People affected by crises are not passive victims. To survive and recover they rely primarily on their own capabilities, coping mechanisms, resources and networks. They move in with family members or send their children to do so. They draw down…
Since independence in 1991, Ukraine has sought to restructure its economy in the midst of galloping inflation, rampant unemployment and widespread corruption. The country has received returnees from places of former exile and refugees from areas of conflict. Large-scale population…
This article assesses Oxfam's experience with productive packages and the longer-term contribution of such assistance to sustainable livelihoods of displaced people. Cautioning against easy assumptions that livelihoods protection necessarily furthers livelihoods promotion, it raises the possibility that the use of…
"I know people say asylum seekers come here to get money. Some people say asylum seekers don't want to work. I really want to work but it's not easy." It is fundamental to Refugee Resource that refugees and asylum…
'Let me live where I choose and then I can survive' - Congolese refugee in Kampala Most of the urban refugees are either single men or single mothers with children. The majority of them have come to Kampala directly from…
Population movement between Mozambique and South Africa is an age-old phenomenon, the outcome of colonial oppression, political upheaval and the search for employment. The late 1980s witnessed a particularly heavy influx of Mozambicans fleeing civil war. One contingent of Mozambican…
Palestinians fled to Egypt after the wars of 1948, 1956 and 1967. Gazans employed as civil servants when the Gaza Strip was under Egyptian administrative rule and Gazan students in Egypt when it was occupied by Israel in 1967 were…
Two thirds of the refugees are Hindu and the remainder Christian. Almost all are from the conflict-affected areas of Sri Lanka's Northern and Eastern provinces. Prior to fleeing to India in the 1980s or 1990s most refugee families were agricultural…
Some of the most disadvantaged refugees in Egypt are former Sudanese students who remained in Egypt when the democratically-elected Sudanese government was overthrown in 1989. A small number of them managed to settle in the West but the majority remained…
Young people in conflict-torn states - including genocide survivors in Rwanda, AIDS-ravaged families in Uganda and ex-child combatants in West Africa - have heavy responsibilities thrust upon them. Whilst they hope for a bright future - a good job, a…