livelihoods.
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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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    Expert seminar: migration and the environment

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    Environmental degradation, climate change and migration are not new to the global community. However, managing these phenomena has become both more challenging and more critical to ensuring human security and sustainable development.
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    Indigenous routes: a framework for understanding indigenous migration

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    Why do indigenous people migrate? This paper examines reviews the major causes and circumstances of indigenous peoples’ migration and argues that modern migration of these peoples is both diverse and complex.

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