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Forced Migration Online: A world of information on human displacement

Refugee Participation Network

Cover of RPN 24: Children and Youth.

Issues 1-24 of the Refugee Participation Network (predecessor to Forced Migration Review) are now available to view in the digital library. Published between 1987 and 1997, these issues focus on topics such as: communities, protection, the role of the military, children, the elderly, and international organizations.

 

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Welcome

Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers, students or anyone interested in the field, FMO aims to give comprehensive information in an impartial environment and to promote increased awareness of human displacement issues to an international community of users. We have prepared an introductory guide to forced migration for visitors who are new to the subject.

FMO is coordinated by a team based at the Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford. FMO and the Digital Library Project were funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the European Commission between 1997 and 2004. Since January 2005, FMO has been funded by the Department for International Development (DFID).

Front cover of Using standards to shape response and recovery in HaitiNew in the Digital Library
'Using standards to shape response and recovery in Haiti'
Following the earthquake in Haiti on 12 January 2010, talk is (even at this early stage) turning to what happens next, emphasising longer-term recovery as much as relief. In contrast to how it might perhaps have been ten or fifteen years ago, we seem to have learned that each stage or phase of response is not separate, that they overlap and affect each other. Nowadays there is also wider knowledge and acceptance of the standards, norms, principles and guidelines that have been painstakingly and assiduously developed, negotiated and agreed upon in order to improve quality and accountability. It is up to those responsible for coordinating and shaping the overall effort to ensure that these standards are adhered to and used to guide the work of response and recovery.
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An IDP woman shows off her new identification card. Photo: UNHCR/P. Smith/10.2002.Research Guide on Local Integration
This research guide provides an in-depth examination of local integration as a durable solution and focuses on key developments within research, policy and practice. This includes an examination of protracted refugee situations, self-settled refugees and livelihood strategies.
Research Guide

  

Photograph of Iraqi refugee couple. Cairo, Egypt, 2008. Photo: Joshua van Praag.Iraq Podcast, Video & Resources
The Iraq resources now include a podcast which was recorded recently in Jordan, it includes interviews with a number of Iraqis from a range of backgrounds and current situations. Since 2003 at least 2 million Iraqis have left Iraq and there are now an estimated 750,000 Iraqis seeking refuge in Jordan.
Podcast | Video | Resource Summary | Research Guide

Cover image of the Civitas project reportPalestinians Register: Laying Foundations and Setting Directions
The Palestinian Register provides a unique record of contemporary Palestinian civic and political voices. Carried out by Palestinian refugees and exiles and implemented by activists and local leaders, the report of the Civitas collective research project is now available online.
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Returnee children in Guatemala, where reparations and reconciliation remain largely unresolved. After 36 years of armed conflict, the Historical Clarification Commission was established in June 1994 to investigate human rights violations in Guatemala. The commission's final report, entitled 'Guatemala: Memory of Silence', was published in February 1999. UNHCR/B. PressResearch Guide on ‘Reparations, Reconciliation and Forced Migration’
This research guide provides an overview of issues around reparations and reconciliation in the context of armed conflict and forced migration. It reviews types and mechanisms of reparations, legal provisions and the role they play wider peace processes.
Research Guide

Afghan returnees rebuilding a house. © UNHCR/L.Slezic/Global AwareAfghanistan Resources
Resource Summary | Research Guide

 

Photograph of Babikar Yahya, aged 70, standing with a family member in front of his tiny house built of straw in the makeshift Dorti encampment, in West Darfur. © UNHCR/K.McKinseySudan Resources
Resource Summary | Research Guide
Refugee Studies Centre courses
Master of Science in Forced Migration
The MSc degree in Forced Migration offers a dynamic and intellectually rigorous path to the examination of forced migration resulting from conflict, repressive regimes, environmental change and development policies. Scholarship opportunities available.
Summer School in Forced Migration
The international summer school fosters dialogue between academics, practitioners and policymakers working to improve the situation of refugees and other forced migrants. It provides the time and space for them to reflect on their experiences.
Other Refugee Studies Centre online projects
The Sphere ProjectSphere Handbook bibliographies
Most of the bibliographic material referenced in the revised Sphere Project handbook (2004): The Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, is available on FMO.
Psychosocial Working Group Psychosocial Working Group
The PWG is a collaboration between academic institutions and humanitarian agencies committed to the development of knowledge and best practice in the field of psychosocial interventions in complex emergencies.

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