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Red Latinoamericana de migraciones forzadas / Latin American Network on Forced Migration

A new research network in Latin America has just been launched! The RLMF links academics with members of civil society to build and share knowledge contribution to the policy debate on forced migration in Latin America and the Caribbean. (The website is mostly in Spanish) It looks like it will become a rich source of … Continue reading Red Latinoamericana de migraciones forzadas / Latin American Network on Forced Migration

Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

The Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), originally founded at the Harvard School of Public Health, is a multi-disciplinary program that has been pioneering the health and mental health care of traumatized refugees and civilians in areas of conflict/post-conflict and natural disasters for over two decades. Its clinical program serves as a global model that … Continue reading Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma

Centre for Refugee Studies

The Centre for Refugee Studies is engaged in research on refugee issues; it informs public discussion as well as policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations; and it supports teaching in refugee and migration studies. Refugee studies is conceived in broad terms, as being concerned with the displacement of populations … Continue reading Centre for Refugee Studies

Buenas Prácticas para los refugiados urbanos

Enviado por mmillard el Vie, 21/06/2013 – 11:08 Autor Primario : Grupo Directivo de Refugiados Urbanos Institución Principal: ACNUR   Detalles de la revista: El Grupo Directivo de Refugiados Urbanos del ACNUR tiene el agrado de anunciar el lanzamiento de un nuevo sitio web, Buenas Prácticas (Good Practices) para los refugiados urbanos. Este sitio interactivo … Continue reading Buenas Prácticas para los refugiados urbanos

Somali Women’s Studies Centre

Our vision is to be a catalyst for positive change in the lives of Somali women through enhancing their capacity to undertake research and providing them a forum to tell their stories, to articulate their specific needs, and to exert their agency by calling for solutions that will effectively address the marginalization they experience in … Continue reading Somali Women’s Studies Centre

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

Born as a facilitating group in support of the peace movement in West Bengal, particularly during the Third Joint Conference of the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy – an unprecedented public gathering of 400 peace activists of the sub-continent for 4 days in Calcutta in 1996 – the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group is … Continue reading Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group

African Centre for Migration and Society

  The African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) at Wits University in Johannesburg is Africa’s leading scholarly institutions for research and teaching on human mobility. Established in 1993, ACMS is an independent, interdisciplinary and internationally engaged institution focusing on relationships among human movement politics, poverty, and social transformation. While oriented towards Southern Africa, the … Continue reading African Centre for Migration and Society

Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) Website

This new website (http://prsproject.org/) on Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS), developed by the Refugee Studies Centre, provides key facts and figures (http://www.prsproject.org/protracted-refugee-situations/), information and resources related to the study of protracted displacement, including:  – Case studies (http://www.prsproject.org/case-studies/): insights into historical and contemporary Protracted Refugee Situations in countries ranging from Africa to Asia, Europe and South America … Continue reading Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) Website

Centre for Migration Research and Development (CMRD)

The Centre for Migration Research and Development is a non profit company based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The three members who founded the body, discussed the concept in 2010 and commenced implementing it in 2011 which led to its registration in 2012. There were a number of drivers motivating them to formulate a research entity, … Continue reading Centre for Migration Research and Development (CMRD)

Integration-Net for the settlement community

Integration-Net for the settlement community <www.integration-net.ca>, is a Canadian bilingual website hosted by the Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies at Carleton University and funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The website serves as a communications, information, and research tool to support the work of the Canadian settlement community.