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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)"”.
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The Implementation of the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
… Business and Human Rights by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)<br/>Reema Issa Al Kyed<br/>This thesis examines the compliance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human …
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Women Refugee Students: United Nations' Visual Representation
… educational continuity accommodations for 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 …
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Protracted Refugee Situations: A Feminist Perspective on Refugee Depiction by UNHCR
… approach to study the discursive depiction of refugees in protracted situations by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As the largest organization mandated with the protection of refugees and finding solutions for their plight, UNHCR has a unique …
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Resettled Refugee Experiences of Aspiring To and Navigating Through the Postsecondary Access Process
More than 3 million refugees have resettled in the U.S. alone since 1948 (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR], 2018). Less than 10% of refugees resettled in the U.S. make educational advancements of any kind post-resettlement, and only six percent of refugees worldwide have …
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The Lived Experience of Afghan Women Refugees in Three Metropolitan Areas of the Southeastern US: A Phenomenological Study
… reached epic proportions. Statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, 2016) reported that in 2015 a record 65.3 million people worldwide, or 39,976 people per day, were displaced, either within their native countries or as asylees and refugees. Afghanistan, from …
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Climate Change Displacement and Global Governance: a Case Study of Three Intergovernmental Organizations and the Conflict Between the Member States and Bureaucracy
… at all. Sea level rise and desertification will force a shift in human habitation. How the world seeks to deal with this shift is yet to be seen. The global governance of climate change-induced displacement is currently at the stage of ad hoc development. Legal and conceptual categorization of …
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Challenges and Livelihood Strategies of Darfurian Refugees Living in Kampala, Uganda
<p>The phenomenon of urban refugees poses many challenges to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), host governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are providing services to them, thereby posing many challenges to the refugees themselves in having their needs …
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Identity without citizenship: towards a global uniform registration system for the stateless
For political and other reasons, statelessness or the lack of any citizenship has affected millions of people around the world, depriving many of them of many rights that other people take for granted, such as the right to legal residence, to travel and to work. In recent years, the international …
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International norm diffusion? Durable solutions and displaced persons from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina – 2000-2010.
… synergies and misalignments between the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) ‘top-down’ policy development in relation to the specific case on durable solutions with a detailed exploration of the ‘bottom-up’ views of actual refugees and displaced migrants. Put simply the …
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Closing the gap in access to water and sanitation in refugee settlements by financing innovative technologies
… over 65.6 million people – of whom, 17.2 million refugees fall under the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate. UNHCR provides necessities to refugees; however, budget constraints continue to result in unmet water and sanitation standards and low access to energy and …
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The challenges of a water system management handover in eastern Ethiopia : from the United Nations Refugee Agency to a local community
… the late 1980s, hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees crossed into eastern Ethiopia. A humanitarian crisis soon unfolded as water was in short supply in the arid region. In response, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) constructed the largest water system ever built by …
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Acculturation and the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian Gateway Protection Programme in Greater Manchester
… extensive exodus of individuals who have been forced to flee their home countries and seek refuge in countries of safety has led to a refugee crisis. The United Kingdom (UK) has engaged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in playing a significant role in the long-term …
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Border as nomos : an alternative for the Stateless
… increased dramatically after the mass influx of refugees to Europe during 2015. According to UNHCR data, one in every 122 humans is now either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum'. While the number of stateless people is increasing, the usual framework for providing humanitarian …
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A right to leave : refugees, states, and international society
This dissertation investigates regime-based efforts by states to cooperate in providing assistance and protection to refugees since 1648. It argues from a constructivist perspective that state interests and identities are shaped both by other actors in the international system - including norm …
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Between and Beyond Borders: Conflict, International Response, and Forced Migration
… and international humanitarian responses on forced migration in Sub-Saharan Africa between 1980 and 2007. In facing violent conflicts, not all people leave their homes. Some people decide to stay. Some people seek a refuge outside their countries while others stay inside their countries. Some …
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Developing user-informed specifications for refugees shelter in hot-dry climates : a study of the Al Za'atari Camp in Jordan
… in different regions have been accommodating refugees by providing shelters. Recently, this response has been evident particularly in Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan, where these countries have faced political and economic obstacles whilst accommodating such large increases in refugees …
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Challenges to the free movement residence and work rights of foreign migrant workers in South Africa and Kenya : a comparative study
… Africa, there were few to no complaints about foreign migrants, but because of the current problems in the country, migration has come under the spotlight and the blame shifts on to foreign migrants. Similarly, in Kenya, the issue has come under the spotlight due to the political turmoil in …
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Is South African Refugee Law creating a stateless generation?
… laws protecting the right to a nationality, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that more than 10 million persons are stateless worldwide. In addition to not being able to vote or run for public office, stateless persons are often unable to access other fundamental …
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RE-EVALUATING VULNERABILITY IN THE COMMON EUROPEAN ASYLUM SYSTEM: TOWARDS A MORE SENSITIVE AND EFFECTIVE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT APPROACH FOR VULNERABLE ASYLUM SEEKERS.
… Union (EU) legislation and European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) guidance invoke vulnerability as a basis for special reception and procedural safeguards, they continue to rely predominantly on categorical indicators—such as age, disability, unaccompanied status, or SOGIESC (Sexual Orientation, …
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Ending childhood statelessness by 2024: a consideration of South Africa's laws and policies in light of the United Nations High Commisisoner for refugees #ibelong campaign
… are Statelessness and there are several reasons for why children in South Arica are stateless. One of the major causes of statelessness is due to the gaps in laws, policies and practices that deny an individual the right to a nationality, at birth or later in life. Stateless children do not hold …
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