Archive for the ‘iraq’ Category
Friday, May 7th, 2010
A new series of podcasts, recorded at a regional presentation in Amman, on the situation of Iraqi refugees, is now available from Forced Migration Online. The presentation was jointly organized by the Refugee Studies Centre and the Regional Human Security Centre (RHSC) in Amman, Jordan.
Based on a recent RSC Policy Briefing on Iraq’s refugees – beyond tolerance, this one-day event provided a platform for an open discussion on the situation of Iraqis displaced internally and Iraqis displaced in the region.
The keynote address was given by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan. Other participants included:
- Dr Nasir Al-Samaraie, Adviser to the Iraq Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross
- Dr Philip Marfleet, Associate Director, CMRB, University of East London
- Dr Dawn Chatty, Deputy Director, RSC, University of Oxford
- Professor Adel Tweissi, Secretary General of the Higher Council of Science and Technology
- Mr Abed El-Baset Al Kabariti, Ministry of Interior, Government of Jordan
- Mr Arafat Jamal, UNHCR Deputy Representative in Jordan
- Ms Liana Paris, Displacement Monitoring Officer, IOM Iraq Mission
Key principles for consideration by policy makers were presented and discussed. The emphasis was on protection and durable solutions to displacement.
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Issue 34 of Forced Migration Review (FMR) is now available in the digital library. This issue focuses on the topic of “Urban Displacement”.
Articles explore the complexity of the challenges faced by those displaced into urban areas and by those seeking to protect and assist them, and argue for the need for a radical rethinking of approaches by the international community.
The issue also includes a spotlight on Haiti and the use of standards to shape response and recovery after the earthquake in January, plus a selection of articles on subjects such as Mauritania, South Africa, Timor-Leste, Colombia, Pakistan, the new Kampala Convention, family separation in the UK, cross-border mobility of Iraqi refugees, and maternal mortality among conflict-affected populations.
FMR is also published in French, Spanish and Arabic.
Forced Migration Online’s latest resource summary, which complements FMR 34, is also available to view online. It provides links to key resources, websites and documents exploring contemporary debate on these issues, as well as links to wider issues concerned with human rights and displacement.
Full Issue
Resource Summary
Individual Articles
Posted in digital library, displacement, egypt, ethiopia, fmr, forced migration, forced migration review, iraq, latin america, policy, protection, resource summary, somalia, south africa, sudan, uganda, united kingdom | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

‘Iraq’s refugees – beyond tolerance’ by Dr Philip Marfleet and Dr Dawn Chatty, the latest in the series of Refugee Studies Centre Forced Migration Policy Briefings, is now available online.
This policy brief considers the situation of displaced populations within Iraq’s national borders and of communities of Iraqis living under difficult circumstances in a number of Middle Eastern states.
The paper suggests that despite military and policy discourses of renewed stability in Iraq, the crisis is far from over and that mass return is unlikely as long as security remains a key concern. It presents some key principles for consideration by policy makers in government, in migration agencies and in the humanitarian networks and recommends that further research should be conducted on the scale, circumstances and patterns of movement of Iraqis within and beyond the Middle East.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

This podcast was recorded at the International Gender Studies Centre’s Kaberry Commemorative Lecture which was on Thursday 27th May 2009 at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. The Rt Honourable Professor The Baroness Afshar gave the lecture on the subject of Peace and Reconstruction in the Middle East: Where are the Women?
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

The film ‘Iraqis in Egypt: Time is Running Out’ is now available to view online. The documentary looks at the lives of six Iraqi families who have been forced to flee their homes and are now living as refugees in the massive urban sprawl of Cairo. As the years pass by, their situations are becoming increasingly desperate, with little or no rights in their country of first asylum.
UPDATE: Visit iraqisinegypt.org for the latest media releases, films, podcasts and more.
Posted in American University in Cairo, Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program, asylum, cairo, documentary, egypt, film, forced migration, iraq, middle east, multimedia, refugee, unhcr, video | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

This podcast was recorded in Amman, Jordan in December 2007 with additional interviews recorded in February 2008. The Amman recordings include interviews with a number of Iraqis now living in Jordan from a range of backgrounds and current situations. The podcast includes comments from Rana Sweis UNHCR, Amman and Dana Graber Ladek International Organisation for Migration (IMO), Iraq.
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008

FMO has launched the first of a series of podcasts recorded at the bi-annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM), held in Cairo between January 6th and 10th 2008. The 11th IASFM conference was hosted by the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program of the American University in Cairo. A large proportion of those attending and giving presentations were researchers and practitioners from the global South. The FMO team made audio recordings of the conference’s plenary sessions. The further details about the conference can be accessed on the FMO event page.
Posted in africa, cairo, conference, egypt, event, forced migration, iasfm, iasfm11, iraq, irregular migration, middle east, podcast, refugee | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The research guide on Iraq has been updated to reflect rising levels of displacement and other recent developments. Since 2003, UNHCR estimates that at least 2 million Iraqis have left Iraq and a further 1 million have been displaced inside the country. One in eight Iraqis has been forcibly uprooted, and according to UNHCR estimates, some 40,000 to 60,000 are leaving their homes on a monthly basis. There are an estimated 1.4 million Iraqis seeking refuge in Syria and a further 750,000 in Jordan. See also the resource summary which highlights a selection of web-based resources that focus on Iraq.
UPDATE: Also worth noting, the NGO Coordination Committee in Iraq have published a series of 6 briefing papers summarizing current issues, trends and lessons learned facing operational humanitarian organisations in Iraq. The papers address the following areas:
- Adapting to Insecurity in Iraq
- Operational Modalities
- Personnel Management
- Interactions Between Aid and Conflict
- Humanitarian – Military Interactions
- Perceptions of Humanitarianism
Posted in displacement, forced migration, iraq, jordan, middle east, syria, unhcr, update | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

A special issue of Forced Migration Review: Iraq’s displacement crisis: the search for solutions is now in the digital library (FMR is one of five journals available).
The countries of the Middle East are now host to the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. Violence has displaced two million inside Iraq and over two million have crossed its borders. Most refugees are in Syria and Jordan – which host the largest number of refugees per capita of any country on earth. The vast majority are surviving with little or no assistance from the international community. Few, if any, enjoy their rights as refugees.
This special issue of FMR presents 26 articles from governments, UN agencies and civil society examining the extent of the displacement crisis and the search for solutions. The Editors have worked in close consultation with UNHCR’s Iraq Unit and are grateful for funding support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, the International Organization for Migration, Islamic Relief Worldwide and the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement.
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