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Showing 1 to 20 of 73 for “"refugee crisis"”.
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Interpreters as Agents in the Refugee Crisis
The so-called refugee ‘crisis’ could not be managed without the help of volunteers, on a global as well as on a local scale. The focus of this thesis is on one particular group of people whose commitment is crucial for handling the situation: interpreters in the refugee context in Germany. Since …
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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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Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Assessing the Factors Preventing a Coordinated EU Response
… violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees are fleeing by sea to seek asylum in Europe. As a result, Europe has witnessed the highest influx of refugees since World War Two. European Union member states have scrambled for a solution, seemingly unable to form a collective response. …
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20,000 Fewer: The Wagner-Rogers Bill and the Jewish Refugee Crisis
… 1939, sought to allow the entry of 20,000 refugee children from Germany. At the time, multiple domestic factors limited the willingness of American politicians to meet this problem head on: high unemployment rates after the stock market crash in 1929, an isolationist sentiment after the …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Lebanese State Identity — The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on the Lebanese State Identity Through Discourse and Actions (2005-2020)
… became the host for 1,5 million of Syrian refugees, making it one of the countries with the highest rates of refugee per capita in the world. The following thesis examines how has the Syrian refugee crisis impacted on the Lebanese state identity. This is operationalized through 4 main …
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The African refugee crisis – challenging the notion of burden-sharing in Africa
For decades, Africa has faced a large number of refugees and this has been rapidly growing since 2010. Although there has been another recent spike in refugees on the continent, the cause of refugees today is largely due to the increase in conflict on the continent, whilst in earlier years this was …
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Europe’s Refugee Crisis: Right-Wing Populism and Mainstream Cooption in Germany and France
<p>In Europe’s biggest wave of refugees since World War II, over 1 million people fleeing protracted conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan crossed the Mediterranean on unseaworthy boats in 2015 in a desperate bid to reach the continent. Rather than uniting to deal with the humanitarian …
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The cost of bearing witness: Εmotional burnout among interpreters in the Greek refugee crisis
Η παρούσα μελέτη διερευνά το συναισθηματικό βάρος που βιώνουν οι κοινοτική διερμηνείς ή οι διερμηνείς δημόσιων υπηρεσιών που εργάζονται με πρόσφυγες και αιτούντες άσυλο στην Ελλάδα, σε ένα περιβάλλον που χαρακτηρίζεται από καθεστώς παρατεταμένης κρίσης και συστηματικού κατακερματισμού των …
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La Vida Nueva: Detainees, Arkansans, And Libertad During the Cuban Refugee Crisis of 1980-1983
… community, government officials, and the Cuban refugees highlights the intersections of these three perspectives.
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The European Union and Jordan: Building Resilience in the Face of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
… in Syria is one of the most drastic Humanitarian crisis ever. The prolonged crisis has not only resulted in the destruction of the country, but also the human costs have been very high. Based on estimations by the UNHCR, 600 thousand have been killed since 2011, 6.9 million have become internally …
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What Would an Ethical, but Feasible, Response to the Refugee Crisis Look Like? An Exploration
There are 25.4 million refugees displaced today, more than any time in history (UNHCR, 2018B). Simultaneously, rising nationalism has slashed already failing global refugee support (Golshan, 2018; Krastev, 2019). To improve responses, new approaches are needed which navigate the tension between …
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Veto Syria: Explaining the Power of the United Nations Security Council and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
<p>The purpose of this research is to provide an analysis of the United Nations Security Council compliance with the Charter of the United Nations and the effectiveness of its Responsibility to Protect innocent civilians from crimes committed against them, particularly within the Syrian region in …
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Civil Society and the Politics of Values: Social services and the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan
… in Jordan changed in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis between 2011 and 2019. CSOs are often the most important actors in the immediate aftermath of a crisis providing emergency aid and consolation for communities. However, they are also essential to the ability of a society to weather …
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Unbearing burden of the refugee crisis on developing countries: Is the global compact on refugees the solution?
This research analyses the Global Compact on Refugees("GCR"), adopted in 2018 by the United Nations General Assembly. It aims to discuss whether the document, a non-legal document offers durable solutions to developing countries who host more than 80% of the world´s refugees and asylum seekers …
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The Media, Education, and the State: Arts-Based Research and a Marxist Analysis of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
… and it has created the largest humanitarian crisis since WWII (Achlume, 2015). Using the siege of Aleppo in 2016 as a case study, the author applied a Marxist-humanist theoretical framework and incorporated arts-based research methodology to examine how US news media supports capitalist …
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Understanding bargaining outcomes in Europe’s migration and refugee crisis: The Refugee Relocation Scheme and the EU-Turkey Statement
… formulation of the two Council Decisions on refugee relocation and the amendment of the second of these by means of the EU-Turkey Statement. In so doing, it aims to further our understanding of how Member States and central EU institutions affect bargaining outcomes and respond to pressures …
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Narrative Characteristics in Refugee Discourse: An Analysis of American Public Opinion on Afghan Refugee Crisis After the Taliban Takeover
The United States (U.S.) military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 was met with turmoil as Taliban regained control of most of the country, including Kabul. These events have affected many and were widely discussed on social media, especially in the U.S. In this work, we focus on Twitter …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Rhetorical Analysis of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and President Donald J. Trump’s Political Discourse About Syrian Refugees
… texts of political discourse about Syrian refugees from three rhetors; President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and President Donald J. Trump. As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to grow, political leaders and citizens around the world debate the appropriate way to provide aid to those …
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The human rights responsibilities of host states in relation to child marriages involving refugees, a study of European responses to the European refugee crisis
… and Africa have brought hundreds of thousands of refugees to Europe. Among them are hundreds of minor married girls, and European states are often unsure how to deal with them. This thesis aims to identify state obligations under international and European regional human rights law and refugee …
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