Prepared by William Payne and Dina Taha Refugee Research Network (Centre for Refugee Studies, York University) Download the PDF HERE For nearly two decades, the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) has been involved in work for the protection of trafficked persons and for the prevention of trafficking in Canada. The CCR seeks to raise awareness … Continue reading Human Trafficking – Annotated Bibliography
by Kevin Dunbar, CARE Canada & James Milner, Carleton University [RRN/CRS Policy Brief Submitted to the Government of Canada, December 2, 2016] Executive Summary A prominent feature of recent global policy discussions has been the need to promote closer collaboration between humanitarian and development programming. In adopting the 2016 New York Declaration, states agreed to … Continue reading The Humanitarian-Development Nexus: Opportunities for Canadian Leadership
The Syrian Civil war has caused approximately 2.7 million Syrians to leave their country since 2011, and double that many are expected to have fled Syria by the end of 2014.1 The Syrian refugee crisis has brought tremendous challenges to the region, and this research attempts to map out one aspect of the crisis that … Continue reading Protecting Syrian Refugees: Laws, Policies, and Global Responsibility Sharing
The Journal on Migration and Human Security, a publication of the Center for Migration Studies of New York, has released a new paper, titled “On the Margins: Noncitizens Caught in Countries Experiencing Violence, Conflict and Disaster.” The paper is authored by Sanjula Weerasinghe, Abbie Taylor, Sarah Drury, Pitchaya Indravudh, Aaron Gregg, and John Flanagan of … Continue reading On the Margins: Noncitizens Caught in Countries Experiencing Violence, Conflict and Disaster
How do employers make money from forced labour? Our research into how UK industries profit from forced labour found that: The way the UK economy functions creates a pool of people vulnerable to forced labour. People who are excluded from formal work and those in jobs at or near minimum wage are most susceptible. Forced … Continue reading Forced Labour’s business models and supply chains
‘Asylum, Migration and Humanitarian Action‘ is a collection of 14 papers written by Jeff Crisp, Head of UNHCR’s Policy Development and Evaluation Service. It can be accessed at: http://fm-cab.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-resource-collection-of-papers.html Contents 1. Policy challenges of the new diasporas: migrant networks and their impact on asylum flows and regimes 2. “Who has counted the refugees?” UNHCR and … Continue reading Free e-book: Asylum, Migration and Humanitarian Action
Irregular migration to or across Italy is usually associated with the idea of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of migrants crossing the Mediterranean crammed in long-worn ships barely staying afloat. Such journeys are often taken as evidence of the existence of hierarchically integrated, centralized, sophisticated, worldwide active, criminal cartels. The only problem with such received wisdoms is … Continue reading Schengen’s Soft Underbelly? Irregular Migration and Human Smuggling across Land and Sea Borders to Italy
The arrival of rotting boats crowded with hundreds of individuals exhausted by a difficult crossing in wretched conditions is a powerful image too often seen in the Italian newspapers. In the majority of cases, the sea crossing is only a small part of a long and eventful journey. The cross-Mediterranean flow of migrants without papers … Continue reading Sea-border crossing: The organization of irregular migration to Italy
The situation of Afghans in neighboring countries remains one of the worlds largest and most longstanding refugee and displacement problems. Despite the significant returns of Afghans to their homeland since 2002 an estimated 920,000 documented Afghans 2 and one million undocumented Afghans remain in Iran today. This population is composed of registered and undocumented refugees, … Continue reading A research study of Afghan deportees from Iran
Today, the majority of Afghans travelling to and from Pakistan are temporary migrants. A 2005 IOM study found that cross border movements for social and economic purposes far exceeded refugee movements. Regular border monitoring reports and enumeration exercises carried out by the UNHCR also point to the informal nature of the cross border migration. The … Continue reading Research study on cross border population movements between Afghanistan and Pakistan