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In search of chiefly authority in ‘post-aid’ Acholiland : transformations of customary authorities in northern Uganda [PDF]
This paper investigates the complex relation between protracted donor interventions and the production of customary authority. More specifically, the paper analyses the impact of post-conflict donor interventions (and their withdrawal) on the position of
Büscher, Karen, Komujuni, Sophie
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Asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia: Problems and potentials [PDF]
Asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia increasingly experience protracted waiting times for permanent settlement in other countries. They have few, if any, legal rights, coupled with extremely limited financial resources and no access to government ...
Briskman, Linda Ruth, Fiske, Lucy Imogen
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Personal perspectives of protracted displacement
The ongoing conflict in Syria has provoked mass exodus on an unprecedented scale, with over four million Syrian refugees now registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Most of these refugees fled across the borders to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq and Turkey, where the vast ...
Karen Boswall, Ruba Al Akash
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Description and Predictive Factors of individual outcomes in a refugee camp based mental health intervention (Beirut, Lebanon) [PDF]
There is little evidence on the effectiveness of services for the care of people with mental disorders among refugee populations. Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has established a mental health centre in a mixed urban-refugee population in Beirut to ...
Alison Jones +10 more
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Jiwar: from a right of neighbourliness to a right of neighbourhood for refugees [PDF]
In this paper I make the case that a closer examination of the tradition of jiwār or neighbourliness can help unsettle the binary of citizen and migrant that forecloses the possibility of accessing rights for the latter.
Zaman, Tahir
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The use and abuse of forced migration and displacement as a weapon of war
It is undeniable that forced migration and displacement is a “weapon of war.” To understand the ever-escalating refugee crisis in the world today and how it might be addressed, it is necessary to examine its “root cause(s).” Organized political violence ...
James C. Simeon
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Within the European Union (EU), Italy is one of the main countries of transit and destination for migrants coming from Africa and Asia, including a significant component of forced migrants and protection seekers. In particular, Italy is the first European country of arrival for many migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Mediterranean from North ...
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Understanding the challenge [PDF]
The likelihood that those in protracted exile may spendsignificant amounts of time either in camp-like situationsor unprotected in urban settings often has negativeimplications for their human rights and livelihoods as wellas for states’ security.
Gil Loescher, James Milner
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Governing protracted displacement: what access to solutions for forcibly displaced people
The governance of displacement and access to protection are closely linked to solutions for displaced people that refer to both the capability of displaced persons to rebuild their lives after displacement and the pportunities available to do so. Current policies to address displacement follow the (often artificial) division of governance structures ...
Noack, Marion +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim +8 more
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