FMR 2

Richard Black

Putting refugees in camps

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.

Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt

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.

Edith Bowles

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.

Tarig Misbah Yousif

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.

Natali Dukic and Alain Thierry

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.

Barbara Harrell-Bond

Camps: literature review

Literature review

Carlos Beristain

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.

Dawn Chatty

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.

Roberta Cohen

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.

Liban Abdikarim Ahmad

Prolonged stay in a refugee camp

Some thoughts

People in camps

August 1998

FMR 2

People in camps

August 1998