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    IDP working group: internally displaced persons in Iraq – update

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    This paper reports on the current situation with regards to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’s) in Iraq. It outlines the spread of IDP’s across Governorates, trends and discusses some of the main trends and stated needs in addition to discussing some of the vulnerable groups. Key issues highlighted include:
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    Somalia: proceed with caution

    AllAfrica.com, 2008
    Over the past seventeen years, Somalia has been subject to ongoing civil wars, droughts and floods. Most observers agree that the crisis has never been as acute as it is today. This short bulletin argues that in order to stabilise Somalia and keep this crisis from spreading further, the international community must act now to find a viable solution to the political crisis in Somalia.
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    Guidance on profiling internally displaced persons

    United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 2007
    Internally Displaced Person (IDP) profiling is the collaborative process of identifying groups or individuals in order to advocate on their behalf, protect and assist them and, eventually, to help bring about a solution to their displacement.
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    UNHCR handbook for the protection of women and girls

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2008
    Today, women and girls everywhere still face greater obstacles claiming and enjoying their rights than do men and boys. Displacement generally exacerbates these inequalities, as does a tendency to focus on human rights abuses in public, rather than private, spheres. Gender inequality is at the heart of sexual and gender-based violence.
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    Migration from Zimbabwe: numbers, needs and policy options

    Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2008
    According to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), by July 2007 the number of Zimbabweans deported from South Africa to their home country had reached 17 000 each month. Cross-border movements on this scale inevitably feed into issues of public concern, whether well-informed or not, such as crime, corruption, and xenophobia.
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    Lessons from rising living standards in rural India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The last thirty years have seen rapid economic and social change in India. Faster economic growth has been accompanied by reports of substantial reductions in poverty. But concerns remain that some regions and groups of people living in poverty have been left out.
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    A study of migrant-sending households in Serbia receiving remittances from Switzerland

    International Organization for Migration, 2008
    This report analyses the impact of remittances sent back to families in Serbia by individuals who migrated and settled in Switzerland. It also looks at a profile of the migrant sending population and analyses trends and patterns.
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    Trafficking in human beings and the 2006 World Cup in Germany

    International Organization for Migration, 2007
    Based on research between June and September 2006, this report investigates whether there is any evidence to suggest that the number of victims of trafficking (VoT) for sexual exploitation increased during the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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    Central African Republic: fragile gains

    Refugees International, 2008
    The Central African Republic (CAR) faces political instability and chronic poverty that demand a long-term concerted effort from the international donor community, the United Nations and international NGOs.
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    Iraqi refugee women and youth in Jordan: reproductive health findings a snap shot from the field

    Women's Refugee Commission, 2008
    This paper presents the problems facing Iraqi refugees in Jordan, highlighting the plight of women and children. The authors discuss their first hand picture of difficulties faced by displaced, abandoned, Iraqis. The focus of the document is on the lack of reproductive health care and other needs.

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