The US has admitted over 2.5 million refugees for permanent resettlement since 1975. Its goal has always been for them to achieve economic self-sufficiency in the most expedient manner, under the assumption that legal entry into the workforce would provide…
Uganda hosts nearly 380,000 refugees and asylum seekers, of which the majority come from DRC, South Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. The majority live in approved settlements while some 54,000 live in the capital, Kampala. Contrary…
More than a decade ago Jeff Crisp wrote that “Since its inception…refugee studies has been notoriously ahistorical. Preoccupied with the latest emergency and with the plight of living people, researchers in this area of study have all too rarely looked…
For over three years, Lebanon has been hosting refugees fleeing the violent conflict in Syria; today, there are over 1.1 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, comprising over 20% of the country’s population. The continued escalation of the crisis has required…
There is real willingness and prioritisation within the humanitarian sector to invest in innovation in terms of developing new methods and approaches. One example is cash and market-based assistance, where during the last decade humanitarian organisations have developed innovative ways…
Accountability and transparency have been central to discussions of humanitarian action over the past two decades. Yet these issues appear generally to be given scant attention in the discourse around humanitarian innovation. The humanitarian innovation agenda is becoming a self-contained…
The Humanitarian Innovation Project (HIP) www.oxhip.org is housed within the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and focuses specifically on the refugee context. HIP’s aim is to research the role of innovation, technology and the private sector in…
في إقليم يستضيف بالأصل ملايين اللاجئين الفلسطينيين والعراقيين، تفرض درجة الأزمة السورية مزيداً من التوترات على موارد البلدان المجاورة وقدراتها وكذلك قدرات منظومة المساعدات الدولية. ويصل قرابة 3300 لاجئ في المعدل إلى البلدان المجاورة كل يوم في عام 2014 ما…
En una región que ya acoge a millones de refugiados palestinos e iraquíes, la magnitudde la crisis de Siriaañadeinmensas presiones adicionales sobre los recursos y las capacidades de los países vecinos y el sistema humanitario internacional.Los 3300 refugiados que en…
Dans une région qui accueille déjà des millions de réfugiés palestiniens et irakiens, l’échelle de la crise syrienne fait peser un poids supplémentaire conséquent sur les ressources et les capacités des pays voisins et sur le système humanitaire international. En…