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Forced Migration Online: A world of information on human displacement

Guatemalan refugees: Photographs and podcast

Photograph of Forced Migrant Family: Magdalena, her husband Martín with their newborn child and extended family members. Photo: Manuel Gil.

The photographic exhibition ‘Guatemalan forced migration: the politics of care in representing refugees’ explores issues of representation through photo-documentary work with Guatemalan forced migrants living in the former refugee camp of La Gloria in Mexico. The photos are now online and are complemented with a podcast in which Óscar F. Gil-García is interviewed about the project.

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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, Department of International Development (QEH), 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).

Photograph of Volunteers at the IASFM 11 conference. Photo: Paolo Luca.IASFM 11 Conference: Overview & Podcasts
Between January 6th and 10th 2008, the 11th International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (IASFM) conference was hosted by the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program of the American University in Cairo. A conference overview and podcasts recorded at the plenary events are now online.
Conference Overview | Conference Podcasts

  

Photograph of a young boy viewing the devastated homes around him in Fallujah, Iraq. © IRINIraq Podcast & 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 | 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.
Report

  

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 Research Guide
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 Research Guide
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.
Refugees and International Law ForumRefugees and International Law Forum
The Refugee Studies Centre has launched a new initiative on FMO which provides a forum to identify and address challenges to refugee protection from the perspective of the individual as a subject of rights in international law.

FMO Resource Counts: 3 July 2008

  • Digital Library pages: 221443
  • Journal Issues: 360
  • Web Catalogue: 1641
  • Organizations Directory: 1532
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