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COMMENTS BY READERS
"I appreciate the latest issue of Forced Migration Review. Since its inception in 1998, it has been a very strong advocacy instrument".
John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

"I have read Forced Migration Review for a long time and am impressed by the relevance of the topics chosen and the high quality of the contributions."
Walter Kälin, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

"Congratulations to FMR for excellent coverage of highly important topics and the quality and diversity of articles. I am especially pleased with the special issue on sexual violence, which reminds us of the urgency to end this unacceptable human rights violation"
Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director, UNFPA

"The displaced and the uprooted whose number continues to grow in many parts of the world owe a debt of gratitude to Forced Migration Review for making their plight and suffering known to the public and policy makers. The informative down-to-earth approach of the Review is commendable".
His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Jordan

"Oxfam supports Forced Migration Review because it is a unique forum for the exchange of experience and learning for practitioners and observers alike, and an important locus for dialogue and debate on the major policy issues facing fefugees, IDPs and asylum seekers, and those who work with, and for, them."
Barbara Stocking, Director, Oxfam GB

"Glad we could contribute to your fine journal. I personally have found it very useful in my own research."
Jacqueline Klopp, Columbia University

"Thank you for your very useful and inspiring work. I would very much like to order copies of your issue on sexual violence - as this is a problem we have been working on for almost twenty years in Papua New Guinea ... it really does help those of us working in remote areas in dire situations to have such resources."
Robyn Slarke

"On behalf of the Norwegian Refugee Council Azerbaijan office I would like to express my gratitude for the work you do. Forced Migration Review is one of the most popular magazines among our staff in the office."
Naila Huseynova

"We have found Forced Migration Review to be an excellent publication ... Keep up the excellent work!"
Razia Essack-Kauaria Secretary-General, Namibia Red Cross Society

"I have rarely been to a field office where I didn’t see FMRs. In Khartoum, I saw a number of copies of the latest edition ready for dispatch to the field. Congratulations on a great issue!"
Craig Sanders, UNHCR Deputy Representative, Sudan

"Your well-researched articles provide us with an insight on issues, tribulations and dilemmas in dealing with internally displaced people and refugees. Keep it up!"
Major Kasili Mutambo, National Disaster Operations Centre, Kenya

"Being a player in peace making camp, information becomes a very important tool for the peacemaking process. Your info is commendable in highlighting the striking concerns of refugees ... Go on with the peace making efforts, for you are a partner in the conflict resolution /peace making camp."
Jamii Ya Kupatanisha / Fellowship of Reconciliation, Uganda

"Even a mediocre piece of writing will become good reading once it is passed through the experienced editing skills of the two of you. More strength to your hands!"
Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Sri Lanka

"Congratulations to the Forced Migration Review eds for putting out such a great-looking product!"
Brookings/SAIS Project on Internal Displacement

""Forced Migration Review magazine continues to offer critical analysis of national as well as international development policy, constructive ideas and adequate strategies to political decision-makers as well as NGOs enabling them to gain an accurate picture of critical political and humanitarian crises."
Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne

"Our research centre would like to express deep thanks and pleasure for receiving your outstanding latest review. All of your reviews find intensive care from our centre. Thank you indeed from the bottom of our hearts."
General Centre for Studies, Research and Publishing, Yemen

"It was a pleasure working with Forced Migration Review. You and Marion really made things easier than usual, your suggestions were thoughtful, editing and design great … in sum, very professional work."
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

"I've found Forced Migration Review to be an excellent publication. Keep up your wonderful work."
Student, Spain

"As a writer/social commentator, health practioner and scholar, Forced Migration Review is very valuable to me."
Valentine Umelo Ukachukwu, Frontline Foundation for Sustainable Development, The Gambia

"Forced Migration Review 21 is a great issue. It's really high quality writing and a wealth of interesting stories."
Ruth Gidley, AlertNet

"The magazine has helped me gain insight into the phenomenon of forced migration that would not be possible by just taking a class about refugees and internally displaced people. It is nice to hear voices from a diverse group of experts."
Student, USA

"On behalf of the Red Crescent Society of Tajikistan, I want to express our gratitude and to stress our high interest in the articles in your magazine."
Davron Mukhamadiev, Vice-president RCST

"I have known hard life almost all my life since in my country we are faced with situations of war especially in the northern area of Uganda, so by you people giving me and sending me those magazines, it has helped me build on my very experiences and I pray that you continue doing so."
IDP. Uganda

"We find FMR to be of great value to our work in Iran and circulate it among our programme personnel."
Ali Owliaei, Program Coordinator and External Affairs,
External Relations, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tehran

“Your Tsunami special issue is very informative and useful. Many people have recently used its data in their presentations.”
Mihir R. Bhatt, Director, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

"Congratulations on the Sudan issue - it looks great and I have read it online with interest!"
World Bank

"FMR 24 is the best resource on protection we've had for months, if not years! One of the good things with this issue is that it's still very current unlike analytical pieces which often are outdated by the time they are known about, distributed and read."
International Rescue Committee, Sudan
 
"I make references to FMR frequently and refer my colleagues to it. More strength and grease to your elbow, while your pen never goes dry."
Asylum seeker, Luxembourg
 
"FMR26 is getting great coverage and I received many emails about it. Keep up the good work!"
Juliette Touma, OCHA, Occupied Palestinian Territories
 
"Thank you for your wonderful work on the Palestine issue!"
Interfaith Council for Peace in the Middle East
 
"HUGE congratulations on a bumper edition. FMR27 is a real triumph."
Samantha Guy, Marie Stopes International
 
"In Darfur we are so eager to receive your review. Please do not give up continuing to support our peace center"
Yassir Hassan Satti, University of Zalingei, West Darfur State, Sudan
 
"Forced migration - sometimes reaching the level of ethnic cleansing - is one of the great tragedies of the modern age, as it has been in the past. Forced Migration Review performs an outstanding service in its careful and judicious accounts, which should encourage dedicated efforts to protect the victims and end the crimes they have been compelled to endure."
Professor Noam Chomsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 

"As donors are desperately trying to address the humanitarian needs, we are grateful that Forced Migration Review is highlighting the needs in Iraq and neighbouring countries."
Kerstin Lundgren, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

 
"I would like to congratulate you for putting together such a thorough and comprehensive issue [on Iraq] which extensively analyses the multi-dimensional humanitarian situation and effectively exposes the "human face" behind the facts and the data."
Erika Feller, Assistant UNHCR High Commissioner for Protection
 
"FMR27 looks absolutely excellent. I can see this as one of our primary resources on sexual violence. I would like to get a copy to every field office with a humanitarian programme".
Rachel Hastie, Protection Officer, Oxfam GB

"We very much value our relationship with Forced Migration Review. FMR is useful to our staff here and in the field. The quality of the issues remains consistently high and the topics covered are very relevant. Many thanks for your hard work and high standards!"
Geetanjali Narayan, UNICEF HQ

"Since its inception in early 1998, Forced Migration Review has helped draw attention to the plight of millions of uprooted people around the globe. I especially welcomed its focus, through thought-provoking features and articles, on the crisis of internal displacement and I look forward to more fine issues in the future".
Francis Deng, former Representative of the UN Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons

"Always punchy, provocative and pertinent, Forced Migration Review offers a sharp analysis of refugee-related issues in an attractive and accessible format. Essential reading for all practitioners, researchers and policymakers working in the area of forced migration."
Jeff Crisp, Policy, Development and Evaluation Service, UNHCR

"Thank you so much for this excellent work. I genuinely believe that without justice, and resolving this issue, for Palestinian refugees, there will never be peace in the Middle East."
Randa Jamal, Regional Bureau of Arab States

"We greatly appreciate your magazine which is such a useful source of information and is reaching so many people all over the world."
Dr Haider Abdel Shafi, Director, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Gaza

"Congratulations! The issue of Forced Migration Review on gender and displacement is really on the mark and peers have attested its high quality, relevance and clarity."
Srilakshmi Gururaja, UNICEF Senior Adviser, Gender

"Congratulations on producing such an interesting publication."
EarthInfo

"Forced Migration Review gives me an in-depth account of what is taking place with displaced people all over the world. Your magazine gives me more information that I get from the BBC News. "
Calvin Gibbs, Rose Town Community Health Centre, Jamaica

"I have found Forced Migration Review a wonderful source of reporting on issues particular to refugees. This publication covers a wide range of topics from numerous angles. All respect to those who publish this unique work."
Dr Eyad al-Sarraj, Director, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme

"Thanks for the chance to get the Review off the web. It's very helpful and congratulations on the on-going high standard of the Review."
Jesuit Refugee Service, Addis Ababa

"The special issue of the Forced Migration Review which focused on events in the asylum field post 11-September provided a glimmer of hope to an otherwise distressing outlook on the future of the institution of asylum."
UNHCR

"Thanks for service to humanity"
refugee, Nigeria

"Your Forced Migration Review article concerning the NGO/military interface in Afghanistan is now required reading in Air War College - this is the mandatory professional education for lieutenant colonels and colonels in the US Air Force."
HQ USAF

"I do appreciate the job that you people are doing on forced migration, you are really doing fantastic job. May God continue to give you the energy, wisdom and knowledge to do more."
Refugee, Liberia

"I have learned and continue to learn a great deal from your publication and am incredibly thankful."
Student, Canada

"We appreciate your continued efforts in making the issues that concern and affect women visible as well as the need for key partners to take action."
Isis - WICCE, Uganda

"Forced Migration Review is like a beacon to those working in forced migration issues."
S. Raja Samuel, Lecturer, India

"Forced Migration Review is the only international journal available to us … it has been a great support in terms of improving our understanding on the issues of refugee and displacement as well as keeping us informed about global events/ scenarios."
Institute for Socio-Economic Development, Orissa, India

"The January 2005 issue has got some of the best articles on education so far produced by any newsletter as regards to education in emergencies."
United Nations Association, Uganda

""I am a first year US law student writing to express my appreciation for your publication. This is very fine work, absolutely astounding in its breadth. On behalf of myself and the students whom you are helping to educate, our sincerest thanks."
Maisha Elonai, University of Pennsylvania Law School

“FMR defines its own category of publication – neither an academic text nor field manual but a much more useful middle ground. Excellent! “
Australian NGO

"FMR is invaluable to our work with refugees here in Thailand. We are kept informed on new developments on the issue and challenged to stay the course! We thank you for your generous sharing."
National Catholic Commission on Migration, Thailand

"Let me congratulate you on FMR 24, which is an exceedingly useful document and contains an excellent range of authors."
Conciliation Resources, Accord
 

"Congratulations on keeping FMR afloat, even if fighting for air at times. The magazine brings vital issues to many people who are unaware of the inside stories. We wish you courage and strength to carry on."
Anna Obura, Kenya
 
"The FMR Palestine issue looks fantastic. Well done (but than again, I wouldn't have expected anything less)."  
Ardi Imseis, Senior Policy Analysis Officer, UNRWA
 
"Thanks for producing such a powerful publication – it is great to see the many aspects of the refugee/IDP situation addressed in one source that is made so freely available." Scott Campbell, Institute for Middle East Understanding  
 
“You always have so many articles and they are so easy to read. It all looks so effortless! I really like the layout and format of FMR - very clear to access online and I like the PDFs with hyperlinks within - that's very unusual to find." Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex    
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