Redefining Refugees: Updating the “Refugee” Definition (Part 1)
This paper addresses: (A) the role of “transit countries” and politicisation of asylum in modern refugee crises, and how the ambiguity in forced displacement terminology has been manipulated by countries to ban arrivals based on nationality; and (B) the need to facilitate movement of persons by modernising the 1951 Convention refugee definition.
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/11/redefining-refugees-updating-the-refugee-definition-part-1/
Winning In Aleppo? At What Cost?
Winning In Aleppo? At What Cost? Russian aggression in Syria requires fresh thinking from those opposed to an Assad future Sam Eastoe Despite being the largest city in a violently ruptured Syria, Aleppo escaped the onset of the Syrian Civil War by approximately 16 months, until rebel fighters swarmed into the city in July 2012. […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/winning-in-aleppo-at-what-cost/
Hurricane Matthew’s impact on Haiti rekindles debate on environmental refugees
Hurricane Mathew smashed through Haiti leaving a trail of destruction. Every new count points to a growth in the number of victims, with the most recent non-official reports indicating more than 800 deaths. It was the first Category 4 storm to hit Haiti in more than a half century. The storm flattened homes, destroyed bridges, submerged […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/hurricane-matthews-impact-on-haiti-rekindles-debate-on-environmental-refugees/
EU-Afghanistan agreement to return Afghans denied asylum in Europe
Hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in Europe, Pakistan and Iran are being forced to return to their country of origin by the European Union (EU), UN agencies and governments in the region. The flow of returning refugees from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan is estimated by the United Nations to number more than half a […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/eu-afghanistan-agreement-to-return-afghans-denied-asylum-in-europe/
Neo-Jihadism Brief: Turkey & Lebanon
By Gabi Howell Turkey: The Mosul Operation’s coalition forces are being pestered by the new dispute between Iraq and Turkey. The mounting tension originated from the Turkish decision to continue to leave troops stationed in Iraq until the threat of ISIS has been completely destroyed. In turn the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi declared Turkey […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/neo-jihadism-brief-turkey-lebanon/
Afghanistan’s Changing Relationship with ‘Terrorists’
By Jessica Harn Resident Researcher, Neo-Jihadism & Transitional Challenges In the beginning of October, Kabul signed a historic peace agreement with the controversial Hezb-i-Islami group, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Hezb-i-Islami was founded in 1975, claiming to be the Islamic representation in Afghanistan in the fight against the Communist government during the Cold War. Its early […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/afghanistans-changing-relationship-with-terrorists/
The Plight of Afghan Refugees in Iran
Only a third of the total number of Afghan refugees in Iraq are UN-registered as the Iranian authorities have not provided all of them with the opportunity to legally claim asylum. Those born within Iran’s borders do holding UN-recognise refugee status; however, they lack many of the rights granted to Iranian Citizens. A large number of […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/the-plight-of-afghan-refugees-in-iran/
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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Link https://iisa.org.uk/featured/2016/10/2016-nansen-refugee-award-recognizes-the-efforts-and-work-of-volunteers/
