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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Refugee camps"”.
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The Impact of Refugee Camps on the Process of Migration Towards Europe: An Assessment
… the characteristics, fleeing reasons, and refugees’ and asylum seekers’ journeys are relevant. This dissertation looks at these factors in the framework of refugee camps. Even though refugee camps are frequently an essential part of the journey of asylum seekers and refugees on their way to …
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Making a Life for Themselves: Gender, Identity, and Everyday Negotiations of Rohingya Women in Bangladesh’s Refugee Camps
… contestations, and strategies that Rohingya refugee women employ to make a life for themselves after forced migration. Based on fourteen months of feminist ethnographic fieldwork in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp between 2017 and 2018, this dissertation focuses on how Rohingya …
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Diabetes mellitus and quality of life of the Palestinian diabetic refugees in the refugee camps in Gaza Strip
Objectives: To examine the effect of the refugee life and diabetes on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of the diabetic refugees in Gaza Strip. Design and methods: A cross-sectional 1:1 paired matched case-control design was used. One case (diabetic refugees) and two age- and sex-matched …
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"Freedom From Camps": Housing and Power In theExperience of Sri Lankan Long-Term Refugees In India
… investigates the ways in which the long-term refugee camps have been structured in India and their implications on the lives of refugees. Sri Lankan refugees in India are one of the world's 33 largest protracted refugee situations. While some refugees reside in urban areas, the vast majority …
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Sexual violence against refugee and asylum seeking women in the Dadub and Kakuma refugee camps in Kenya : challenges and prospects for securing the duty to protect
… framework established under the international refugee law regime is inadequate to provide protection to refugee victims of sexual violence. It will also argue that the various duty bearers vis-a-vis the right to security of refugee women in Kenya are not living up to their legal obligations. It …
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Exploring the Links between Camp governmentality and Agentic Responses of Rohingya Refugee in Bangladesh
… is acknowledged in the different studies on refugee camps governance but those studies consider only the power of state actors and humanitarian organizations. This thesis found that consideration incomplete and partial view of camp operations in protracted refugee situation (PRS). Rather the …
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Architecture After Forced Migration
… related to shelter after natural disasters, refugee camps and slums. The need to provide accommodation after a natural disaster is essential. Therefore, a shelter that can be transported and deployed quickly and effectively, and that contemplates the uniqueness and complexity of the event, is …
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Higher Education as a Development Tool: An Impact Assessment in Dzaleka Malawi
… of accredited online diploma programs within refugee camps. When individuals are confined to camps and unable to work and travel in search of economic opportunity, does completing an accredited diploma program improve their quality of life and contribute to their human capital? Can higher …
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Heritagisation, political action and social justice : Palestine’s Dheisheh refugee camp as a world heritage site
… of heritage as a process, and to propose refugee heritage as a counter-narrative for authorised heritage. Its theoretical framework is based on dialectical arguments raised around each emerging question. The dissertation investigates the progression of the concept of heritage and examines …
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Settlements of Afghan refugees in Pakistan : an evaluation of conditions and identification of problems
… thesis is a study of the settlements of Afghan refugees in Pakistan. It mainly focuses on the conditions and problems of the physical environment in the refugee camps. Although its primary objective is to identify and evaluate settlement issues in the physical context, an attempt is made to …
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Women Refugee Students: United Nations' Visual Representation
… women experiencing (re)location in contemporary refugee crises through the lens of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website. The researcher used visual analysis of digital media in the UNHCR’s ‘Her Turn’ multimedia report, which highlights girls’ education and the UNHCR’s …
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Living Within Hyphenated Paradoxes - The Canadian Adolescent Refugee Experience
In 2018, the Canadian government admitted 46,500 refugees. This followed a remarkable record resettlement of Syrian refugees in Canada from 201517, with just under half aged 17 or younger. This dissertation addresses how adolescent refugees negotiate the issues and aftermath of living in civil …
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Empowering Refugees Through Self-Education
… on how to create easier access to education in refugee camps. This is discussed through the ideas of self-directed learning and cooperative learning. As well, the current need for education is explored. Several case studies are provided demonstrating that people without a formal education have …
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Rohingyas in Bangladesh: Owning Rohingya Identity in Disowning Spaces
… How does the experience of displacement and refugeeness in Bangladesh shape identity among Rohingya people, particularly among the youth and young adults? What is Rohingya identity? In what ways do they retain their Rohingya identity in the context of their non-citizen status in Bangladesh? …
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From Crises to Ordinary Precarity: Palestinian Youth as New Practitioners of Humanitarian Governance in Amman, Jordan
Displaced in both 1948 and 1967, Palestinian refugees in the Middle East now number over 5 million and have lived in exile for decades with no sign of a permanent solution. Despite the duration of their displacement, Palestinian refugees remain marginal to prevailing literature on long-term …
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Drawings from Syria's Lost Generation: Psychological Impacts of the Refugee Crisis
… Even if the civil war were to end tomorrow, the refugee crisis will be expected to last for decades more. With nearly half of the refugees being children, the impact of the loss of health, education, social networks, and home environments on children have resulted in what is being called Syria‟s …
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A BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF A FEMALE KAREN REFUGEE WHO EXPERIENCED ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL
… subjects taught in United States public schools. Refugees are considered to have more difficulties because of the trauma associated with their pre-immigration violent environments, which often involve little or no organized education in the native country or in refugee camps. The biographical …
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Documentation of the Use of Art Therapy in Croatia and Bosnia
… Fund (UNICEF), in schools, libraries, and refugee camps, in addition to front line combat areas.</p>
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El Shabab Bayn Naran - The Men Are Between Two Fires: A Study on How a Denial of Civil Rights Affects Palestinian Men’s Performance of Masculinity in Lebanon
… fieldwork in Shatila and Burj Barajneh refugee camps, including interviews and a focus group conducted with Palestinian men and women, the study explores three central themes: mobility, providing, and love. Findings show that men pursue forms of masculinity centered on care, …
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