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Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
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Torture, trauma and posttraumatic symptoms in Syrian women asylum seekers in the Greek border camp of Idomeni

Torture
Introduction: Experiencing traumatic events and torture due to war, the migratory process, and staying in confinement centers exposes refugees to a high risk of suffering psychological problems.
Marta Guarch-Rubio, Antonio L. Manzanero, Francisco Roy Delgado, Anca Minescu, Dumaha Mohamed   +4 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Graffiti in Palestinian Refugee Camps: from palimpsest walls to public space

Articulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2018
Walls and graffiti in Palestine’s refugee camps tell a border story. As people in camps continue to consider themselves refugees from the 1948 Nakba, and as long as their freedom of movement is either denied or at the least controlled by Israel, the ...
Clémence Lehec
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A review of water and sanitation provision in refugee camps in association with selected health and nutrition indicators--the need for integrated service provision.

, 2008
The first global overview of basic water and sanitation indicators in refugee camps is presented (using data from 2003-2006) and compared with selected health and nutrition indicators.
Cornier, N, Aramburu, C, Cronin, AA, Abdalla, F, Shrestha, D, Ezard, N   +5 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia

Conflict and Health
Background There is little evidence of the magnitude of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion in humanitarian settings, but the extent and consequences of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion are likely to be exacerbated among refugee populations.
Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Stephanie Küng, George Odwe, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Caitlin Rich, Peter Kisaakye, Caroline W. Kabiru, Francis Obare, Margaret Giorgio   +10 more
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Use of Nighttime Light Images in Evaluating Refugee Settlement

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
In recent years, due to growing number of humanitarian disasters, international attention to refugees has increased. However, many refugee settlements are located in remote areas and there is a lack of relevant surveying data, which leads to the ...
Shiyu Wang, Xi Li
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Notes from the Field in Kigoma, Tanzania

Refuge, 1999
In these short notes the authors provide some insight to their visit to displaced persons camps in Kigoma, Tanzania. This trip marks the fourth set of camps examined in the Post Emergency Phase Indicators Project, a joint collaboration between the Johns ...
Paul B. Spiegel, Mani Sheik
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Palestinian Refugee Camps: from Shelter to Habitat [PDF]

, 2009
Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA and their housing conditions are officially characterized by a “ temporary status” , a situation which has lasted the past sixty years. This article explores this time-paradox by focusing on the host governments’
H. Rueff, Viaro, Alain, Rueff, Henri, A. Viaro   +3 more
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