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Modelling and predicting forced migration. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Migration models have evolved significantly during the last decade, most notably the so-called flow Fixed-Effects (FE) gravity models. Such models attempt to infer how human mobility may be driven by changing economy, geopolitics, and the environment ...
Haodong Qi, Tuba Bircan
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Forced Migration

The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2020
Editorial
Nadia Caidi, Juliane Stiller, Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed, Violeta Trkulja   +3 more
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Valuable Beyond Vulnerable: A Scoping Review on the Contributions of Older Forced Migrants in Post-migration Recovery [PDF]

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
During times of crisis, including pandemics, climate change, and forced migration, much of the discourse in ageing research and intervention centers on the vulnerabilities of older adults. Unfortunately, the valuable contributions of older adults to post-
Prince Chiagozie Ekoh, Christine A. Walsh   +1 more
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Climate, conflict and forced migration [PDF]

Global Environmental Change, 2018
Despite the lack of robust empirical evidence, a growing number of media reports attempt to link climate change to the ongoing violent conflicts in Syria and other parts of the world, as well as to the migration crisis in Europe.
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Surveys about attended births appear to be deceptive in CAR: are the population saying what they think NGO’s want to hear?

Conflict and Health, 2021
Background Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and donors often promote certain practices to a community, such as in-facility births and then evaluate the efficacy of those interventions, in part, by surveying those populations.
Philippe Wol, Christina Kay, Leslie Roberts   +2 more
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Forced Migration and Mortality [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
We examine the long-run effects of forced migration from Eastern Europe into post-war Germany. Existing evidence suggests that displaced individuals are worse off economically, facing a considerably lower income and a higher unemployment risk than comparable natives even twenty years after being expelled.
Bauer, Thomas K., Giesecke, Matthias, Janisch, Laura M.   +2 more
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The Eritrean Military/National Service Programme: Slavery and the Notion of Persecution in Refugee Status Determination

Laws, 2021
Despite the overwhelming evidence of human rights violations within the Eritrean Military/National Service Programme (“MNSP”), adjudication of asylum applications made by Eritreans remains a challenge.
Sara Palacios-Arapiles
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Post-traumatic stress reactions and doctor-certified sick leave after a workplace terrorist attack: Norwegian cohort study

BMJ Open, 2020
ObjectiveTo explore the association between the psychosocial work environment and the risk of sick leave among governmental employees with symptom-defined post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a workplace bomb attack.DesignA prospective study on ...
Trond Heir, Maria Teresa Grønning Dale, Alexander Nissen, Mona Berthelsen   +3 more
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New Vulnerabilities for Migrants and Refugees in State Responses to the Global Pandemic, COVID-19

Social Sciences, 2021
This article examines the global pandemic, COVID-19, through the lens of responses to vulnerable migrants, asking what state responses mean for the future of human rights values and for humanitarian interventions.
Claudia Tazreiter, Simon Metcalfe
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Social interactions, experiences with adverse life events and depressive symptoms in individuals with visual impairment: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Knowledge about the high rates of depression in people with visual impairment (VI) remains unclear. The study aimed to examine whether depressive symptoms in people with VI were associated with social isolation, perceived social support and ...
Audun Brunes, Trond Heir
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