Refugee Crisis at the US-Mexico Border

https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/videos/vb.7382473689/10154713881933690/?type=2&theater As an unprecedented numbers of Haitians and Africans are trying to reach the US, a refugee crisis is unfolding near the US-Mexico border. With a high number of refugees fleeing to the US, refugee centres are now overwhelmed. Refugees arrive with little or no resources at all, and centres are struggling to meet requirements for basic needs such as water, […]

PublishedOctober 14th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/refugee-crisis-at-the-us-mexico-border/

Number of Internally Displaced People in Afghanistan has reached 1.2 Million

The number of people internally displaced by conflict in Afghanistan doubled to 1.2 million in the past three years. Afghanistan is currently one of the largest source of refugees in the world, with approximately 2.6 million Afghan citizens having fled the country. However, a large number of people forced to flee their homes due violence remained […]

PublishedOctober 10th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/number-of-internally-displaced-people-in-afghanistan-has-reached-1-2-million/

2016 Nansen Refugee Award recognizes the efforts and work of volunteers

2016 #NansenAward CeremonyOur #NansenAward winners are living icons of humanitarian service who represent thousands of volunteers working without recognition, every day, across the world. Through Efi and Konstantinos, we honour and celebrate all of those volunteers who inspire us all to do more and to do better. Posted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency on […]

PublishedOctober 6th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/2016-nansen-refugee-award-recognizes-the-efforts-and-work-of-volunteers/

Refugees and Activists clash with riot police in Calais Refugee camp

Tear gas and water cannons used in Calais migrant camp at protest Migrants and activists in Calais clash with riot police, as they demand they be allowed to travel onward to Britain. Posted by Channel 4 News on Sunday, 2 October 2016 Considered to be the worst clashes in the camp since February 2016, migrants […]

PublishedOctober 6th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/refugees-and-activists-clash-with-riot-police-in-calais-refugee-camp/

SITUATION ANALYSIS: Making sense of Russia’s onslaught on Syria: Rethinking geopolitics in the Middle East

Earlier this year, IISA published an Annual Strategic Brief as part of the ‘Ibn Khaldun’ paper series (http://iisa.org.uk/ibn-khaldun-paper-series/2016/06/annual-strategic-brief-2016-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/) focusing on geopolitics in the Middle East. Our main argument was that the state of conflicts and geopolitics in the Middle East is much more complex than conventionally thought, and comprises ‘internal’ and ‘external’ struggles. Internal struggle […]

PublishedOctober 6th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/situation-analysis-making-sense-of-russias-onslaught-on-syria-rethinking-geopolitics-in-the-middle-east/

Turkey to complete Syrian Border Wall within five months

Turkey will complete the construction of a 900-km (560-mile) wall along the Syrian border within 5 months, an official at a Turkish state institution has revealed. By the end of February, the country seeks to complete the construction of a 3m (10ft) high and 2m (6.5ft) wide concrete wall made up of seven-tonne portable blocks topped with […]

PublishedSeptember 30th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/turkey-to-complete-syrian-border-wall-within-five-months/

“DDR Theory & Practice” by IISA Senior Advisor Desmond Molloy

DDR has been widely advocated for decades as an essential component of post-conflict peacebuilding. But DDR in practice has generated more questions than answers. Does it work, contributing to post-conflict stabilization and the reintegration of former combatants? Can it work better? What constitutes success? What accounts for failure? Do potential risks outweigh the potential benefits? […]

PublishedSeptember 29th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/ddr-theory-practice-by-iisa-senior-advisor-desmond-molloy/

UN Summit for Refugees & Migrants “just flowery language”

On the 19th September, UN member states gathered in New York to address the large movements of refugees and migrants. The primary purpose of this summit was to create a viable mechanism for sharing of refugee resettlement duties on the UN states. The summit established the New York Declaration, which calls on countries which can resettle or […]

PublishedSeptember 29th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/un-summit-for-refugees-migrants-just-flowery-language/

AMISOM’s withdrawal: what prospects for Somalia without international support?

The AU has announced a cessation of its 22,000 strong peacekeeping mission currently operating in Somalia by the end of 2017. The decision was accelerated in August by a 20 per cent financial cut in sponsorship from the European Union, which forced the Ugandan government, AMISOM’s largest military contingent to initiate a unilateral withdrawal […]

PublishedSeptember 26th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/somalia-withdrawal/

Boko Haram leader shown alive in video

Abubakar Shekau, a leading Boko Haram figure, has appeared in a video saying he is in “good health” and denying claims by the Nigerian army that he was fatally wounded in an airstrike last month. It is not clear when the video was recorded, but the references to the airstrike and the fact that […]

PublishedSeptember 26th, 2016 Author Legacy
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/09/boko-haram-leader-alive/

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