FMR 41 Challenging RSD clients' preferences for foreign service providers
Organisations that provide legal services to refugees and asylum seekers face the challenge of responding ethically to clients' requests to be assisted by foreigners as opposed to by nationals in country offices.
8 May 2013, 11:19 am
7 minutes 29 seconds
FMR 41 Overseas cultural orientation programmes and resettled refugees' perceptions
Resettled refugees often have misconceptions about their potential for self-sufficiency in the United States, and experience adjustment problems after their arrival.
8 May 2013, 11:18 am
20 minutes 28 seconds
FMR 41 Are refugees an economic burden or benefit?
Governments emphasise the negative impacts and costs but these, although undeniable and well documented, are only part of the picture.
8 May 2013, 11:17 am
11 minutes 17 seconds
FMR 41 From the Nansen Principles to the Nansen Initiative
The Nansen Initiative launched in October 2012 aims to build consensus among states about how best to address cross-border displacement in the context of sudden- and slow-onset disasters.
8 May 2013, 11:16 am
5 minutes 39 seconds
FMR 41 Lessons from mobilisation around slum evictions in Tanzania
A study of forced urban eviction in Tanzania shows that grassroots mobilisation alone may be unable to confront the challenges of displacement and that there are risks when mobilisation around displacement is premised on unrealistic expectations.
8 May 2013, 11:15 am
7 minutes 59 seconds
FMR 41 Making work safe for displaced women
Understanding risk factors and protection strategies allows practitioners to ensure appropriate programme design and implementation for displaced women.
8 May 2013, 11:14 am
9 minutes 42 seconds
FMR 41 From a lab in Luxembourg to satellites in South Sudan
A new communications platform for use in humanitarian emergencies made its debut in January 2012 in South Sudan, and is now being deployed elsewhere. Emergency.lu aims to be a global inter-agency tool.
8 May 2013, 11:13 am
12 minutes 24 seconds
FMR 41 North Koreans in China in need of international protection
Ihe international community needs to reconsider how it might better work towards securing protection for North Koreans. Some may be political refugees, others 'refugees sur place'.
8 May 2013, 11:12 am
10 minutes 46 seconds
FMR 41 The conveniently forgotten human rights of the Rohingya
As stateless Rohingya in Burma face containment in IDP camps and within their homes and communities in what is effectively segregation, their human rights are on the whole being ignored.
8 May 2013, 11:10 am
12 minutes 47 seconds
FMR 41 East African refugees adapting to life in the UK
This article reflects on the first-hand life experiences of refugees of East/Horn of Africa origin on arrival in the UK. The experiences, some of which could be seen as humorous or sad, may be informative and relevant for other practitioners.
8 May 2013, 11:10 am
11 minutes 17 seconds
FMR 41 Attempts to prevent displacement in the occupied Palestinian territories
Prevention has become a strategy increasingly adopted by the humanitarian community in addressing forced displacement in the occupied Palestinian territories and responding to immediate emergency needs for families displaced or at risk.