Après avoir fui le génocide au Myanmar en 2013, je me suis retrouvé piégé en Indonésie. J'espérais trouver refuge en Australie, mais j'ai été confiné dans une chambre d'hôtel pendant trois mois, puis transféré dans un centre de détention où…
Dans le second dossier dans ce numéro, les auteurs explorent le statut de la protection dans les États non signataires, en examinant en particulier le rôle du HCR, de la société civile et des acteurs juridiques qui facilitent l'accès à…
Child-friendly spaces (CFS) – one of the most widely used humanitarian interventions to support, care for and protect refugee and displaced children – provide physical places that are safe and stable environments for children to thrive and reach developmental milestones.…
The past 30 years have seen an unprecedented rise in attention towards the mental health of conflict-affected populations. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the burden of mental disorder among conflict-affected individuals may be as high as 22% and…
When the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 were adopted in New York in September 2015, their ambition to “leave no-one behind and “reach the furthest behind first” reflected a renewed global solidarity around further poverty reduction. While the…
When the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics published labour force statistics from its 2015–16 integrated household survey, it found that 72% of working-age Kenyans were employed.[1] In Turkana County, the rate was 62%. However, this national survey excluded refugee camps.…
In March 2020, days before COVID-19 put New York into lockdown, the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC) unanimously endorsed the world’s first International Recommendations on IDP Statistics.[1] These recommendations provide a framework to help countries to better define IDPs and to…
