New Publications on Climate Change; Environmental Displacement; Humanitarian Assistance; Urban Issues

Publications on Climate Change and Environmental Displacement

The Capability Approach to Environmental Refugees, Paper presented at Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, 22-24 March 2012 [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Critical Approaches to Environmental Displacement, Oxford, Jan.-March 2012 [info]
– This seminar series is now finished; podcasts of the presentations are available via FMO.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

The Normative Framework of Climate Change-Related Displacement (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, April 2012) [text]
– Paper prepared for the above-mentioned Brookings event.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Focus on Humanitarian Assistance

 Afghanistan: A Case Study – Strengthening Principled Humanitarian Response Capacities (ECHO, NRC & ODI, Jan. 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Assisting the Somali Population Affected by the Humanitarian Crisis of 2011 (Doctors without Borders, April 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Fresh Asylum Claims and Further Representations Campaign Toolkit, Draft (NCADC, 2012) [access]
– More information about this approach is available here.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

International Disaster Response Laws, Rules and Principles (IDRL) Programme: Annual Report (IFRC, 2012) [text via PreventionWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Rainbow Bridges: A Community Guide to Rebuilding the Lives of LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers (ORAM, April 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Refugee Law Reader: Cases, Documents, and Materials, 6th ed. (Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 2011) [text] [online access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Refugee Rights Unit Working Paper Series (University of Cape Town, 2011-) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Publications on Support Resources

 Enhancing the Lives of Older Refugees: A Self Improvement Resource for Community Service Providers (Older Refugee Working Committee, 2011) [text via BroCAP]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Guidelines for Mainstreaming the Needs of Older Persons in Disaster Situations in the Caribbean, Draft Version (PAHO, April 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Networks of Asylum Support in the UK and USA: A Handbook of Ideas, Strategies and Best Practice for Asylum Support Groups in a Challenging Social and Economic Climate (Asylum-Network, March 2012) [text]
– See also related blog comment.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Outbreak Surveillance and Response in Humanitarian Emergencies: WHO Guidelines for EWARN Implementation (WHO, 2012) [text via ReliefWeb]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Refugee & Migrant Resources and Toolkits (Climate Outreach and Information Network, n.d.) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

Publications on Urban Issues

 Global Approach to Urban Refugee Issues (JRS, March 2012) [text]
– See also this blog post.
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

“The Great Urban Migration,” Perspective, no. 4 (2011) [text]
– Pp. 34-38.

Life in Town: Migration from Rural Karamoja to Moroto and Mbale (Feinstein International Center, March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)