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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"protracted refugee situations"”.
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Protracted Refugee Situations: A Feminist Perspective on Refugee Depiction by UNHCR
Protracted refugee situations are some of the most complex political, human rights, and humanitarian challenges facing the international community today. While scholarship on the phenomenon typically focuses on empirical data using non-critical methods, this paper uses a feminist approach to study …
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Dadaab’s Hidden Ties: How Colonial Legacies and Informal Economies Contribute to Protracted Refugee Situations
<p>Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) persist despite the founding intentions of the international refugee regime. Explanations behind PRS typically focus on international law, human rights, and security concerns, while the conventional media narrative presents an oversimplification that erases …
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In chronic exile: A critique of South Africa's legal regime for refugees in protracted refugee situations
The major thrust of refugee protection worldwide is directed towards providing assistance to refugees in emergency situations. In South Africa, a large number of refugees have moved beyond this initial emergency phase such that the extended nature of their refugee status has left them in a state of …
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Preparing for Uncertainty: Exploring Access to Higher Education in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi
Against a backdrop of increasingly protracted refugee situations worldwide and on the continent of Africa in particular, education is imperative to facilitate the ability of displaced persons to voice their concerns and ambitions. Drawing on fieldwork carried out in Dzaleka Refugee camp in Malawi …
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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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Childhood statelessness in Kenya: an appraisal of legislative compliance with international human rights law obligations
… affects Somali children born in exile, in protracted refugee situations in Kenya, because they have few chances of naturalizing as Kenyan citizens. Consequently, this puts them at risk of becoming stateless refugees. The overarching question of the study is: to what extent has Kenya …
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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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The Unheard Voices of Refugee Students: Understanding Syrian Students’ Well-Being and Capabilities in Jordan’s Double-Shift Schools
… of the experiences and challenges that face refugee students learning in protracted refugee situations like Jordan. The project looks at Syrian refugee students’ experiences and perceptions of learning in Jordan’s segregated, double-shift schools. Education for refugee has focused on …
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Becoming Somebody - Learning Identities and Trajectories for Students in a Protracted Refugee Situation
Research on education for students with refugee backgrounds has extended understanding of learning experiences for students in resettlement countries but is still lacking in protracted refugee situations (PRS) such as Malaysia. Although structural barriers to access, particularly for higher …
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence, Support, and Justice
Palestinian refugees represent one of the world’s largest protracted refugee situations, a sizeable number of whom live in 12 refugee camps in Lebanon. Camps have been described as overcrowded spaces with complex and hybrid forms of law and governance. Previous research has found that camp …
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Liminal Boundaries and Vulnerabilities to Radicalisation in the Context of Securitisation of Migration
… vulnerabilities to radicalisation in a refugee camp context against a global backdrop. The camp has been conceived as a total institution that presents forms of physical, mental and other expressions of encampment inimical to freedoms. As such, three interlocking formulations of …
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Strengthening higher education for displaced students from Burma in Thailand: identifying collective interest and expanding value across diverse stakeholders
<p>The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) lists three “durable” pathways for displaced persons to address global displacement: “voluntary repatriation,” “local integration” into the initial host community, or third-country “resettlement.” At present, 78% of refugees displaced …