The articles presented in this issue of FMR are useful in reminding us of what some academics and policy makers have been arguing for a long time - that 'camps' represent a poor solution for refugees.
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FMR 2
People in camps
August 1998
This issue has a special feature on refugee and IDP camps. As Dr Richard Black says in his introductory article, the six articles are useful in reminding us of what some academics and policy makers have been arguing for a long time – that ‘camps’ represent a poor solution for refugees.
FMR 2
People in camps
August 1998
This issue has a special feature on refugee and IDP camps. As Dr Richard Black says in his introductory article, the six articles are useful in reminding us of what some academics and policy makers have been arguing for a long time – that ‘camps’ represent a poor solution for refugees.
Contents
Putting refugees in camps
The Kibeho crisis: towards a more effective systems of international protection of IDPs
In Rwanda in April 1995, hundreds of IDPs, mostly women and children, were killed in a military operation to close camps for the internally displaced.
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From village to camp: refugee camp life in transition on the Thailand-Burma border
The Karen, Mon and Karenni refugee camps along Thailand’s border with Burma have traditionally been small, open settlements where the refugee communities have been able to maintain a village atmosphere, administering the camps and many aspects of assistance programmes themselves. Much of this, however, is changing.
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Encampment at Abu Rakham in Sudan: a personal account
This article explores camp policy as embodied in the rural settlement approach which has characterised the work of UNHCR and its implementing partners in their search for a durable solution to Eritrean/Ethiopian refugee issues in eastern Sudan.
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Saharawi refugees: life after the camps
The prospect of the imminent - and long awaited - referendum on self-determination raises a number of issues which the Saharawis will have to confront.
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Camps: literature review
Literature review
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The value of memory: Project for the Reconstruction of a Historical Memory in Guatemala
This two-part article presents a series of reflections on the experience of the Project for the Reconstruction of a Historical Memory in Guatemala (REMHI). This first part analyses the evolution and approach of the project. The second part of this two-part article, which deals with the contents and practical implications of the project report, will be published in the next issue.
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Enclosures and exclusions: wildlife conservation schemes and pastoral tribes in the Middle East
Conservation schemes in Arabia continue to regard local populations as obstacles to be
overcome - instead of as partners in sustainable
conservation and development.
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The Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement: a new instrument for international organisations and NGOs
International organisations and NGOs have an important new document to turn to when they advocate on behalf of internally displaced populations: the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement.
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Prolonged stay in a refugee camp
Some thoughts
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